Tag: drones
Analysis: Airbus’ Skyways delivery drone completes first flight demo (VIDEO)
Airbus’ unmanned drone delivery project, Skyways, has completed a successful demonstration flight in Singapore. A full-scale trial is pencilled in for later this year.
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MIT’s NanoMap helps drones to navigate safely at high speed
Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a sophisticated computer vision system for flying robots.
NanoMap allows drones to navigate through...
PAL value chains: how IoT transforms manufacturing and supply
Make way for the onshore revolution. Transformation expert Sean Culey joins our writing team and explains how the rise of the Personal, Automated, and Local...
IoT helps wind power match conventional fuels, says report
The $100 billion energy opportunity: Big data, connected technologies, and advanced materials are spearheading the growth of an increasingly competitive wind power sector, according...
EHANG passenger drone boasts successful manned test flights
EHANG has released footage and further details of successful manned test flights of the EHang 184 passenger drone.
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Iris Automation gets funding for plan to bring AI to commercial...
Collision avoidance provider Iris Automation has received $8 million funding to bring its AI technology to autonomous drones and other flying vehicles.
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Drones offer a new perspective on British Columbia wildfires
British Columbia is recovering from a summer fire season more devastating than any in living memory. Now researchers are using drones to carry out...
Montego Resources hopes IoT will help uncover silver bounty in Nevada
The mining firm is using drones, sensors and robo-drills to hunt for treasure in the Nevada desert.
For more than one hundred years, Taylor Mine...
US drone collision study flies in face of UK research
The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has published the results of a study into the threats to manned aircraft posed by drones. Its findings...
DroneBase unveils augmented reality platform for UAV pilots
The DroneBase AirCraft platform allows pilots to build structures in the sky with GPS-based augmented reality. It's expected to be used for pilot training, among...
DJI launches FlightHub for drone fleet management
DJI is making a major play in the commercial drone industry with FlightHub, a web-based platform for drone fleet management.
Chinese drone giant DJI is thought...
Number of service robots to reach 264 million by 2026
Strong market growth saw the installed base of service robots reach 29.6 million worldwide at the close of 2016. According to new research from...