by: Kate Torgovnick “Athletic” is a term we use to describe human beings. But could it also be used to describe a machine? In a demo recorded yesterday in his robot lab at TEDGlobal 2013, systems engineer Raffaello D’Andrea shows us…
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Researchers test unmanned aircraft for on-farm uses
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Professor Giles will be speaking at our show, sUSBExpo (ed) By Steve Adler When farmers approach University of California, Davis, agricultural engineering professor Ken Giles to inquire about an experimental, remote-controlled helicopter being studied as a potential applicator for agricultural chemicals,…
Nevada company launches silent Sky Sentinel UAV airship
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By Francis X Govers III UAV’s, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, tend to face two issues – not being able to stay on station for long periods, and carrying enough of a payload to be useful. Nevada outfit Airship Manufacturing is introducing…
Look maH no batteries, solar multirotor.
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An octocopter designed by Aleksey Zaitsevsky of Ecilop that flies only using power derived from solar panels. No large payload and only flight in ground effect but like many of these things its a first. Only time will tell what applications…
Monitoring Czech Floodings with a UAV
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The village Hřensko is located between the rocks and was only accessible by water or by air. Using the UAV made it possible to carry out low flights in this terrain, which would have been impossible with a classic helicopter. In addition…
Aphex Hexacopter from Event 38
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Jeff from Event 38 got in touch with sUAS News to tell us about their new multirotor system. If you would like one, get inline sales start tomorrow. I’m happy to announce the release of our first multirotor drone at…
Tornados vs. drones: the new weather war
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TULSA, OKLA.—When it premiered, the film Twister put forth a fantastical science fiction idea: release probes into a storm in order to figure out which tornadoes could develop into killers. It’s no longer fiction. Oklahoma State University researchers are designing and building…
Entrepreneurs eye unmanned aircraft
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(That looks mighty like a Puma from AV ed) By Peter Corbett Stephen Rayleigh’s unmanned aircraft does aerial photography from an altitude of 300 feet with images so crisp a runner’s shadow is visible on the pavement. Rayleigh, 24, a…
Aerial intruder at Jen Hawkins’ wedding brought to ground
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CREATING part of the colourful tropical diorama which offset the romantic Balinese wedding ceremony of Jennifer Hawkins and Jake Wall this week were the keystone cop antics of a paparazzi photographer who was determined to get rebel pictures of Hawkins…
Drones and agriculture @sUSBexpo
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Professor Ken Giles will speak at sUSBExpo 25th 26th July 2013, about his work at UC Davies and the Yamaha RMAX Professor Giles focuses his research on fluids and material handling, particularly spray applications. The atomization of liquids into spray droplets…
