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AUVSI to Host Webinar on Technologies Enabling Autonomy, May 20

For Immediate Release: May 19, 2020Contact: Tom McMahon, tmcmahon@auvsi.org, (571) 255-7786 AUVSI to Host Webinar on Technologies Enabling Autonomy, May 20 Review of trends in the enablement and deployment of increasingly automated systems ARLINGTON, Va. – The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) will host a webinar, “Technologies Enabling Autonomy,” on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 3 p.m.... Continue reading

UT Dallas professor awarded grant to develop autonomous driving hardware and software

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Dr. Yang Hu, assistant professor of electrical engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, a five-year, $500,000 grant to develop new hardware and software capable of handling the complexity of an automated driving ecosystem in which cars not only communicate with other cars, but with roadside information nodes as well.

Texas Electric Cooperatives, Exelon Clearsight partner to make UAS a part of utility inspections in Texas

Texas Electric Cooperatives Inc. (TEC) and Exelon Clearsight LLC have partnered to bring advanced UAS, robot, and software enabled inspections to utilities in Texas. Under the agreement, TEC has exclusive rights to sell Exelon Clearsight's services to Electric Cooperatives, Generation & Transmission Cooperatives, and Municipal Authorities across the state of Texas.

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Since 1972, the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has enabled technical innovation, supportive policy, and inspired academic breakthroughs in the uncrewed industry.