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Virtual Incision’s mini surgical robot arrives at ISS

Robotics Business Review

A screen grab from a NASA broadcast shows a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station on Jan. The company said its spaceMIRA device sat aboard a Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo spacecraft carried by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. 30, 2024 with the spaceMIRA from Virtual Incision onboard.

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World-first drone to save lives in dangerous water rescues

AU Manufacturing

Designed and created by Brisbane aerospace company Aeromech , the “drone” – known as SARGO (Search and Rescue Go) – is an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is set to revolutionise the way search and rescue operations are performed in life-threatening conditions. . “The Media Release by Aeromech.

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Rotor Technologies propels advances in autonomous helicopters

Robotics Business Review

In late 2019, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, Hector (Haofeng) Xu decided to learn to fly helicopters. In 2021, he founded the autonomous helicopter company Rotor Technologies, Inc. But something about being in the cockpit gave Xu a greater appreciation of those risks.

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The next generation of aerostructures

Manufacturer's Monthly

The Aerostructures Innovation Research Hub, aka AIR Hub , is moving the needle in aerospace research for Australia using advanced composite materials to design and produce innovative aerostructures.

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Forging the future of advanced composites

Manufacturer's Monthly

Fresh from university, Joe Bryant began his career as an aerospace engineer with Airbus, working on the company’s first composite helicopter, the ARH Tiger. In order to be competitive in the aerospace industry, you need to know how to manufacture cost effectively, with quality consistency,” Bryant explained.

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Space Beach: Tan Lines, Titanium, and 3D Printing

Additive Manufacturing

We are going on a ride that starts at Southern California’s Golden Coast and finishes somewhere into the deep unknown regions of outer space — a place where aerospace engineers combine their expertise with advanced technologies and turn the impossible into reality. The facility was responsible for manufacturing cargo planes and bombers.

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Is hydrogen the fuel of the future?

E&T

As the global aviation industry reeled from the impact of Covid-19, with thousands of jets grounded and passenger numbers down by 60 per cent, a bold initiative began at the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) in Cranfield, England. The high energy consumption – and hence cost – of producing green hydrogen needs to be reduced.

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