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Trajectory-Planning Model Helps Drones Fly More Safely at High Speeds in Unfamiliar Areas

Drones can fly at high speeds to a destination while keeping safe “backup” plans if things go awry.

29 Oct 2019

Drones Used to Weigh Whales from 130 Feet in the Air

3 Oct 2019

Liquid Robotics Introduces Newest Wave Glider for Operational Efficiency and Performance

Liquid Robotics, the leader in long-duration unmanned surface vehicles, is introducing its newest Wave Glider today, featuring advancements to shoreside operations and in-water performance enabling customers to mobilize, deploy and operate fleets of vehicles more efficiently.

10 Sep 2019

London Drugs, Canada Post and InDro Robotics Test Drone Delivery of Drugs to Remote Areas

On August 19, 2019, Canada Post, in partnership with London Drugs and InDro Robotics, successfully completed Canada’s first-ever Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) flight carrying pharmaceuticals via Drone from a London Drugs pharmacy to remote Salt Spring Island in British Columbia.

30 Aug 2019

Suntuity Announces Sponsorship of IDRLC’s Largest Spec Wing Drone Racing Series

The Suntuity Group of companies announced today its sponsorship of the IDRLC's (https://IDRLC.com) largest spec wing drone racing series in the nation. Suntuity's Airworks division (https://suntuityairworks.com) will cohost several IDRLC's events across the US in 2019.

21 Jun 2019

Lighted Drones to Perform in Synchronized Flight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Night Air Show

The world's largest general aviation fly-in convention, held each July at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, will welcome more than 100 drones in synchronized flight as part of AirVenture's popular night air shows on July 24 and 27. Great Lakes Drone Company is one of only three U.S. companies allowed by the FAA to perform these intricate shows at venues throughout the country.

20 Feb 2019

Autonomous Flying Drone Swarms Could Have Wide Ranging Applications

If you've ever marveled at a flock of birds moving in complex patterns as if it were one single large organism, you're not alone. Researchers at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology are working to infuse similar cooperative behavior on a collection of flying robots.

13 Feb 2019

Report Offers Insight into Global Commercial Drone Market Competitive Intelligence

As the value of commercial drones in a wide variety of industries increases, so will the importance of drone service providers. This research focuses on 23 companies considered the top firms providing third-party drone-based data collection and analysis globally.

1 Feb 2019

Most of the World’s Airports and Leading Destinations Remain Vulnerable to Criminal or Rogue Mayhem

Virtually every one of the world’s commercial airports and leading destinations currently remain vulnerable to criminal abuse or ‘rogue’ operation of drone technology notwithstanding the shock wake-up call from the chaos at Gatwick Airport last month before Christmas and more recently at Heathrow, as well as last week’s exploding drone incident in Yemen.

17 Jan 2019

New Type of Tiny Motor Can Slide Microrobots into Motion

Microhydraulic actuators, thinner than one-third the width of human hair, are proving to be the most powerful and efficient motors at the microscale.

20 Nov 2018

Drones and UAVs News

Trajectory-Planning Model Helps Drones Fly More Safely at High Speeds in Unfamiliar Areas

Drones Used to Weigh Whales from 130 Feet in the Air

Liquid Robotics Introduces Newest Wave Glider for Operational Efficiency and Performance

London Drugs, Canada Post and InDro Robotics Test Drone Delivery of Drugs to Remote Areas

Suntuity Announces Sponsorship of IDRLC’s Largest Spec Wing Drone Racing Series

Lighted Drones to Perform in Synchronized Flight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Night Air Show

Autonomous Flying Drone Swarms Could Have Wide Ranging Applications

Report Offers Insight into Global Commercial Drone Market Competitive Intelligence

Most of the World’s Airports and Leading Destinations Remain Vulnerable to Criminal or Rogue Mayhem

New Type of Tiny Motor Can Slide Microrobots into Motion

Novel Soft Robotic Design Inspired by Nematode Jumping

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim

AI Breakthrough in Image Recognition with Lp-Convolution

AI Uncovers Hidden Gene Function as Alzheimer's Cause

The WHO Launches Major Global Initiative to Set Unified Standards for AI in Healthcare

Top 5 Ethical Issues in Drone Surveillance

How Feedback Systems Make Robots Smarter, Safer, and More Human-Aware

Top 5 Innovations in Bionic Tech You Should Know

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