Aeronautics News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:18:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-Favicon-1-e1705495184773-32x32.png Aeronautics News | Robotics and Automation https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics 32 32 Aston University and Aurrigo streamline airport fleet AI https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/ai/aston-university-and-aurrigo-streamline-airport-fleet-ai.html Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:30:06 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=29012 Aston University has partnered with Aurrigo, a provider of autonomous vehicles (AVs) and related software for international airport operations, to develop fleet AI. Under the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), Aston University’s [...]

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]]> Robotics & Automation in review 2025: the stories, signals and shifts that shaped the year https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/robotics-automation-in-review-2025-the-stories-signals-and-shifts-that-shaped-the-year.html Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:16:59 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=28826 If 2024 was the year robotics and automation proved it could scale, 2025 was the year the conversation moved on to how it scales: skills, integration, capital, regulation and measurable [...]

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]]> Robotics & Automation: 2024 in review https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/international/robotics-automation-2024-in-review.html Wed, 18 Dec 2024 14:14:27 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=26387 As 2024 draws to a close, Robotics & Automation Magazine is taking the opportunity to reflect on the past year. This review highlights the most significant news stories from the [...]

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]]> Rocket Lab to receive millions from US government for aerospace tech https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics/rocket-lab-to-receive-millions-from-us-government-for-aerospace-tech.html Thu, 13 Jun 2024 07:47:13 +0000 https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/?p=24680 Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer based in Alberqerque, New Mexico, has signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the US Department of Commerce in a deal that could [...]

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]]> Orbital UAV and Animal Dynamics to collaborate on autonomous aerial solution https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/partnerships/orbital-uav-and-animal-dynamics-to-collaborate-on-autonomous-aerial-solution.html Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:20:54 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=18062 Orbital Corporation Ltd. (Orbital UAV), a designer and manufacturer of integrated propulsion systems, and Animal Dynamics, a company specialising in uncrewed aerial logistics, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), [...]

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]]> Fusion robots provide maintenance for in-orbit satellites https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aerospace/fusion-robots-provide-maintenance-for-in-orbit-satellites.html Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:20:39 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=17963 The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Satellite Applications Catapult have partnered to demonstrate how advanced remote handling and robotics technology developed for fusion energy research can provide maintenance for [...]

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]]> BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics unveil uncrewed electric heavy-lift concept https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics/bae-systems-and-malloy-aeronautics-unveil-uncrewed-electric-heavy-lift-concept.html Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:06:28 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=10928 BAE Systems and Malloy Aeronautics have announced plans to explore the development of an all-electric uncrewed air system (UAS) with heavy lift capabilities for military, security and civilian customers. The all-electric [...]

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]]> Jet suit paramedic tested in Lake District https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics/jet-suit-paramedic-tested-in-lake-district.html Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:36:15 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=6580 Gravity Industries has partnered with the Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) to test a jet suit paramedic in the Lake District. A patented 1,050bhp jet suit enabled Gravity Industries [...]

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]]> NASA’s new Mars rover features x-ray fossil-finding scanner https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aerospace/nasas-new-mars-rover-features-x-ray-fossil-finding-scanner.html Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:06:54 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=6489 Nasa’s 2020 Perseverance rover will feature an instrument attached to its robot arm that searches for traces of microscopic life using an AI-powered precision X-ray. Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry [...]

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]]> NASA tests robots for future moon mission https://www.roboticsandautomationmagazine.co.uk/news/aeronautics/nasa-test-robots-for-future-moon-mission.html Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:00:31 +0000 https://www.roboticsandinnovation.co.uk/?p=4365 Small, foldable Moon-scouting robots have been successfully tested in the Mars Yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in southern California, USA. JPL developed the Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer [...]

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