Mathematicians found a method to hear the shape of a room using four microphones mounted on a drone. Pictured: Mireille Boutin. (Photo: Purdue University)

A drone can hear the shape of a room

March 24, 2020

With a speaker and four microphones, drones can echolocate like bats Mathematicians at Purdue University in West Lafayette, […]

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The dashboard shows how Ubihere tracks with both camera and tag technology. (Screenshot: Ohio Development Services Agency)

New Ubihere technology fills in for GPS indoors

March 4, 2020

Ubihere has introduced a new 2D and 3D tracking technology for indoor and outdoor positioning. Ubihere’s patented technology […]

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Sony and Yamaha Motor plan to roll out the SC-1 later this year in Japan. (Photo: Sony/Yamaha Motor)

Sony sensors not just for robot puppy

October 7, 2019

The importance of sensors, whether they be incorporated in cute dog robots or autonomous vehicles, is gaining more […]

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A 3D lidar sensor such as the Velodyne Alpha Puck can deliver information to help enable vehicle autonomy and advanced driver-assistance systems. (Image: Velodyne)

Autonomous vehicles can reduce road fatalities

September 9, 2019

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has partnered with Velodyne Lidar, a provider of real-time 3D perception systems for […]

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The RealSense camera uses two fisheye lenses and an IMU to construct location awareness. (Photo: Intel)

Two little eyes that can see and navigate

June 7, 2019

The Intel RealSense Tracking Camera T265, designed for positioning and maneuvering mobile robots and other portable systems, includes […]

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Earth’s magnetic fields. (Image: Lockheed Martin)

Quantum magnetometer senses its place

May 8, 2019

Scientists continue to search for new technologies to serve the PNT mission. One novel way to augment GPS […]

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Vertical accuracy delivered by various phone models using signals from an installed network of NextNav beacons. (Plots: NextNav, from ex parte FCC filing, Aug. 8)

Floor-level positioning accuracy demonstrated for indoor mobile calls

September 19, 2018

According to NextNav, its altitude service delivered floor-level accuracy in 94 percent of test calls in recent blind industry […]

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Photo: Phoenix Lidar

AUVSI Xponential preview: IMUs key to UAV imaging advances

April 20, 2018

As a UAV flies, it is subject to roll, pitch and yaw movements, adversely affecting the high-definition imagery […]

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