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Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French firm’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They have been on the town to demo Parrot’s newest drone: the 4K-shooting, insect-inspired ANAFI. I arrived with a lot of questions and an open thoughts. …

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 …

Chinese producer Yuneec will launch an upgraded model of its Typhoon H drone subsequent month. The new Typhoon H Plus comes with a brand new digital camera, a brand new noise-reducing body and Intel’s RealSense expertise as commonplace. The authentic Typhoon H wowed the crowds at CES again in 2016, dodging transferring …

Artificial intelligence is wonderful in all of its guises, whether or not that’s a DJI drone utilizing pc imaginative and prescient to cease in need of a collision or an Intel-powered UAV utilizing machine studying to establish whales. There are loads of purposes combining AI and drones which are altering lives …

Telecommunications big AT&T has been utilizing drones to offer connectivity to areas affected by pure disasters. Most not too long ago this occurred late final yr in Puerto Rico, the place AT&T’s Flying COWs (Cell on Wings) have been deployed to reconnect residents after the hurricane, offering wi-fi connectivity to prospects in …

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 …

Back in March, automotive producer Ford introduced that its drone division had put ahead a suggestion to the FAA’s distant monitoring & ID aviation rulemaking committee. Our first impression was ‘Hold up, Ford has a drone division?’ After that, we had a have a look at the specifics of the …

Drone photographers are used to travelling far and broad in search of epic scenes to shoot, however typically the practicalities can get in the approach of that sense of journey. An excellent instance is cupboard space. If you’re capturing in 4K over the course of a visit, reminiscence playing cards are …

A Czech drone providers firm, UpVision, has been utilizing UAVs to map the largest copper ore mine in Asia. The mapping mission spanned greater than 10km² close to the town of Erdenet, Mongolia. In help of Czech geologists investigating the positioning, the UpVision workforce deployed a MAVinci Sirius, produced by the German producer …