Engineering
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has been working on stackable little drones. Payloads could be interconnected to form an ad-hoc, self-configuring network. The Lab has a name for this concept, CICADA which stands for Close-In ...
Robotics
(Tech Xplore)—The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has disclosed the first images and movies that have been shot by the "Int-Ball," which is short for Internal Ball Camera. This is a cute-looking and efficient ...
Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—The DRL RacerX has taken the title of the fastest racing drone, achieving a top speed of 179.6 miles (289 km/h) per hour.
Engineering
In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology, building flying prototypes that are the size of a bumblebee and loaded with even tinier sensors and cameras. Thus far, they have managed to miniaturize almost ...
Jul 12, 2017
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In the 1999 film The Matrix, a young hacker named Neo learns that the world as he knows it is a virtual simulation—and with this realization comes the ability to use this virtual world to his advantage. In one scene, Neo, ...
Jul 10, 2017
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Engineering
In the event of a natural disaster that disrupts phone and Internet systems over a wide area, autonomous aircraft could potentially hover over affected regions, carrying communications payloads that provide temporary telecommunications ...
Jun 7, 2017
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In recent years, a host of Hollywood blockbusters—including "The Fast and the Furious 7," "Jurassic World," and "The Wolf of Wall Street"—have included aerial tracking shots provided by drone helicopters outfitted with ...
May 18, 2017
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(Tech Xplore)—Israeli aeronautics firm Urban Aeronautics has announced to the press that its Cormorant drone, named after the aquatic bird, has successfully passed another milestone—flying itself over uneven terrain. ...
Robotics
(Tech Xplore)—Drones are good for things other than delivering pizzas and sneakers for sure. We are reading more and more about applications intended for public services, for farming, engineering and security operations ...
Robotics
(Tech Xplore)—Quadrotors with a difference—here is your chance to see an impressive display of what the team at the Penn Engineering GRASP Lab have been up to. The title of the video is "Estimation control and planning ...
