Sony is developing drones for surveying and inspection, the company announced on July 23. A new division, called Aerosense, will work on the drones for the enterprise market. Japanese robotics start-up ZMP will build the drones, while Sony provides the IoT capabilities, image capture, cloud computing technology, and sensors.
In other robotics news, engineers at NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory have received funding from the space agency through the NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) for solar-powered robots that could float through the atmosphere of a gas giant planet such as Jupiter. Closer to home, robotic hands replicate the look and dexterity of human muscle in high-tech prosthetics.
Sony Mobile teams up with robotics firm to offer Aerosense commercial drone flights
Sony’s smartphone division has announced that it will be branching out into the drone market by building unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for the enterprise market. "The key to driving growth in these areas will be adapting Sony’s innovation in various technologies." Although Sony’s mobile devices …
NASA Wants To Send Wind-Powered Robots To Explore Jupiter
Due to the fact that the different planets in our solar system consists of different environments, there really isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to creating robots to explore the different planets, which is why NASA is currently contemplating the idea of how would one go about exploring a planet like Jupiter which is mainly consists of gas …
Smart Hands: Researchers are 3D Printing Lightweight, Realistic Bionic Prosthetics
Obviously, if you’ve never lost a limb or experienced the challenge of trying to work with only one hand, for example, it’s nearly impossible to understand. Not just the case with prosthetics, digital design and 3D printing are opening up many new avenues and showing thousands of patients options and inspiration they did not see as a reality …
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