Autonomous
FLIR Thermal Imaging to Improve Reliability of Autonomous Cars
January 23, 2018The concept of a safe self-driving car may still seem a distant reality to most. Statistics reveal that more than a million people are killed and another 30-50 million are injured every...
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Hybrid Propulsion Drone Patent Mimics Star Wars X-Wing Fighter
January 21, 2018All drones are quadcopters, right? Wrong. We’ve already seen hybrid propulsion drones such as the Rolling Spider made by Parrot. This clever toy drone has not one, but two motors that can...
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New Westpac Surf Surveillance Drone Saves Teenagers Straight Out of Box
January 20, 2018A new rescue drone was barely out of the box before it was put to use in a real rescue at Lennox Head in NSW, Australia, on Thursday. Two teenage boys were...
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SPH Engineering Updates Drone Fleet Management Software
January 18, 2018SPH Engineering recently announced the release of UgCS and its mobile companion’s UgCS for DJI update, adding support for YUNEEC H520 and MavLink2, perfecting mission editor tools and KML import. Along with...
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Researchers Describe Self-Sustaining, Continuously Operational Drone Fleet
January 18, 2018Last Friday, researchers of the University of Cambridge and KoC University published a paper outlining what they call enIoD – Energy Neutral Internet of Drones . The ever-increasing use of recreational drones...