A video of a multirotor being flown by YouTube user BeastinEastie is receiving attention on UAS communities online. Condemnation all around. The craft is being flown perhaps within 1.5km of the 27 end of Boston Logan airfield. It took off from Coughlin Park. Thanks to RCMike from Multi Rotor Forums for filling me in. The phrase caution wake turbulence...
WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Aeryon Labs, manufacturer of the Aeryon Scout, has been named the Ontario winner of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters 2011 Regional Awards for New Technology, recognizing achievements and success realized by developing and implementing innovative new technologies into their products and processes. Awarded on behalf of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters and the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP), the award recognizes...
Datron Scout Showcased “Hover and Grab” Landing, 10X Optical Zoom Camera, and 2.4 kilometer (1.5 mile) Mission Reach in a Harsh Environment San Diego, CA (June 15, 2011) – Datron Scout, a lightweight quad rotor Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) designed for air reconnaissance and surveillance in harsh environments, played an important role during the maritime-based portion of the recent...
Flight Global reports that IAI are seeking partners to help develop the Tri Rotor/glider Panther. The airframe seems to be a mashup of several amateur designs. IAI failed to extend a tender deadline imposed by the Israeli defence ministry for a new brigade level UAS. They are now looking for overseas investors to help fund development. High speed forward...
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...
German company Rent-a-Drone have created a revolutionary service, that does what it says on the tin. It seems they will let you hire a Microdrone and fly it yourself from as little as 190 Euros per hour. That would be an impressive testament to the control systems of the Microdrone if it proves true. There is even the opportunity...
Amateur Photographer reports the removal of a Daily Mail article, prompted by Microdrones claim of working with Google. Google UK’s public affairs manager Laura Scott told Amateur Photographer: ‘The entire article was removed because it was completely factually inaccurate and is totally untrue…’ Google said in a statement: ‘Google is not testing or using this technology. This was a...
In a slick high profile launch at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The annual video game conference and show at the Los Angeles Convention centre the French Parrot company launched there quadrocopter. Expected to come in for less than $300 the camera equipped quad is tasked with playing Augmented Reality the AR part of the name, games. How they will...
Waterloo, ON – The Aeryon Scout, a small man-packable flying robotic system, manufactured by Aeryon Labs of Waterloo, Ontario, gave law enforcement officers the break they needed in a recent drug bust in Central America. The Aeryon Scout — a small, lightweight mini-helicopter that is remote-controlled from the ground by computer — was able to provide visual surveillance of...
From the Guardian Newspaper in the UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/15/police-drone-arrest-backfires For Merseyside police, the “eye in the sky” arrest was a landmark moment in policing history. The force had managed to track down and apprehend a teenager who had fled from a presumed stolen Renault Clio, senior officers revealed, by using a remote-controlled flying robot equipped with thermal imaging cameras. But...
