Drone Technology

courtesy Anra Technologies AUVSI’s Novus Unmanned occasion, run by the Investorfest Venture Acceleration Program, brings the finest new drone tech to traders. The occasion will happen in San Francisco on November 1.  The at some point program will embody keynote addresses on the way forward for the drone trade and …

Photo courtesy Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems Software big Microsoft has partnered with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) and the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) to check Microsoft’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise in a Microsoft sailplane. The 16 ½ -foot, 12 ½- pound sailplane used AI …

Image: Autodesk Drone manufacturing might have been revolutionized this week.  Design software program and providers firm Autodesk and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have introduced a profitable challenge to create new navy drones utilizing 3D printing expertise. The new drone, nicknamed “Scout,” is a small fastened-wing surveillance drone.  It can …

As one of many main suppliers of business drone options within the trade – and, based in 2011, one of many earliest drone corporations – Airware has had a entrance row seat as drone expertise developed.  Now Don Weigel, Airware’s Vice President of Professional Services, describes that improvement for each clients …

  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 …

Don’t play Taps for 3DR‘s Solo yet.  3DR’s CEO Chris Anderson tweeted right now that the Solo is getting a second life. In an article title “The Solo Lives On,” on the ArduPilot Blog – ArduPilot is an opensource autopilot system – the crew explains how a neighborhood of builders …

  Image: Christine Daniloff/MIT MIT researchers are working to create miniature brains for miniature drones – designing a pc chip particularly for the aim. “Standard computer chips for quadcoptors and other similarly sized drones process an enormous amount of streaming data from cameras and sensors, and interpret that data on …

CA-based FlytBase, Inc., a startup constructing developer platforms for related clever drones, has introduced the launch of business’s first Drone-API as a Service providing. “While most modern businesses run on cloud-based applications, connecting drones to the cloud has been quite challenging,” says the firm announcement. “FlytBase plans to change that …

AeroVironment’s new drone and cloud-based analytics platform squarely targets the commercial sector, but are they targeting the wrong vertical, too late in the game? THE FACTS: Earlier this month, the military and tactical unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV) proudly unveiled its new QuantixTM drone and a cloud-based analytics platform …

1910 Rover Six As the drone industry anxiously watches federal drone laws unfold – slowly – it’s important to remember that we are at the very beginning of an emerging technology.  Drone laws may seem draconian now, as the federal government struggles to focus on safety and state and local lawmakers wrestle with …