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Without a human operator on board, how can a drone steer clear of collisions? Technology from autonomous cars can help.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
The navigation tactics of certain Australian ants could point the way to helping driverless cars find their way around.
Measuring time is a crucial part of navigation – particularly in space, where exacting precision is called for. The DSAC is poised to make a change that will aid future deep space missions.
A bold theory suggests the Vikings may have used a mysterious method of studying sunlight to navigate the oceans.
How do you make a digital mapping system give directions like a stranger in the street?
They are the most accurate clocks on the planet and a few more in space. So why are researchers trying to make atomic clocks even more accurate?
It’s well known that severe space weather events – which are quite rare – can have a negative impact on our use of Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled devices. But our research, published in Geophysical…
There have been 10 astronomers royal for Scotland since the honour was created in 1834, only three of whom were Scots. I believe Aberdonian Sir David Gill (1843-1914), who never held the honour, trumps…
Right now if you want to know where you are, your smartphone map will tell you instantly. But these technologies only exist because of the efforts of 18th century geographers, explorers, astronomers and…
The mystery migrations of birds of the world has long puzzled scientists, but understanding how it works may be one step…
Bumblebees use complex problem-solving skills to minimise the energy they use when flying to collect food. For the bumblebee…
Egyptian fruit bats use an internal, landmark-based map to navigate their local area, a new study has found. The discovery…
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