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Wisk Aero to Bring Autonomous Air Taxi to Australia by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) leader Wisk Aero has formed a partnership with the Council of Mayors South East Queensland in order to introduce its autonomous air taxi service to the region. Continue reading below …

Small drone without exposed rotor blades suited for use in tight, hazardous spaces By Jim Magill Looking like a micro-sized version of the Death Star, the Dronut X1, which Boston-based start-up Cleo Robotics released for commercial use earlier this month, is the first professional-grade bi-rotor ducted-fan drone – a drone …

In the past six months, two interesting products have hit the market from the drone industry’s leading manufacturers, DJI and Parrot. Both aim to make aerial thermal imagery accessible and affordable. In December 2018, DJI launched the Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual, an iteration of the Mavic 2 Enterprise that swaps …

  image: The History Channel Tonight’s the night for Episode 2 of the History Channel’s fascinating adventure: Lost Gold of World War II.  This episode has an added interest for the drone industry, as a drone pilot and two data scientists from leading drone firm PrecisionHawk used LiDAR-equipped drones to help …

Sometimes we just have to share.  One of the most exciting aspects of being part of the drone industry is being able to watch it grow – and growing with it.  DRONELIFE published its first post in December of 2013.  In the almost five years since then, we’ve published 5,393 …

When Skydio launched the long-awaited R1 in February, it was clear that we were dealing with something special. The Skydio team had set out to build a drone that could build a picture of its environment and fly as intelligently as a human pilot as a result. And they appear to …

At first glance, it seems like it must be one of those internet hoaxes: a drone made of spider silk – from a company called Spidey Tek, no less – is certainly not a run of the mill product.  But this drone is just as strange and beautiful as it …

U.S. -based industrial drone producer Harris Aerial has simply launched a gasoline and electrical hybrid cargo drone for prolonged flight capabilities. The Carrier H4 Hybrid isn’t Harris Aerial’s first providing.  The firm gives heavy carry drones capable of carry subtle sensors to universities and analysis establishments in abroad markets with …

At this week’s InterDrone convention, prime business figures mentioned the following step of enterprise drone applications: data-driven enterprise transformation. The panel, moderated by Intel‘s Anil Nanduri, was a small group of heavy hitters.  Michael Ritter of Slantrange, Dyan Gibbens of Trumbull Unmanned and Dr. Christophe Strecha of Pix4D centered on …

  A brand new business drone firm began by a group of Stanford PhDs is introducing a radical new business answer.  At InterDrone subsequent month, CA startup FlightWave will debut the Edge drone – an autonomous, battery-powered endurance drone which might leverage solar energy for elevated vary. The Edge represents …