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AFWERX Awards ASYLON Contract for Robotic Army Working Canines
by DRONELIFE Workers Author Ian M. Crosby
AFWERX has awarded main robotic safety options supplier ASYLON Inc. a Part I Small Enterprise Innovation Analysis (SBIR) contract to leverage TRL9 business DroneDog safety robotic system for the augmentation of Army Working Canines (MWD).
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ASYLON’s DroneDog is a high-endurance, agile, and sturdy quadruped uncrewed floor car (Q-UGV) constructed to automate ground-based safety patrols. Using Boston Dynamics’ Spot Ⓡ robotic and ASYLON’s PupPack, DogHouse, and DroneIQ Software program, the system has patrolled over 10,000 miles for business purchasers. DroneDog options dwell video monitoring, distant teleoperation, daytime/nighttime cameras, and automatic charging, utilizing superior robotics to make perimeter safety simpler. The AFWERX contract will discover the mixing of superior sensor know-how and AI/ML applied sciences onto the prevailing ASYLON DroneDog system with a purpose to enhance gate guard procedures. A few of these integrations embody sniffing applied sciences for Explosives & Narcotics, License Plate Recognition Software program, and Facial Recognition.
“This award presents an amazing alternative for Asylon to validate a big downside set with detection canine for each protection and business use-cases,” mentioned Chief Income Officer Michael Quiroga. “If confirmed profitable, these integrations would open a totally new marketplace for our DroneDog system to boost detection canine use-cases round Air Power Bases and business amenities.”
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Ian attended Dominican College of California, the place he acquired a BA in English in 2019. With a lifelong ardour for writing and storytelling and a eager curiosity in know-how, he’s now contributing to DroneLife as a employees author.
Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, knowledgeable drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone business and the regulatory surroundings for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles targeted on the business drone house and is a global speaker and acknowledged determine within the business. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising for brand new applied sciences.
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