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PhoneDrone allows your smartphone to become an autonomous aerial camera
xCraft, an innovator of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs),has launched a Kickstarter campaign for PhoneDrone which allows anyone with a smartphone to enjoy their own personal flying robot. The smartphone...
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Hydrogen powered HYCOPTER can fly for 4 hours
HYCOPTER is the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell powered multi-rotor UAV. HYCOPTER is being readied for a record flight endurance of 4 hours, or 8 to 10 times the average flight duration of equivalent...
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DJI launches “Phantom 3 Standard,” a photography and video drone
DJI launches the most accessible flying camera (‘drone’) “Phantom 3 Standard”. It is designed specifically for first-time pilots. The DJI Phantom 3 Standard brings DJI’s signature attention to...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight supports consumer drones and robotics applications
Qualcomm has introduced Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight, a highly optimized 58x40mm board targeted specifically for consumer drones and robotics applications. Qualcomm Technologies also announced that...
View ArticleMine Kafon Drone – An airborne demining system to clear Land Mines around the...
Every year landmines and other explosive hazards kill or injure thousands of people across the globe. In fact, the cost of removing landmines from the world is up to 50 times more than its production....
View ArticleXiaomi unveils the Mi Drone, an Affordable and Modular Quadcopter
China’s most popular consumer electronics maker Xiami has announced its first drone named “MI” , pricing it significantly lower than a comparable model by the market leader DJI. Xiaomi’s Mi Drone is a...
View ArticleGoPro’s Karma Drone folds up and fits in a Backpack. Karma Drone costs $799
GoPro has unveiled its Foldable Drone named Karma at an Event in Northern California. The important feature of this Karma Drone is its foldable blades that’ll make it easy to fit into a backpack. Karma...
View ArticleMIT’s Flying Car – A Drone that can both Fly and Drive
Many birds and insects have the ability to both walk and take flight If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many possibilities: Imagine machines that could fly into...
View ArticleMIT’s Hybrid Drones carry heavier payloads for greater distance
New hybrid gas-to-electric drones from MIT spinout Top Flight Technologies offer an order-of-magnitude increase in range, payload size, and power over battery-powered counterparts. The drones may pave...
View ArticleDrones relay RFID signals for inventory control
Radio frequency ID tags were supposed to revolutionize supply chain management. The dirt-cheap, battery-free tags, which receive power wirelessly from scanners and then broadcast identifying numbers,...
View ArticleRussian Company That Makes AK-47 Rifle Is Building A Hoverbike, To Reveal A...
A Russian defense manufacturer named after the inventor of the AK-47 showed off its “flying car” to company officials and the Internet. The “car,” which has sixteen sets of rotors, could have military...
View ArticleDrones let researchers monitor changes in volcanoes, plan virtual field trip
Penn State geosciences researchers are investigating an active volcano that could pose a hazard to millions of people in Nicaragua. Masaya volcano is located in an active volcanic and seismic zone and...
View ArticleSaildrone to provide valuable ocean data
Ocean research that seeks to monitor what is happening in the ocean environment—counting fish, assessing food resources, monitoring endangered species included—provides vitally important answers. A...
View ArticleDJI Mavic Air Drone – Ultra Portable, Compact, 3-axis Gimbal, Hands Gesture...
The Chinese Drone company DJI has released a new Drone named as “DJI Mavic Air“. This ultra-portable Drone is marketed as a smartphone-sized drone that can fit in a jacket’s pocket. Mavic Air also...
View ArticleThe autonomous “selfie drone”
Skydio, a San Francisco-based startup founded by three MIT alumni, is commercializing an autonomous video-capturing drone dubbed by some as the “selfie drone”, that tracks and films a subject, while...
View ArticleRobot takes cues from spider that can walk and roll
Esslingen, Germany-based Festo has come up with the BionicWheelBot, a walk-and-roll robot with strong spider vibes. The BionicWheelBot is inspired by the flic-flac spider. The flic-flac spider can walk...
View ArticleSensor-carrying drones ‘talk’ to each other
Rice University students develop flying platform for sophisticated sensing applications. New hardware and software that can coordinate sensor-carrying drones may be able to assist in evaluating local...
View ArticleAn Insect-inspired Drone deforms upon Impact
An origami-like drone developed at EPFL is flexible enough to absorb shocks without breaking before returning to its initial shape. This new type of drone, which was inspired by insect wings, draws on...
View Article“Neural Lander” Uses AI to Land Drones Smoothly
Smooth landing of multi-rotor drones is difficult due to the complex aerodynamic effects caused by interactions between multi-rotor airflow and the environment. Complex turbulence is created by the...
View ArticleSwarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments
Researchers have presented a swarm of tiny drones that can explore unknown environments completely by themselves. The challenge comes from the fact that the tiny 33-gram drones need to navigate...
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