Archive for the ‘drones’ category: Page 78
Dec 8, 2020
Europe hopes new R&D fund will boost meager defense capabilities and create opportunities for science
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI, science
Future EDF research topics will be specified in annual calls run by the European Commission, the EU executive branch, and approved by a committee of national delegates. AI will be a big topic, Ripoche says. He says EDF funding will also go to new materials, such as discreet metamaterial antennas that can be engineered into the surfaces of vehicles and weapons. Muravska says she expects “a healthy take-up” in the EDF by European academic researchers, “provided they are aware of it.”
With no military of its own, European Union funds work on camouflage, drones, and laser weapons.
Dec 8, 2020
This big drone can wash windows of high altitude buildings
Posted by Raphael Ramos in category: drones
Dec 6, 2020
Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: drones, robotics/AI
Article from New York times. 😃
In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions.
Dec 4, 2020
Huge drone set to launch satellites in mid-air
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: drones, robotics/AI, satellites
We all have images in our mind of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station hurtling astronauts into space and satellites into orbit.
But those launches may be a thing of the past as a new generation of drones that can do the same job cheaper, safer and better steps into play.
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Dec 3, 2020
China Has Made Drone Warfare Global
Posted by Vivek Jaiswal in categories: drones, military
Dec 2, 2020
Engineers combine light and sound to see underwater
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biological, drones, military
Stanford University engineers have developed an airborne method for imaging underwater objects by combining light and sound to break through the seemingly impassable barrier at the interface of air and water.
The researchers envision their hybrid optical-acoustic system one day being used to conduct drone-based biological marine surveys from the air, carry out large-scale aerial searches of sunken ships and planes, and map the ocean depths with a similar speed and level of detail as Earth’s landscapes. Their “Photoacoustic Airborne Sonar System” is detailed in a recent study published in the journal IEEE Access.
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Nov 29, 2020
Drone Privacy Laws Around the World: Surfshark Maps it Out
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, drones, mapping, security
Drone privacy laws vary all around the world — and what might get you a great shot in one country could get you jail time in another.
Surfshark, a digital security firm, introduces Mapped: The state of drone privacy laws in (nearly) every country.
Drone privacy is serious business – and what gets you a great image in one country could get you a jail term in another. Finding these laws, however, is hit or miss – so this new research from Surfshark is a great place to start for world travelers.
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Nov 24, 2020
Industrial drone maker Percepto raises $45M and integrates with Boston Dynamics’ Spot
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI
Consumer drones have over the years struggled with an image of being no more than expensive and delicate toys. But applications in industrial, military and enterprise scenarios have shown that there is indeed a market for unmanned aerial vehicles, and today, a startup that makes drones for some of those latter purposes is announcing a large round of funding and a partnership that provides a picture of how the drone industry will look in years to come.
Percepto, which makes drones — both the hardware and software — to monitor and analyze industrial sites and other physical work areas largely unattended by people, has raised $45 million in a Series B round of funding.
Alongside this, it is now working with Boston Dynamics and has integrated its Spot robots with Percepto’s Sparrow drones, with the aim being better infrastructure assessments, and potentially more as Spot’s agility improves.
Using drones for agriculture! Technology used to benefit one of the oldest industries. 😃
Designed for use in agriculture, the new DJI T20 is bringing the latest tech to one of the world’s oldest industries 👏 😎.