Ascending Technologies GmbH from Germany is looking to sponsor an international UAV research team in participating in any international UAV Contest (e.g. IARC) in 2011, or in demonstrating their groundbreaking developments in the field of UAVs in any public event in 2011. The sponsored team will receive 15,000 Euros of hardware, software, individual modifications and support from Ascending Technologies...
Laser charged multicopter flies for 12 hours. Not quite the longest ever electric flight as touted by some pundits, that honour belongs to QinetiQ and the Zephyr. Ascending Technologies Jan Stumpf and Michael Achtelik monitored a Pelican quadrocopter modified to receive power from several laser pointers focused on a photovoltaic cell mounted on the airframe. The internal battery was...
More impressive indoor multicopter flying from ETH Zurich. Swarming flight is becoming ever more successful. We can’t help thinking it might be handy way to win at next years Outback Challenge. It certainly has the potential to be the fastest way to search a large area. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1962').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
Stefan from Ascending Technologies dropped us a line, here’s what he had to say about the University of Pennsylvania’s recent videos we reported the first one Stefan mentions here “We are simply stunned by watching these videos from our customer, Vijay Kumar from the University of Pennsylvania”, says Stefan Eichhorn from Ascending Technologies GmbH. Ascending Technologies (AscTec) is the manufacturer of...
The GRASP Lab at University of Pennsylvania highlighted again this week the ever closing gap between science fiction and technical reality in yet another alarmingly impressive demonstration of Autonomous Quadrotor Flight in a restrictive environment. Amongst other developments shown in the video titled “Aggressive Quadrotor Part II” (revenge of the rotor) the quadrocopter is show to be “capable of...
Ones to watch in 2011 Fixed wing or rotary Europe is proving to be fertile ground for innovators . Regulators across Europe are getting to grips with permitting drone flights in national airspace. Several test ranges that civilian developers can evaluate their craft exist. The conditions for rapid growth are met. Perhaps most importantly the general public is beginning to become...
Ascending technologies will demonstrate their AscTec Falcon 8 in Shropshire on the 22nd of October, Mike Smith from FlyingScotsCam is looking forward to the event, “The octocopter can lift more for longer, and has the ability to survive an engine failure”. Weather permitting, it is Autumn after all in Europe, sUASnews will be there. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d138').each(...
