As the drone industry continues to evolve, researchers and manufacturers are constantly looking for more cost effective, efficient ways to employ these systems in commercial applications—and that includes employing swarms.
Renee Knight
UGV’s Gaining Ground
Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) certainly seem to have a lot of potential. They can be used to spray pesticides on a large farm to boost crop yields, for example, or to move materials at a mining site.
Rockwell Collins and BNSF Complete Successful BVLOS Flights
Over the last nine months, Rockwell Collins and BNSF Railway have been successfully flying UAS Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) for long linear operations.
AeroVironment Introduces Snipe Nano Quad at AUVSI
AeroVironment introduced the Snipe Nano Quad, a field-rugged unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to support close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…
Autonomous Vehicles Swarming the Sea
Planet Ocean is in the final phases of developing a system for rapid environmental assessment that launches and recovers micro underwater vehicles from an autonomous surface vehicle.
Commercial Drone Industry On The Move
Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships are shaping the commercial UAS industry, forcing some players out while others are beginning to flourish.
Drone Safety: Evaluating Injury Risk
While operators do their best to safely fly their drones, there’s always a chance the systems might crash—and that could…
Drones and First Responders: Help From Above
More and more first responders are turning to drones during search and rescue missions.
Driving Innovation from the Inside
The team at the GE Healthcare Milwaukee repair facility is always looking for ways to improve efficiencies and to automate more processes — like moving materials through the 280,000 square foot building.
Monitoring, Mapping, Measuring: How Drones Are Changing The Mining Industry
Unmanned aerial systems can be used for a variety of mining tasks, including measuring the volume of stockpiles, monitoring blasts and mapping construction.
Innovations and News from the 2016 Commercial UAV Expo
The unmanned industry recently gathered at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the Commercial UAV Expo to learn about…
Flying the Rails
For hundreds of years, the world’s rail industry has efficiently transported goods and people from point to point. Safety is…
Leveraging LiDAR
Whether you’re deploying an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to map a corridor or are part of a team tasked with…
UMass Researchers Studying use of Drones in Mass Casualty Events
They plan to test the technology at a training drill later this month.
The Industry Reacts to Part 107
A look at what manufacturers, users and other experts think the new small UAS rules mean for this growing industry.
Drones Deliver Healthcare
Whether they are transporting essential medical supplies to hard-to-reach areas or delivering meds inside large hospitals, drones can not only help health organizations save money, but lives as well.
Microdrones UAS Performs Successful Water Rescue Demo
The company collaborated with DLRG and RESTUBE to demonstrate how drones can help rescue swimmers in distress.
