Automation is a word – and a concept – that gets thrown around a lot in the drone industry. Critical features including automated flights, automated conflict avoidance, and automated charging are constantly being developed. Still, a regular industrial or military drone mission that is truly fully automated – without a …
Read More »Kespry’s BYOD – Bring Your Own Drone – Program
Kespry has dominated the “vertical integration” solution for a long time, providing a seamlessly integrated industrial solution that let subject matter experts put a Kespry drone on the ground, step away from the aircraft, and do everything else from flight planning to launch through data processing on an iPad. It’s …
Read More »Airobotics Automated Drones Add LiDAR for Expanded Commercia…
It’s been a big year for Airobotics. The Israeli company which is the best known fully automated drone solution in the world has received a major funding boost; opened a U.S. facility in Scottsdale, Arizona; and added major new functionality to their solution – a drone solutions that does not …
Read More »Automated Drones are a Major Drone Industry Sector: Airoboti…
“Automation” is one of the drone industry’s favorite words this year – and the first startup to introduce a fully automated industrial drone solution is demonstrating why. Airobotics is an ideal solution for industrial applications that require aerial data and monitoring, but limited human staffing. The Israeli-based startup is growing …
Read More »Phantom 4 RTK Launched Globally Today: DJI’s Ultimate Mappin…
DRONELIFE was present this morning when DJI announced the global launch of the Phantom 4 RTK mapping and survey drone. The launch shows DJI’s continued commitment to the commercial market, where they already hold the major market share with the customer favorite Phantom 4, and the new Mavic Pro series. …
Read More »Flyability Joins International CERBERUS Team to Take on the …
Makers of the leading industrial drone for inaccessible spaces, Swiss company Flyability has taken on the DARPA SubT Challenge with international team CERBERUS. Flyability makes the collision-tolerant Elios, already used in underground and other challenging environments for industrial uses like mining and industrial inspections. The following is from a Flyability …
Read More »BSHARK: How a Hydrogen Fueled Drone Can Overcome Flight Limi…
Commercial drones are proving their worth in industries across the globe – but they still suffer from a major limitation. Most rotary aircraft require a great deal of energy to stay airborne: while most battery technologies are heavy for the energy they provide. When energy is transferred into or out …
Read More »What Venezuela’s Purported Assassination Attempt by Drones M…
By Hugoshi [CC BY-SA 4.0] News and Commentary. The drone news this week has been dominated by headlines about the purported assassination attempt on Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. The timing couldn’t be worse for the drone industry. I use the word “purported” in an effort (probably in vain) to indicate …
Read More »U.S. Registered Drone Operators: The FAA Wants Your Input
If you will have registered a business drone within the U.S., the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs your enter. Earlier this month, FAA despatched out a questionnaire to everybody who has registered a business drone. The FAA clarifies that the survey consists of business operators, authorities departments and different customers …
Read More »DroneDeploy Scores $25M in New Round: Here’s What it Takes t…
San Francisco-based drone mapping platform DroneDeploy simply scored one other $25 million in funding. Here’s why that’s not shocking. This week I had a dialog with an funding banker, who talked about casually that the VC urge for food for drone firms had diminished in the final yr. With the …
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