maritime drones

Automated Drone Landing Moving Vessels

UAV Navigation Introduces Fully Automatic Landing on Moving Platforms for Maritime Operations by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Flight control solutions specialist UAV Navigation has incorporated fully automatic flight deck UAV operations into its flight control system, enabling Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to autonomously land on moving platforms. The …

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The Maritime Robotics Challenge to Tackle Major Issues

Vo2019, CC BY-SA 4.0  The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge offers more than $3 million USD in prizes.  This year, the Maritime Robotics Challenge is designed to bring emerging technologies together to tackle previously unsolvable challenges facing the maritime industry. The following is a guest post by Dr. Art Morrish, …

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DJI Drones for Boats: Volarious Tethered Drone Systems

A new tethered drone system from Volarious enables DJI drones for boats.  The system allows a commercial off-the-shelf, Mavic 2 drone to autonomously take off, follow, and land safely on small vessels – a critical expansion of functionality for public safety teams already using the V-line tethered system for Mavic …

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