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Remote ID
Remote ID (Remote Identification, RID) is a requirement for drones to broadcast identification and location information, which the FAA describes as a digital license plate for safety and law enforcement.
Remote keyless system
A remote keyless system lets a key fob lock, unlock, and often start a car without a physical key; the 1982 Renault Fuego was the first.
Remote maintenance of fusion devices
Remote maintenance of fusion devices, known as remote handling, is the robotic repair and replacement of reactor components, required because neutron activation makes human access impossible.
Remote optically pumped amplifier
A remote optically pumped amplifier (ROPA) is an erbium-doped fiber amplifier in an unrepeatered link, powered by pump light delivered through the fiber from a terminal tens of kilometers away.
Remote procedure call
A remote procedure call (RPC) lets a program invoke a procedure executing on another computer over a network, written to resemble an ordinary local procedure call.
Remote refuelling machine
A remote refuelling machine, in CANDU reactors called a fueling machine, replaces spent fuel bundles with fresh ones while the reactor continues running at power.
Remote sensing
Remote sensing is the measurement of Earth's surface from a distance, using aircraft or satellites. It divides sensing by platform into airborne or spaceborne and by energy source.
Remote switching unit
A remote switching unit (RSU) is a telephone exchange extension that houses subscriber lines remotely from a host digital switch, which handles call processing and software.
Remote terminal unit
A remote terminal unit (RTU), also known as a remote telemetry unit, is a microprocessor-controlled device at a remote field site that communicates with a central SCADA system.
Remote Tower Service
Remote Tower Service is the provision of airport air traffic control or flight information services from a remote center using cameras, sensors, and data networks instead of a tower.
Remote-center-of-motion wrist
A remote-center-of-motion wrist is a robotic mechanism, or control scheme, that pivots a tool about a fixed point away from itself, keeping incisions from tearing in minimally invasive surgery.
RemoveDEBRIS
RemoveDEBRIS was a British-led technology demonstration satellite deployed from the ISS in 2018 that tested space debris removal with a net, harpoon, and drag sail.
REMUS 300
The REMUS 300 is a two-person-portable modular unmanned underwater vehicle built by HII, offering up to 30 hours of endurance and a 305-meter depth rating.
REMUS 600
The REMUS 600 is an autonomous underwater vehicle developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 2003, the basis of the U.S. Navy's Mk 18 Mod 2.
Rémy Cointreau
Rémy Cointreau is a French family-controlled spirits group created by the 1990 merger of the Rémy Martin and Cointreau houses, with cognac at 61% of its sales.
Ren Zhengfei (任正非)
Ren Zhengfei (任正非), born in 1944, is a Chinese entrepreneur and former military engineer who founded Huawei in Shenzhen in 1987 and has served as its chief executive since 1988.
Ren'Py
Ren'Py is a free, open-source game engine for making visual novels, built on Python and first released in 2004; it powers most visual novels on Steam and itch.io.
REN21
REN21, the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, is a global non-profit network founded in 2004 that publishes the annual Renewables Global Status Report.
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture, also known as the Renaissance style, began in early 15th-century Tuscany with Filippo Brunelleschi, reviving classical Roman symmetry, proportion, columns, and domes in place of Gothic.
Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center, locally the RenCen, is a group of seven skyscrapers on Detroit's riverfront, opened in 1977, later General Motors' world headquarters and home to Michigan's tallest building.
Renaissance Revival architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture is a nineteenth-century historicist style reviving the Italian Renaissance palazzo, used for libraries, courthouses, and mansions in America from about 1840 to 1925.
Renaissance robotic guidance system
The Renaissance robotic guidance system is a bone-mounted miniature surgical robot by Mazor Robotics of Israel, released in 2011 to guide pedicle screws during spinal surgery.
Renato Renner
Renato Renner, born 1974 in Lucerne, is a Swiss quantum information scientist and full professor at ETH Zurich, known for quantum cryptography and the 2018 self-consistency argument.
Renault
Renault, also known as Groupe Renault or Renault Group, is a French multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1898, selling Renault, Dacia, and Alpine vehicles worldwide.
Renault 12
The Renault 12, also known as the Renault 12 Toros in Turkey, is a front-wheel-drive family car Renault produced from 1969 to 1980, with 4.01 million built in Europe alone.
Renault 21
The Renault 21 is a large family car built by Renault between 1986 and 1995 as the successor to the Renault 18, replaced by the Laguna.
Renault 25
The Renault 25 is a large five-door executive hatchback produced by Renault from 1984 to 1992 as the successor to the Renault 20 and 30.
Renault 4
The Renault 4, also known as the Quatrelle, is a small five-door economy car produced by Renault from 1961 to 1992 and remembered as the first mass-market hatchback.
Renault 5
The Renault 5 is a small three- and five-door hatchback that Renault built from 1972 to 1985, selling about 5.5 million units as the first genuine hatchback supermini.
Renault 5 Turbo
The Renault 5 Turbo, also known as the Renault R5 Maxi Turbo in its final evolution, is a French mid-engine sports hatchback built from 1980 to homologate a rally car.