UAS will soon offer a cost-effective and scalable alternative to traditional palletising methods, as demonstrated by this latest Demo3D video commissioned by Qimarox – a Netherlands-based manufacturer of components for material handling systems, including palletisers and vertical conveyors. Continue reading
Festo BionicOpter – Inspired by Dragonfly Flight
With the BionicOpter, Festo has technically mastered the highly complex flight characteristics of the dragonfly. Just like its model in nature, this ultralight flying object can fly in all directions, hover in mid-air and glide without beating its wings. Continue reading
Michigan Tech Researches Feasibility of UAS Use in Transportation
The Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) is currently looking into the use of UAS from a transportation perspective. MTRI scientists and faculty from the main Michigan Tech campus are using unmanned aircraft systems to help the US Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovation Technology Administration (USDOT/RITA) and other agencies to develop low-cost, highly-efficient ways to handle tasks that range from mapping the condition of unpaved roads to understanding traffic jams and evaluating the conditions inside culverts.
Aerial Time-Lapse Video of Formal Garden at Wisley, UK
The Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley allowed Helipix to carry out a year long experiment using a UAS to take a series of time lapse images over one of their landscaped gardens. At almost 2 weekly intervals the company was given access to the gardens to take an aerial image of the Formal Garden by the Loggia at the RHS Wisley before the public was allowed entry . Continue reading
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 – Wins Contract With the Italian Navy
The Italian Navy has selected the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System) to provide support for its fleet, making it the first European Navy that has S-100 in operational use. Continue reading
IAI Unveils Super Heron – Heavy Fuel Unmanned Aircraft System
Israel Aerospace Industries‘ (IAI) revealed its new Super Heron heavy fuel Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) during a special ceremony held at the IAI chalet at the Singapore Air Show. Continue reading
Survey-Grade LiDAR for UAS from RIEGL
RIEGL Laser Measurement Systems has been developing what it claims to be the world’s first survey-grade UAS LiDAR sensor, the VUX-1. Continue reading
Pix4D Integrated Editing Software Combines Computer Vision and Photogrammetry
Pix4D has released a new software package Pix4Dmapper, a fully integrated editing tool providing extended CAD and GIS possibilities. The rayCloud, Pix4D’s latest innovation included in Pix4Dmapper, combines the 3D point cloud with the original images for easy viewing as well as highly accurate semantic annotation and project improvement. Continue reading