University of Maryland opens drone testing facility

The University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering opened an outdoor flight facility, called Fearless Flight Facility (F3), where students and faculty can test unmanned aircraft systems. The school hopes the facility will foster innovation in flight control, sensing, autonomy, collaboration and counter-UAS. “The University of Maryland continues to make incredible strides in…

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Avitas uses AI to make industrial inspections quicker, safer

General Electric subsidiary Avitas Systems is using artificial intelligence technology from AI company Nvidia to automate industrial inspections, reducing costs, turnaround time and risk. Using a team of drones, crawlers or wheeled robots and autonomous underwater vehicles, Avitas performs inspections at sites in the energy, transportation and oil and gas sectors, such as power plants,…

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