McNair to speak at AUVSI Innovation Hub, New Orleans, May 3, 5

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Human-Robotics Interfaces and Growing Unmanned Systems Research Programs Mike McNair, head of UTARI’s Automation & Intelligent Systems division will be a featured speaker at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s “Innovation Hub” on May 3 and 5. This is part of the activities offered by AUVSI’s Xponential 2016 conference…

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Dr. Reifsnider to Guest Lecture at Texas Tech

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Design for Life: Some Foundation Concepts Ken Reifsnider, Presidential Distinguished Professor, University of Texas ArlingtonDirector, Institute for Predictive Performance Methodologies, UTARI Abstract So far as we know, nothing lasts forever. In engineering, “lifing” a design typically means selecting appropriate materials, avoiding “damage accelerators” like stress concentrations, and estimating the time…

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McNair to speak to the Delta Alpha Pi Disability Honor Society

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Assistive Technologies Robotics is not just about robots!  Robotics is about the technologies that enable robots.  These same technologies that create autonomous behaviors or sensing for real-time decisions can also be used to affect real-world solutions in the lives of people with disabilities.  UTARI is busy exploiting these advances for…

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