Hot lava sprays past this quadcopter as it navigates past giant clouds of sulfur billowing upwards towards it. Continue reading
DroneShield Offers Protection for Prisons
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Four people were arrested in Georgia after smuggling in cell phones, tobacco and binoculars into a state prison by flying a drone over the prison walls and into the yard. Tobacco, cell phones and binoculars don’t seem dangerous but the contraband could have been much worst and that’s where the Drone Shield comes in. Continue reading
L-3 Communications to Help DARPA Build UAS-Based Internet System
L-3 Communications won a $16.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency — DARPA. L-3 will be supporting Phases 2 and, if the appropriate contract option is exercised, also Phase 3 of the DARPA mobile hotspots programme. Continue reading
Australia Confirms Triton Deal
Prime Minister Tony Abbott travelled to South Australia two days out from the state election to announce that the government would buy Tritons, to be based at RAAF Edinburgh outside Adelaide. The deal will be conditional on the US Navy proving this advanced and expensive technology works properly. Continue reading
Fixed Wing UAS to Assess Bird Hazards on Power Lines
A team led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has used fixed-wing UAS in Spain with the aim of assessing their capabilities for assessing electrocution risk for birds. Continue reading
Battle of Britain Camera Onboard Messerschmitt 109
Air Battle over White Cliffs of Dover filmed by onboard camera on German Messerschmitt BF-109. Interesting dialogue for German speakers. Continue reading
Onboard Quadrocopter Failsafe Algorithm Demo
The Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control (IDSC), ETH Zurich, Switzerland has developed an algorithm allowing a quadrocopter to maintain stable flight despite the complete loss of a motor/propeller. In a previous video they have shown this algorithm in use, where a motion capture system was used to measure the position and orientation of the quadrocopter. Continue reading
WAVEcopter – a Fully Waterproof Quadcopter
WAVEcopter is a fully waterproof multicopter frame constructed by an enthusiast mostly from readily available and cheap electrical parts. His reasons for building it were to gain a new perspective on surfing photography, do aerial surveying of event sites, and to satisfy his general fascination with robotics and aviation. Continue reading