drones

Northeastern's Burlington campus expanding with new mixed-use research building

The three-story, 104,000 square-foot building will feature research labs, a meeting area for workshops, and a makerspace with a suite of high-tech equipment.

Greg St. Martin June 6, 2018

Drones for research: Explaining Northeastern’s policy

Researchers across disciplines are increasingly turning to unmanned aerial vehicles to advance their work. Here, we outline the steps necessary to operate drones on university…

Greg St. Martin March 14, 2018

Supercolony of penguins discovered using Northeastern researcher’s drone system

Using an autonomous aerial drone system developed by Northeastern professor Hanumant Singh, researchers have discovered a colony of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins on the…

Allie Nicodemo March 2, 2018

Professor designs algorithms to make robots better collaborators

Rifat Sipahi designs algorithms to take AI to the next level. Here he explains some of the projects he’s working on, including an algorithm that…

Jason Kornwitz January 17, 2018

In the sky, on the roads, and in the home: Robotics and AI in 2018

New year, new tech. Northeastern experts in robotics and artificial intelligence say the trends to watch for in 2018 include more sophisticated drones, progress toward…

Allie Nicodemo January 5, 2018

Amazon’s quest for aerial domination

The global e-commerce giant released a video this week detailing its plan to use drones to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less. Here, engineering…

Joe O'Connell December 4, 2015

The case against killer robots

“We’re on a course toward fully automating warfare,” warned roboticist Noel Sharkey, who delivered a recent lecture on the political, ethical, and legal implications of…

Jason Kornwitz November 25, 2013