Rapid adaptation of deep learning teaches drones to survive any weather
To be truly useful, drones—that is, autonomous flying vehicles—will need to learn to navigate real-world weather and wind conditions.
May 4, 2022
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News tagged with flight tests
Energy & Green Tech
Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation
The world's largest all-electric plane has successfully completed a test flight, the first step in a long process its developers say will led to an era of low-cost, pollution-free air travel.
Robotics
Virtual sensors help aerial vehicles stay aloft when rotors fail
No crystal ball is needed to envision a future that engineers have in mind, one in which air taxis and other flying vehicles ferry passengers between urban locations, avoiding the growing gridlock on the ground below. Companies ...
Apr 24, 2024
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Proof-of-concept drone flight delivers transplant lung to patient in Toronto
A team of researchers from Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Unither Bioelectronics Inc., and Techna, University Health Network, has demonstrated the feasibility of using drones to carry human organs for transplantation ...
Robotics
Robotic lightning bugs take flight
Fireflies that light up dusky backyards on warm summer evenings use their luminescence for communication—to attract a mate, ward off predators or lure prey.
Jun 21, 2022
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Engineering
Gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft makes 2nd test flight
The gigantic Stratolaunch aircraft flew Thursday for its second time, taking to the skies over the Southern California desert
Apr 29, 2021
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Engineering
Successful maiden flight for energy-efficient Flying-V aircraft
This summer, a team of researchers, engineers and a drone pilot of TU Delft traveled to an airbase in Germany for the first real test flight of the scaled flight model of the energy-efficient aircraft design called the Flying-V. ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Hyperloop One team celebrates Nevada desert track test
(Tech Xplore)—Hyperloop One has accomplished a full systems test and it has reported that the test was successful.
Engineering
Aurora LightningStrike vertical take-off and landing X-plane prototype runs another test flight
(Tech Xplore)—Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its X-plane prototype (code named the LightningStrike), the XV-24A, an aerial vehicle with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) capabilities and driven by 24 variable-pitch ...
Software
NASA autonomous flight software successfully used in air taxi stand-ins
In late October, two research helicopters from the manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, made a dozen test flights over Long Island Sound, Connecticut taking care to avoid other aircraft in the area around them. ...
Jan 26, 2024
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