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Also matched: lidar, perception
  1. DroneBoeing · defense drone: collaborative combat aircraft · Australia · 2021

    MQ-28 Ghost Bat

    MQ-28 Ghost Bat is an Australian-developed uncrewed collaborative aircraft designed to team with crewed aircraft through an open architecture and interchangeable mission…

  2. DroneGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems · defense drone: jet-powered long-endurance RPAS · United States

    Predator C Avenger

    Predator C Avenger is a jet-powered remotely piloted aircraft designed to combine higher transit speed with long-endurance surveillance and multi-mission payload…

  3. DroneLeonardo · defense drone: persistent-surveillance RPAS · Italy

    Falco Xplorer

    Falco Xplorer is a remotely piloted fixed-wing aircraft developed for persistent strategic surveillance with automatic takeoff and landing and an open payload…

  4. Technologyperception and state estimation

    Sensor Fusion

    Sensor fusion combines measurements from multiple sensors to estimate a system or environment more reliably than a single stream alone.

  5. Technologysensing

    Lidar

    Lidar measures distance by timing reflected laser light and can build geometric representations of surroundings.

  6. Technologysensing

    Radar

    Radar transmits radio waves and analyzes reflected energy to estimate range, direction and often relative velocity.

  7. GlossaryLiDAR · Glossary term

    Lidar

    A ranging method that measures reflected laser light to estimate distance and build spatial data.

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  8. GlossaryRADAR · Glossary term

    Radar

    A sensing method that transmits radio waves and analyzes reflections to estimate properties such as range, direction or relative velocity.

  9. RobotNEURA Robotics · industrial humanoid robot · Germany

    4NE1

    4NE1 is a full-size humanoid platform for logistics, manufacturing and assistance tasks. NEURA describes full-body sensing, adaptive control and safe interaction in…

  10. DroneSchiebel · defense drone: uncrewed helicopter UAS · Austria

    CAMCOPTER S-100

    CAMCOPTER S-100 is an uncrewed helicopter system for land- and ship-based missions that carries interchangeable sensing payloads without requiring a prepared runway.

  11. DroneSaab / UMS Skeldar · defense drone: rotary-wing maritime RPAS · Sweden

    Skeldar V-200

    Skeldar V-200 is a medium-range remotely piloted helicopter for land and maritime sensing, controlled through high-level autonomous commands from a remote pilot station.

  12. DroneAeroVironment · defense drone: extended-range loitering munition · United States

    Switchblade 600

    Switchblade 600 is a portable extended-range loitering munition that combines onboard sensing, operator supervision and a recoverable-abort function in a single uncrewed…

  13. Autonomous VehicleKodiak Robotics · Class 8 freight truck · United States

    Kodiak Driver-Equipped Autonomous Truck

    Kodiak Driver is an autonomous-driving system integrated with Class 8 trucks for long-haul freight, using a modular sensor and compute architecture designed for fleet…

  14. Maritime SystemL3Harris · defense underwater robot: modular AUV · United States

    Iver4 900

    Iver4 900 is a modular autonomous underwater vehicle for extended survey, sensing and defense missions, with field-reconfigurable payload and communications sections.

  15. Companylidar sensors · San Francisco, California · 2015 · OUST

    Ouster

    Ouster develops digital lidar sensors and perception software for industrial and mobility uses.

  16. Componentlidar sensor · Ouster

    Ouster OS1

    OS1 is a mid-range digital lidar family for robotics, industrial and mobility perception.

  17. Personrobotics and AI researcher · University of Washington

    Dieter Fox

    Dieter Fox studies robotics, perception and state estimation; the institutional page is the authority for current roles.

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  18. RobotGhost Robotics · defense ground robot: quadruped UGV · United States

    Vision 60

    Vision 60 is a modular quadruped uncrewed ground vehicle built for mobility across rough terrain, with perception-assisted walking and route-level autonomy for…

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  19. DroneDJI · enterprise multirotor · China · 2025

    DJI Matrice 400

    Matrice 400 is a configurable enterprise multirotor for inspection, mapping and public-safety workflows. Values are DJI specifications under stated test conditions.

  20. DroneBaykar · defense drone: high-altitude long-endurance UCAV · Turkey

    Bayraktar AKINCI

    AKINCI is a twin-engine high-altitude uncrewed combat aircraft designed for long-endurance surveillance, command support and multi-payload defense missions.

  21. DroneBaykar · defense drone: uncrewed combat aircraft · Turkey

    Bayraktar KIZILELMA

    KIZILELMA is a jet-powered uncrewed combat aircraft under flight development for collaborative air operations and operation from short runways.

  22. DroneBaykar · defense drone: ship-capable short-runway UCAV · Turkey

    Bayraktar TB3

    Bayraktar TB3 is a folding-wing uncrewed combat aircraft developed for short-runway takeoff and landing, including operations from ships with compact flight decks.

  23. DroneNorthrop Grumman · defense drone: high-altitude maritime ISR aircraft · United States

    MQ-4C Triton

    MQ-4C Triton is a high-altitude long-endurance uncrewed aircraft designed to provide persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance over large ocean…

  24. DroneAmazon · aerial delivery drone · United States · 2024

    Prime Air MK30

    MK30 is Amazon Prime Air's electric delivery drone, designed to transition between vertical takeoff and wing-borne forward flight for small-package delivery.

  25. Autonomous VehiclePlusAI · Level 4 virtual-driver truck · United States

    PlusAI SuperDrive Truck

    SuperDrive is PlusAI's Level 4 virtual-driver system for factory-built autonomous trucks being developed with commercial-vehicle manufacturers.

  26. Autonomous VehicleVolkswagen Commercial Vehicles / MOIA · pre-series roboshuttle · Germany · 2026

    Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD

    ID. Buzz AD is a pre-series autonomous passenger shuttle built by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with Mobileye driving technology for MOIA's turnkey mobility-service…

  27. Maritime SystemTeledyne Marine · underwater autonomous vehicle · Iceland · 2001

    Gavia AUV

    Modular portable autonomous underwater vehicle used for survey, monitoring, and search applications.

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