Month: June 2019

In the age of “digital parenting,” it is nearly impossible to keep up with social media trends. One day, kids are enthralled by an app

Although colleges and K-12 schools definitely have some unique circumstances and environments in which they operate, when we talk about firearms training errors, the mistakes

The 2019 Campus Safety Conferences kicked off in Las Vegas last week, bringing together more than 400 people, including attendees, exhibitors, speakers and press. The

Cobalt Robotics, a San Mateo, California-based maker of autonomous security robots, closed a $35 million Series B round of financing led by global investment firm

Researchers are trying to make it easier for humans to tell autonomous systems what they want them to do. Told to optimize for speed while

Video surveillance cameras recorded thousands of students walking the Duke University campus one day in March 2014 as part of a research project intended to

A 15-year-old boy was shot during a sporting event at Carman-Ainsworth High School in Flint, Michigan, Friday evening. Eithan Williams was shot once during an

Argo AI autonomous vehicle. | Credit: Argo AI Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle company, has donated $15 million to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to

More than 300 K-12 and college campus safety and security professionals took a break from the desert heat last week to attend the Campus Safety

This summer’s Campus Safety Conference Texas (CSC Texas) and Campus Safety Conference East (CSC East) are jam packed with EVEN MORE must-attend educational sessions, passionate

A federal judge in Texas sanctioned a Philadelphia-based law firm for knowingly violating court orders and ignoring a subpoena. The firm was supposed to comply

Pipeline inspection robot I was on the phone recently with a large multinational corporate investor discussing the applications for robotics in the energy market. He

One of the students involved in the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting last month divulged that he was targeting students who bullied him for his

Packed show floor at the Robotics Summit & Expo. Unique, international event focuses on designing, developing and manufacturing the next generation of healthcare robotics solutions.

MS-13, also known as the Mara Salvatrucha, is a violent criminal gang that operates in the United States and abroad, especially in Central America. Law

In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Bilge Mutlu, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, about design-thinking in human-robot interaction. Professor Mutlu discusses design-thinking at

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KIST’s research shows that robots can be intuitively taught to be flexible by humans rather than through numerical calculation or programming the robot’s movements. Credit:

Soft robotic grippers have found use in multiple industries, and they are evolving for new applications. Last week, Soft Robotics Inc. announced its Mini Finger

Johnson Controls introduces the new Detect360 active shooter response (ASR) system. The system combines gunshot detection with industry-leading notification technology to provide an immediate warning

Gun laws have long been a hot button topic, but as more campuses are choosing to or are being forced to create concealed carry policies,

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Computer vision researchers have demonstrated they can use special light sources and sensors to see around corners or through gauzy filters, enabling them to reconstruct

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Racing team 2018-2019: Christophe De Wagter, Guido de Croon, Shuo Li, Phillipp Dürnay, Jiahao Lin, Simon Spronk Autonomous drone racing Drone racing is becoming a

Campus security pros must not only manage the content of their video surveillance systems, but also the network infrastructure supporting it so that it can