DRONELIFE Exclusive. Skydio, the Redwood City, CA startup, is flying high. Skydio’s X2 drones were announced today, along with an $100 million in Series C funding – which follows a $4 million investment that the U.S. Department of Defense announced this weekend. $100 million may be the largest funding …
Read More »Sense and Avoid for Drones: New Algorithm Allows Drones to R…
Drones still can’t dodge a bullet – but new research will now help drones avoid relatively fast moving objects. A team of three researchers at the Department of Informatics, University of Zurich in Switzerland have created a method of sense and avoid for drones using event cameras so that the …
Read More »Making BVLOS Flight a Practical Reality: Onboard Sense and A…
As enterprise drone applications grow, the industry awaits a rule on flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS.) BLVOS flight is an important concept for the growth of the commercial drone market. Regulations allowing drones to fly beyond the range of a visual observer would make long range applications like …
Read More »Zurich Researchers Teach Drone to Dodge with Dynamic Obstacl…
One of the many things preventing urban drone deliveries reaching Amazone Prime levels of mass adoption is the threat of interference, whether that’s from pets, kids, thieves, gun-toting neighbors or rogue footballs. Researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, are working on sense and avoid technology that could provide drones …
Read More »How Do Big Drone Companies Plan for Future Regulations? Act …
FAA teams examine Insitu’s ScanEagle3 at a Type Certification Board Meeting in Bingen, Washington. Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is playing the long game. The company is drawing from Boeing’s experience as the world’s largest aerospace company and planning for the future with the ScanEagle 3, collaborating …
Read More »Sense and Avoid for Drones is No Easy Feat
But development is vibrant, and you’ll see it work first in prosumer drones QuickTake THE FACTS: “Sense and avoid” for drones is a popular topic in the press right now, but the phrase can mean different things in different contexts and people. To clarify, there is a difference between solving …
Read More »The Drone Chip Wars: Intel to Buy Movidius
Intel has announced that they will purchase Movidius, an Irish company focusing on computer vision technology. This is just the latest announcement of Intel’s investment in the drone and Internet-of-Things (IoT) space. Details of the deal have not yet been made public. Movidius has raised over $85 million in venture capital over the …
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