More and more the Golden Gate Bridge is being buzzed by camera-carrying flying drones, and security-conscious span officials are none too happy about it. Continue reading
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Russia to Deploy Military UAS to Monitor Arctic
Russian drones will start monitoring the situation in the Arctic as well as on a part of the Northern Sea Route starting May 1, authorities announced. The vehicles can be used in navigation as well as in search and rescue missions.
Man Arrested in Japan Drone Incident
Police in Japan have arrested the man who claimed to have flown and landed a drone with minute traces of radiation on top of the Prime Minister’s Office.
X-47B First Autonomous Aerial Refuelling – Video
The X-47B successfully conducted the first ever Autonomous Aerial Refuelling (AAR) of an unmanned aircraft April 22, completing the final test objective under the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration programme. Continue reading
UAS Hinder Coal Theft in Poland
Polish railway company PKP Cargo has said the introduction of drones across its network has led to a dramatic decline in the theft of coal. The special units were deployed to combat criminals, who targeted the freight wagons some 900 times in the first 10 months of 2014, costing the company millions of dollars. Continue reading
Drone Shield Protected Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon on Monday was using technology developed by an MIT graduate that warns Boston Police Department officers when drones are entering the airspace above the 30,000 marathon runners. This year’s 26.2 mile-long course was declared a “no-drone zone” by Boston officials last week.
Smartphone Controlled Quadcopter
At the University of Pennsylvania’s Vijay Kumar Lab, Dr. Kumar and his students have been developing advanced, autonomous drones that are assembled from off-the-shelf parts. The drone itself is bare bones: a frame, battery, four motors and props, and a motor controller. As for the phone they’re using, it’s not a special prototype or a developer-only device like Google’s Project Tango. It’s an ordinary Samsung Galaxy phone. Continue reading
Meet the Man Behind the 3DR Solo
3D Robotics is betting Solo will appeal to drone enthusiasts and novices alike — and that it can begin to chip away at the consumer drone market that the Phantom helped create. It is a critical time for 3DR, which has raised $85 million from investors.