The MARINER program’s mission to use expansive offshore seaweed farms as an alternative energy source may not be a new concept—using drones to do it is.
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Five Good Questions: Sean Guerre
Q: What key trends are you seeing for unmanned systems in energy? A: Several trends are converging. Specific groups are becoming centers…
UAV Survey at Centimeter Level with Ease
High-performance real-time positioning in UAV survey, photogrammetry, machine control and intelligent vehicles is now possible with entry-level inertial and GNSS…
Black Swift Technologies’ STL (Safe-to-Land) AI Solution
Coupling “failure prediction” with a vision system can be used to avoid ground obstacles during a forced landing. Now Black…
Volansi Partners with Merck to Deliver Cold Chain Meds in N.C.
Volansi recently completed the first successful drone delivery of temperature-controlled medicines within the U.S. The deliveries, which took place in…
mosaic-H, accurate positioning and heading in a single compact module
Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, expands its GNSS module portfolio with mosaic-H heading receiver. With dual antenna capabilities, this surface mount moduledelivers reliable heading & pitch or heading &…
Are We Wasting A Perfectly Good Crisis?
“You never let a serious crisis go to waste” is a quote from then-Obama chief of staff and subsequent Chicago…
FAA Goes “BEYOND” with New Program
Building on both the advancements and the expiration of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program (IPP), the Department…
North Dakota Debuts Statewide BVLOS Network Vantis
The country’s first beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) statewide network is expected to be up and running in North…
Energy Drone & Robotics Virtual Global Gathering
Focusing on the business and technology of unmanned systems in energy operations, the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition will hold…
Harnessing the Power of Hydro
Structures for the world’s most widely used renewable energy source are starting to deteriorate. Advanced ROVs with integrated software and best-in-class AI are diving in to help.
The Future of Drones and Wind Power
Next steps may include better forecasts, nested drones and robotic repairs.
First Harvest Navigation Selects Sea Machines to Launch U.S.’ Inaugural Autonomous Hybrid Cargo Vessel
Norwalk-based First Harvest Navigation, a marine transportation company that connects family farms to urban and suburban neighborhoods, has selected Boston-based Sea…
Iris Automation and Partners Flying BVLOS Missions in Quebec
Iris Automation, UAS Center of Excellence (CED Alma) and MVT Geo-solutions will soon begin flying commercial linear beyond visual line…
Septentrio Announces Open Source Software and Hardware for Autonomous Applications with GNSS
Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, announces today two important open source resources for its GPS/GNSS module receivers. The first, ROSaic, is a ROS (Robot…
