Robotics
Over eight days of testing, 369 drone flights launched and landed at a rural test site outside Blacksburg. In a slice of airspace that covered less than a quarter of a mile, as many as 12 aircraft were sometimes flying at ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
A technology designed to track bird and bat behavior around remote offshore wind turbines has been evaluated for accuracy.
Nov 9, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
A medical drone delivery service founded by trainee doctors that aims to transport coronavirus samples, test kits and protective equipment between hospitals has won the backing of Britain's Space Agency.
Oct 17, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Consumer drones are notorious for being hard to fly at first, before you learn what you're doing, and the odds are, you will crash it. It's not a question of if, but when.
Sep 25, 2020
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Skoltech researchers have designed and developed an interface that allows a user to direct a small drone to light-paint patterns or letters through hand gestures. The new interface, DroneLight, can be used in distant communications, ...
Sep 23, 2020
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Business
Walmart launched a pilot program Wednesday using drones to deliver groceries and household essentials in a North Carolina city.
Sep 9, 2020
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Robotics
Drones have changed how we see the world. Even more profoundly, drones have transformed how we witness the world: how we decide the events that matter and create our shared "truth" of what happened.
Sep 7, 2020
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Engineering
In conjunction with the Department of Defense, University of South Australia material scientists have developed a range of lightweight panels that can change color on demand, allowing drones to match their appearance to the ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Business
Getting an Amazon package delivered from the sky is closer to becoming a reality.
Aug 31, 2020
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Robotics
It wasn't long after Hurricane Laura hit the Gulf Coast Thursday that people began flying drones to record the damage and posting videos on social media. Those videos are a precious resource, say researchers at Carnegie Mellon ...
Aug 28, 2020
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