Lakehurst tests robots.The Aircraft Platform Interface Laboratory at Naval Air Systems Command The Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, is the part of the United States Navy which provides materiel support for naval aircraft and airborne weapon systems, such as guided missiles. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps). , Lakehurst, N.J., is developing machinery to reduce workload in labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars areas and replace humans in difficult or dangerous situations--namely, an aircraft carrier's flight deck. One project is a shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. weapon loader that can "read" and respond to 20 gestures from a human operator. The gesture control system is also being used in a robot that will respond to gestures from a human handler and autonomously direct unmanned aircraft Unmanned Aircraft (UA) is a term used in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) definition of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). UA refers to the aircraft portion of the system required to operate it, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. to a spotting position. These technologies have the potential to automate certain processes while keeping the humans in the loop. |
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