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VTOL technologies, another quadcopter wing combination.
Not the first quadrocopter to have wings attached, but if all the web noise is to be believed it is!! No doubt a wing/rotary solution will form part of the future, the US military thought the V22 Osprey was the answer to everything and just see what happened there! Here’s a similar winged VTOL solution that’s already... »
AirRobots anti fascism protest update
Anti fascism protestor’s that attended the demonstration against the BNP’s Red White and Blue festival are planning to request en masse, stills and video images taken by the quadrocopter. Alex Snowdon is submitting a Subject Access request under the Data Protection Act . The police are then required to supply any images in which he... »
Ascending Technologies and MIT Scoop $10,000 prize.
Ascending Technologies and MIT won 1st place at IARC2009 competition The AscTec/MIT team managed to develop the most advanced and robust indoor MAV between the announcement of the mission in 2008 and the competition in 2009. By doing so the team was able to finish the mission in the first year. This result had no... »
AirRobots Quad used by Derbyshire Police
An AirRobot quadrocopter was used to keep an eye on the BNP rally at Codnor in Derbyshire this weekend. The German made sUAS was used to watch anti fascist groups protesting against the BNP rally. Photojournalist Jono Warren witnessed the UAV inaction. »
