Photo: ThossapholiStock/Getty Images Plus The global construction robot market was valued at USD 231.5 million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD 464.8 million by 2026, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.5% during the forecast period, according to an InForGrowth market report. The construction industry is one of the least automated industries that features manual-intensive labor as a primary source of productivity. However, with the advancement in technology, the construction […]

Photo: Etion Create A new military vehicle navigation system designed and developed by South Africa-based Etion Create is ready for the local and export markets. Designed for harsh environments and battlefield conditions, the CheetahNAV provides outstanding situational awareness, according to Etion Create. The crew of a light military vehicle can count on highly accurate position information, irrespective of whether they are denied satellite navigation. This is achieved through an advanced inertial measurement system (IMS), comprising […]

Featured Fitness Health Podcast September 10, 2020 https://media.blubrry.com/lifeontheoutside/p/content.blubrry.com/lifeontheoutside/Podcast_Ep8.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window What if your smartwatch could tell if you had COVID-19? What if it could predict any illness before you felt symptoms? Garmin is involved in a study with the Stanford University School of Medicine to answer this question. Listen in as we sit down with Michael Snyder, Ph.D., professor and chair of genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine, to learn about […]

Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division has launched its first autonomy positioning and sensing kits for the agriculture market and validated these solutions in its new autonomous research and development tractor. Through collaboration between NovAtel and AutonomouStuff, both part of Hexagon, the autonomous positioning and sensing kits were developed as part of Hexagon’s Smart Autonomous Mobility solutions portfolio launched at CES in early 2020. With decades of expertise in GNSS positioning, autonomy and safety-critical applications, NovAtel […]

September 9, 2020 “How do I master the perfect pedal stroke?” A lot of cyclists ask themselves this very question, so let’s dive a little deeper. The quest to perfect your pedal stroke involves asking yourself several other questions, such as, “what is the best way I can apply force on my smart trainer pedals?” And “how do the pros deal with this?” Or even, “where does bike position factor in?” The first question is […]

John Fisher. (Photo: Orolia) John Fischer, vice president of advanced R&D at Orolia, will join three industry leaders as a panelist in a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) workshop about the federal government’s PNT Executive Order. Fischer is a member of GPS World’s Editorial Advisory Board. Other workshop panelists include Michael Calabro, chief engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton; Michael J. Lewis, senior staff security strategist at Chevron; and Gerardo Trevino, technical leader in […]

September 7, 2020 Garmin Edge® is one of the most popular head units around. Not only because it ticks all the boxes of performance, navigation, safety and connectivity, it’s because it also collects data – a lot of data. Pro cycling teams are very keen on that and that’s one of the reasons you would’ve seem a lot of riders using this device during the Tour the France. One of the world’s top teams, NTT […]

In the largest-ever study of glacial lakes, researchers using 30 years of NASA satellite data have found that the volume of these lakes worldwide has increased by about 50% since 1990 as glaciers melt and retreat due to climate change. The findings, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, will aid researchers assessing the potential hazards to communities downstream of these often unstable lakes and help improve the accuracy of sea level […]

The 2020 GPS Public Interface Control Working Group Meeting will take place on Sept. 30, announced the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The meeting includes an open forum to update the public on GPS public document revisions. The meeting will collect issues and comments for analysis and possible integration into future GPS public document revisions. The meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). Portfolio Architect Corp. will […]

Satellogic, the first company to develop a scalable Earth observation platform with the ability to remap the entire planet at both high-frequency and high-resolution, has announced the launch of a new spacecraft from the Guiana Space Center via a launch procured by Spaceflight, Inc. The satellite, a NewSat Mark IV, was delivered to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit on a Vega rocket from Arianespace at 1:51am UTC on September 3, 2020. The spacecraft […]