S.F. Express, one of the largest couriers in China, is testing delivering parcels with octacopters. It is reported that it is developed in house (in Chinese). See video below: Continue reading
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Iran Claims to Have Jet-Powered UAS
The Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defence Base, Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said Iran’s latest UAS, the Haazem 3, has been designed and built for special and strategic purposes. “Haazem 3 is a jet(-engine) UAS and (designed) for specific and strategic goals,” Brigadier General Esmayeeli said. Continue reading
Australian Animal Rights Group HexaCopter Controls Free Range Farms
Animal Liberation activists in Australia have dramatically stepped up their campaign against intensive livestock production, with their first official investigation using a hexacopter to capture aerial footage. Continue reading
Air National Guard Predator Helps Fight California Wildfire
As crews advanced against a giant wildfire around Yosemite National Park, fire commanders said they would maintain use of a Predator UAS to give them early views of any new flare-ups across in the remote and rugged landscape. Continue reading
Florida Tests UAS to Control Swamp Mosquitos
Seeking a high-tech edge in the daily battle to beat back the black salt marsh mosquito, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has begun testing a next-generation UAS developed by Prioria, a Gainesville robotics company. Continue reading
Hexacopter Crashes into Crowd at Virginia Bull Run
A hexacopter carrying a camera crashed into the grandstand at Virginia Motorsports Park at The Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie, Virginia on Saturday. The event promised to bring “the Spanish tradition of the running of the bulls to the United States!” Continue reading
Using Google Glass to Control a UAS
Google Glass developer Blaine Bublitz has actually come up with a way to control a Parrot AR Drone with his Google Glass wearable device. After some successful early tests controlling a connected ground-based robot with Glass-controlled head movements, Bublitz decided to up the stakes and try the same dynamic with a flying robot. Continue reading
Infrared Camera Fits in a Smart Phone
FLIR, a manufacturer of infrared sensors, has married a smartphone to its state-of-the-art thermal camera in a concept it displayed at last week’s Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) expo in Washington, D.C. Continue reading