Hybrid drones that can convert from vertical take off and landing (VTOL) to fixed-wing flight are becoming increasingly popular for…
Charles Choi
Farming With Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight
Recent advances are inching BVLOS operations on farms closer to reality.
Energy Applications for Drones May See New Standards
The energy industry can greatly benefit from drone inspections, not just by cutting costs but by preventing disasters and saving…
Emergency Response Drones Meet New Standards
International maneuverability and sensor functionality benchmarks for emergency response vehicles may lead to new tests for pilot and drone proficiency….
Mastering the Deluge of Data from Drones
The average drone can fly for roughly 30 minutes before its battery drains. Still, in that time, the vehicle can…
Impossible Areospace’s US-1 Drone Assists in SWAT Mission
Newly released video from Impossible Aerospace‘s groundbreaking electric drone shows how the unmanned aircraft took part in its first SWAT…
Bat-Like Sonar Can Help A Robot Navigate
Bats can fly dexterously in the dark in large part because echolocation—the biological version of the sonar that submarines rely…
Aloft: Breakthroughs in Unmanned Aircraft Flight Times
A new electric drone, the US-1, can fly for two hours on a single charge—a flight time comparable with gasoline-fueled…
Drone-Based Bird-Herding Is Taking Off
Using drones to divert birds from airports may help prevent disastrous bird strikes.
Wind Borne
Inspired by both sailboats and the wandering albatross the wind-powered UNAv can theoretically travel thousands of miles. Drones are increasingly taking…
Extracting Forensic Data From Drones
A new online database can help law enforcement glean precious details from drones. The dream that drones may one day…
Charting Cleanup – Detecting Nuclear Waste
Robots that fly, swim and crawl through pipes are helping with the clean up of radioactive zones by mapping hard-to-find…
An Underwater Acoustic Network for Unmanned Vehicles
Increasingly, robots not only soar through the air and wander over the land, but they also swim on and under…
Stargazers: Giant Telescopes that Build Themselves
Bigger is often better, not just on Earth, but in space. The larger an orbital observatory, the more light it…
Hot Shots Study Volcanoes and Lava Flows
Researchers are using specially designed sensors and drones to study volcanic plumes and lava flows to better predict the impact of eruptions.
Fighting Air Pollution on the Fly
Not only can drones serve as eyes in the sky, but they can be eyes on the sky as well—detecting and characterizing pollution in the air.
The Other Genius Grant: New York’s Funding Contest for Drone Start-Ups
Even though investors are pouring money into drone startup companies it can still be challenging to find the right connection….
