A Dutch artist has turned his dead cat Orville, named after the famous aviator Orville Wright, into a helicopter – dubbed the Orvillecopter. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
NASA Mission Sending Unmanned Aircraft Over Hurricanes
NASA’s Global Hawk over Edwards Air Force Base – Photo: NASA / Carla Thomas
Beginning this summer and over the next several years, NASA will be sending unmanned aircraft dubbed “severe storm sentinels” above stormy skies to help researchers and forecasters uncover information about hurricane formation and intensity changes. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – New Take Off for Flying Robots
Flying Robots debuted the FR102+ at the RPAS 2012 Conference currently being held in Paris. Continue reading
Spanish University Creates 3D Images of Historical Buildings with UAS
University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained from an unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Bluesky Launches UAS Aerial Survey Service in UK
UK aerial survey company Bluesky has launched a fast response aerial survey service using state of the art unmanned aircraft.
Texas Company Adapts to New FAA Rules
Gene Robinson runs his company, RP Flight Systems, out of Wimberley. They’ve given emergency manage crews across the nation an eye in the sky, assisting in everything from fires to missing person searches. Continue reading
Australian Farmers Explore UAS for Weed Control
The need to access weeds in dangerous or remote areas with spraying rigs may soon be a thing of the past.
Swiss Ecologists Monitor Illegal Logging in Indonesia
Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have built their own unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, sensors and GPS for $2,000. Continue reading