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AUVSI New England Blog
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In October, we gather some of the great thinkers and doers around autonomous flight for our annual summit. We cover a whole range of topics – from technology and infrastructure to regulations, ethics, and more. Don't miss out - We look forward to your active participation at the summit. Keynotes, Panel Discussions, and Demonstrations on: Industry Implications for Evolving Regulations Complex UAS Operations Today An Ethics Ecosystem of AI and Big Data II: What, Why, and How Is it Going? Massachusetts Leadership in Transportation Innovation Massachusetts Guiding Global AAM Roadmaps Charging the Skies: Reinventing Airports for Electric Flight A Real-World…
The New England chapter is continuing its active participation of industry events and locally producing major events and frequent Uncrewed Insights events to facilitate education and networking. So far in 2023 the New England leadership actively participated in the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Denver AUVSI/FAA Drone and AAM summit in Baltimore. Paris Airshow ATC Global and many others. If you would like to host an Uncrewed Insight event at your location please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating your interest. While all members are invited typically 50 members from the region may attend. The New England’s UAS and AAM Summit 2023, Boarding…
We live on planet ocean – 71% of this planet is covered by water, yet most drone companies only focus on terrestrial applications. Through their Drones for Whale Research Program, Ocean Alliance has demonstrated that there are enormous opportunities to use drones for marine wildlife conservation. Consider that the ten largest wildlife NGO’s spend more than $2.5 billion annually on wildlife conservation – and it is estimated that over $76 billion is spent annually to help conserve biodiversity. SnotBot® is a modified consumer drone that flies through the blow of a whale and collects exhaled “snot” on petri dishes. This…
We look forward to seeing you at the Robotica UAS Summit! The light is at the end of the tunnel for the COVID-19 pandemic. We have all been locked down for over 10 months, practicing social/physical distancing, we are all social beings and have become “Zoom” natives. It’s great to see that so many vaccine candidates have been developed and ‘printed’ globally, and are now being actively administered. Soon the worst of the pandemic will be behind us. Until then we have moved to virtual meetings. The virtual meetings have been really good, and offered face-to-face interactions and networking opportunities.…
Thank you for joining AUVSI D.C. and AUVSI New England members and friends to learn about experiences at the cutting edge of unmanned autonomous vehicle systems. We heard about Advanced Air Mobility, Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and Counter-UAS (threats). Interns at three organizations: Raytheon, The Aerospace Corporation, and the Kostas Research Institute shared their experiences, highlight what they learned and discussed issues. It was a riveting and exciting session. The future leaders (interns) sharing their experiences: Caitlin Jung Discussion Topic: Experiences in Advanced Air Mobility Internship experience at: Raytheon School: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Major: Computer Science, …
Amy Underwood, a senior roboticist at Square Robot discusses how the company is using AUVs to revolutionize the above-ground, petrochemical storage tank inspection industry. The presentation covers the development of the company’s robotic platform as well as the logistics and complexities of deploying an AUV to perform non destructive testing (NDT) inspections of the internals of liquid-filled storage tanks. The discussion focused on some of the challenges of putting a robot into a hazardous location. Amy Underwood Bio Amy Underwood, a senior roboticist at Square Robot discusses how the company is using AUVs to revolutionize the above-ground, petrochemical storage tank…
As part of the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy was “shut-down”, we have all been locked down and practicing social/physical distancing. Now we all must wear masks to prevent asymptomatic contamination. We have started to open up the economy, noting that we may experience a second wave of the virus. AUVSI New England members are naturally social and enjoy getting together to discuss important topics. For the time being, we are all having to engage virtually. We have prepared a number of activities for the next few weeks and months. These include: Unmanned Insight, September 24th, virtual:…
The AUVSI New England chapter hosted part of its 2020 Autonomous Vehicle Summit (AVS) a webinar was titled "Building AI You can Trust for Autonomous Vehicles" and featured Prof Alex Wong, Chief Scientist at DarwinAI in Waterloo Canada, and fittingly was sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Boston". Prof. Wong went into detail about DarwinAI's explainable AI engine known as Inquisitor, and is based on Explainable Design Automation. If you wish to learn about Canadian companies related to Robotic Vehicle Systems (RVS) please contact Erin Donahue, Trade Commissioner, Consulate General of Canada in Boston at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. If you…
The AUVSI New England chapter hosted part of its 2020 Autonomous Vehicle Summit (AVS) as a webinar. The webinar was titled "Building AI You can Trust for Autonomous Vehicles" and featured Prof Alex Wong, Chief Scientist at DarwinAI in Waterloo Canada, and fittingly was sponsored by the Consulate General of Canada in Boston". This was the chapter's first virtual event, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what a way to start. There were approx 100 attendees for the scheduled hour, and then due to interest 50 attendees stayed on to continue asking questions to Dr. Wong for an additional…Page 1 of 5
Events
AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2024
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Join us at XPONENTIAL 2024, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024 - 12:00 AM TO THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024 - 12:00...New England UAS and AAM Summit 2024
Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - Thu, 24 Oct 2024
Save the Date for the region's largest annual advanced airspace summit on October 23 & 24, 2024!...
