The Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), ETH Zurich, Switzerland has developed a computationally efficient trajectory generator for six degrees-of-freedom multi-rotor vehicles, i.e. vehicles that can independently control their position and attitude. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
NOAA Testing UAS to Measure Lower Atmosphere
A few hours before storms formed in northern Oklahoma during the second week in May, three unmanned aircraft flew through the air hundreds of feet above the ground to observe important changes in the atmosphere that could spawn severe thunderstorms. Continue reading
Lockheed Launches a Flying Drone from Floating Drone
The question of how to launch drones over the ocean has been a lingering technical problem as the U.S. military has scaled up its interest in unmanned system. But Lockheed Martin just launched a small aerial drone out over the ocean through another drone, showing the possibilities of cross-domain drone launches. Continue reading
Texas A&M Drone Program Partners with NASA
An AR200 by Air Robot, a virtually silent unmanned aerial system, was on display in the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation booth at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas in May. It can hover and star with ‘steady eye on target’ with hands-off functionality
Corpus Christi engineers are now working with NASA to develop software to keep drones from colliding with other aircraft, help with emergency landings and sense weather and “no fly” zones, all without the aid of a pilot. The work is part of a new Space Act Agreement signed recently by representatives from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation (LSUASC) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M University System. Continue reading
Tata Launches Drone Research Lab in Cincinnati
Tata Consultancy Services, a global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has opened its first Drones Research Lab in the US at its Seven Hills Park Innovation Center located in Cincinnati, OH, to address the rapidly expanding demand for unmanned aerial vehicles and business solutions across industries. Continue reading
UAS Technology Reveals Iceberg Calving Process
Walking near the end of a massive tongue of glacial ice rising hundreds of meters above the sea, a group of scientists spotted an unexpected and ominous sign. About 100 meters from the edge of the glacier was a crack a few meters wide. The crack was fresh—there was no sign of it the day before. “We decided we wouldn’t walk farther,” said Guillaume Jouvet, a glaciologist at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Continue reading
Drone Swarms Could Help Protect from Tornadoes
Whereas we can see hurricanes and blizzards coming from miles away, tornadoes form very quickly and on smaller scales. Predicting them requires very detailed understanding of atmospheric processes at a resolution that you can’t get with weather radar. Continue reading
NASA Selects Black Swift for Volcano Ash Monitoring
NASA has awarded Black Swift Technologies, a specialized engineering firm, a contract to develop and deliver a purpose-built scientific platform to explore volcanoes in order to improve air traffic management systems and the accuracy of ashfall measurements. Continue reading