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MotionDSP Partners with Universities to Help Advance UAS Research
MotionDSP recently announced collaborations with Auburn University, the University of North Dakota and Kansas State University Salina to research new applications using video.
Failure Prevention with Clairvoyant Battery Management
By Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering, University of Maryland Lithium-ion batteries are the best commercially available power source for…
Refocusing on LiDAR for the UAV Market
Laser scanning from unmanned aircraft opens the door to more cost effective 3-D mapping and other applications particularly when there…
Scientists Plan to Use Small UAVs to Measure the Atmosphere in the Arctic
In just a few weeks, a team of scientists will make their way to Oliktok Point, Alaska, where they’ll begin…
United Nations Report Urges the Use of UAVs in Peacekeeping Missions.
The report was put together by the Expert Panel on Technology and Innovation in U.N. peacekeeping. The panel was led…
Five Good Questions: Michael Drobac
Michael Drobac is the executive director of the Small UAV Coalition. Launched in October, the group advocates for the commercial…
Total Safety Receives Exemption from FAA, Allowing the Company to Use Small UASs for Flare Inspections
Total Safety U.S. Inc. recently announced that the FAA granted the company a regulatory exemption for the commercial use of…
Italian Air Force Orders P.1HH HammerHead UAS
The Italian Air Force recently ordered Piaggio Aerospace’s P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial System, a multipurpose UAS that features a variety…
Extending Unmanned Capabilities
Trends in Robotics: Momentous Strides in Human-Robot Interaction Expected in 2015.
State Lawmakers Face Opposition to Limits on Using UAS
The fight to enable photogrammetry from unmanned aircraft may be shifting to state legislatures now that the Federal Aviation Administration has begun issuing waivers allowing surveying and mapping.
NASA Could Be Sending A Submarine to Study Titan’s Methane Seas
NASA’s COMPASS Conceptual Spacecraft Design Team recently completed a design for an autonomous submarine that could be sent to Saturn’s largest moon to explore what’s below its largest northern sea.
Textron Systems Launches the Beta Release of RVcloud, A Web-based Electronic Light Table
Textron Systems Geospatial Solutions, a Textron Inc. business, recently announced the beta release of RVcloud, an application designed to offer…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Tests Due Regard Radar
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems successfully tests Due Regard Radar, validating sense and avoid capabilities on Predator B.
The Leica Aibot X6 Hexacopter
Leica Geosystems brought its bright orange Aibot X6 (though it is available in five other colors) to the International LiDAR…
Sensing Hot Spots
A team within the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre (SERC) in Christchurch, New Zealand, is developing a UAV…
Flyability Wins First ‘UAE Drones for Good Award’
The United Arab Emirates Government wants to use drones to make the world a better place, and to help innovators…
