autonomous drones

Technological advances beats the human capacity

Will the time be coming when machines can overtake us? The University of Zurich has developed a new algorithm that exceeded the capacity of two experienced pilots in drone flight. A quadrotor that flies autonomously, managed to beat the flight … Read More

Chernobyl researchers used a UAV to track nuclear waste.

A mission was carried out at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with the aim of determining whether there was nuclear waste in reactor 5. At the time of the disaster, there was no record of whether the Reactor Five storage … Read More

Defibrillators delivered by drones in Sweden

A Swedish company has implemented a drone system that offers automated external defibrillators (AEDs) so that people have the ability to initiate life-saving measures while they await professional medical care. Since June 2020, people suffering from cardiac arrest in Sweden … Read More

Eureka Dynamics

Why we use carbon fiber in our design.

Our original prototypes were aluminum, which was affordable, but weight became a critical requirement. The gimbals needed to have the lowest inertia possible, and yet be very strong and rigid. At this point, we decided to use carbon fiber.  It … Read More

New research: drones could be the best tool to fight wildfires

Forest fires are devastating, and the smoke from the fires spreads rapidly, causing poisoning and evicting more people from their homes, not to mention the damage to the forests and the biodiversity that inhabits them. Drones have been helping to … Read More

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The Federal Aviation Administration successfully completed phase 2 testing for Unmanned Traffic Management.

New York UAS Test Site Completes Advanced Drone Operations for FAA Drone Integration Program. As a final step in the recent Phase 2 testing of Unmanned Traffic Management two demonstrations were recently held. Participants included local and state elected officials, … Read More

Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers

After years, now drones are the salvation of many lost hikers.

Finding hikers lost in the forest was a long and difficult process, as until not long ago, helicopters could not glimpse through the thick canopy of trees and ground searches were carried out by professional people who walked for hours, … Read More

This holiday season, Walmart will light up the sky with a drone light show in the United States.

In an attempt to help families better end this difficult year, Walmart is giving away its “Drone Christmas Light Show.” An experience that brings the joy and wonder of the Christmas season to skies across the United States. The “Walmart … Read More

A bald eagle intercepted a drone during a flight

A bald eagle intercepted a drone during a flight 

An Michigan’s upper peninsula bald eagle launched an airstrike to a mapping drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) pilot, breaking a propeller and sending the aircraft to the bottom of Lake Michigan. It … Read More

Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how buildings increase the damage of climate change to people.

Norhan Magdy Bayomi, observed during the development of her thesis the impact of climate change in her local community (Cairo). Residents of the low-income neighborhood she was studying lived in small, poorly insulated, and ill-equipped apartments to cope with the … Read More

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