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Image: University of Zurich Compact and foldable, portable drones are great for carrying – but can the advantages of a folding drone be realized during flight? Researchers at the University of Zurich, with others, have come up with a drone that folds during flight to get through tight spaces. Davide …

The UK is famous for many things but an abundance of exotic wildlife isn’t one of them. Which means the police have to take special measures to keep what little they do have intact. Lincolnshire Police have a fleet of drones to help with event security, tactical operations and more. …

Drone manufacturer DJI has appointed French aerial photographer and film director Yann Arthus-Bertrand one of three DJI ‘Masters’. The French artist, whose work includes ‘The Earth From Above’ – a United Nations-supported collection of photo essays that has sold more than 4 million copies – has been using DJI equipment while shooting his …

To mark the company’s 50th anniversary, technology giant Intel has set a new world record with a drone light show…again. This time, 2,018 LED-carrying drones took to the skies above the company’s base in Folsom, California. The results were pretty spectacular. This is What 2,000 of Intel’s Shooting Stars Look Like …

Ever donned a pair of VR goggles and flown your drone from a true birds-eye perspective? Researchers at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) are taking that immersive feeling to the next level, designing a system that can control a drone with precision by registering the torso movements of the …

We’ve seen many issues within the drone business thus far: drones that catch whale snot; drones that carry out aerial gentle exhibits; a drone that assists skydives. But we haven’t but seen a drone dressed as Superman intentionally flown right into a nuclear energy plant. At least not till this …

In the previous couple of years drone racing has taken off. Pilots that have been flying for enjoyable on makeshift tracks of their spare time are instantly travelling the world on skilled contracts. Racing organizations like DRL are signing multimillion-dollar sponsorship offers with a few of the largest names in …

Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab have developed a modular flying drone able to adapting its form to go well with its surroundings. It’s known as DRAGON, which conveniently stands for Dual-rotor embedded multilink Robot with the Ability of multi-deGree-of-freedom aerial transformatiON. DRAGON is powered by ducted followers that …

We’ve written on a number of events about how drone expertise is getting used for marine analysis and conservation, significantly with efforts involving our oceans’ largest inhabitants: whales. You can examine Ocean Alliance’s work to seize whale information utilizing SnotBot, right here. You can examine Intel and Ocean Alliance utilizing …

Skydio, the US producer behind the massively spectacular R1 drone, has introduced a software program replace that can develop their flagship product’s capabilities. The most notable a part of the replace is a brand new function that enables the R1 to trace and comply with vehices. Skdyio says the brand …