A New Jersey man was arrested after police say he shot down a neighbor’s remote control helicopter. According to investigators, officers with the Lower Township Police Department were called to a home in the 1000 block of Seashore Road on September 26th to investigate the report by a resident that his remote control helicopter was shot down.
Category Archives: VTOL
Plexi Drone Aims to Simplify Aerial Filming
A Toronto startup is launching a campaign to send swarms of lightweight cameras into the skies. The PlexiDrone is a small quadcopter with a snap-in socket for lifting a variety of prosumer devices skyward, from point-and-shoots to GoPros. DreamQii, the company behind the PlexiDrone, boasts that the aircraft’s design lets users capture 360 degrees of footage without propellers or landing gear getting in the way. Continue reading
Nixie, the Quadcopter that Fits on your Wrist
Earlier this year, Intel kicked off its Make it Wearable challenge, a mission to take wearable technology and do things with it that haven’t yet been done — that, maybe, no one had even thought of yet. Team Nixie has begun developing a quadcopter that fits on your wrist. Continue reading
Indian Students Develop QuadCopter with Facial Recognition
A group of students at SRM University in Chennai, India, led by Sobin Santhosh, final year student in the Aerospace department have designed and implemented an autonomous copter equipped with an automatic face and person recognition system in a day. They have trained their intelligent software to detect a person irrespective of his/her attire, face orientation, posture and/or background. Continue reading
Autonomous Structure Assembly
A European project led by the Center for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) and the University of Seville created flying robots capable of reaching places too dangerous for humans and work independently in a wide range of tasks. The autonomy and skills of the robots is being developed to build or disassemble structures for a host of future applications, from rescue missions to inspection and maintenance in the energy and space sectors. Continue reading
Richard Branson Invests in 3D Robotics
Billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson just made it official on Monday that he became the latest investor in 3D Robotics, a commercial drone company founded by ex-Wired Magazine chief editor Chris Anderson. Continue reading
Russian Navy May Get VTOL UAS
Research and development company Radar MMS is waiting for the Russian Navy to place orders for its Breeze, a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned flying radar. Continue reading
Camcopters to Monitor Ukraine
The Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) told the Wiener Zeitung that it plans to use Schiebel UAS for its observer mission. Both the OSCE and Schiebel have their headquarters in Vienna.