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The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/21/16
3/14/16 – 3/20/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In our new report, “Analysis of U.S. Drone Exemptions 2014-2015,” we studied 2,700 FAA permits for non-recreational drone use to ...
Report: Analysis of U.S. drone exemptions 2014-2015
The Centre for the Study of the Drone has released a new report on the state of the growing commercial drone industry....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/14/16
3/7/16 – 3/13/16
News
A major U.S. airstrike in Somalia reportedly killed at least 150 al-Shabab fighters. The strike, which was carried out by manned and unmanned aircraft, targeted a compoun...
The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 3/7/16
2/29/16 – 3/6/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Iran has one of the most extensive military drone programs in the world. We’ve uncovered new evidence that the program’s capabilit...
How can we use drones in the humanitarian and health sector?
Louis Potter
04 Mar 2016
Ever since I watched the exceptional 2013 TED talk by Raffaello D’Andrea on the athletic power of quadcopters I have been fascinated by the possibilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or, as t...
The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/29/16
Volvo’s Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling robot is controlled by a drone. (Image via the Verge)
2/22/16 – 2/28/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Three of the most techno...
The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/22/16
2/15/16 – 2/21/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In October, the White House announced that it will deploy a Predator drone unit to Cameroon. We have obtained the first photographic ...
Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots
Robohub Editors
22 Feb 2016
Last week Raffaello D'Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and founder of Verity Studios, demonstrated a whole series of novel flying machines live on stage at T...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/15/16
2/1/16 – 2/7/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Last week, the Pentagon released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017. The budget includes nearly $4 billion for drone-related proc...
Drones recognise and follow forest trails in search of lost people
NCCR Robotics
10 Feb 2016
A team of Swiss researchers have taught drones to recognise and follow forest trails. This research unlocks applications of drones for search and rescue in wilderness....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/8/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Today, the Center for the Study of the Drone updated its database of companies and individuals that are allowed to fly drones commercially in U.S. airspace....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/1/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Immediately following the detonation of Gilda at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946, a ghostly fleet of aircraft flew into the rising mushroom cloud. They looked ...
Robotics, AI and automation in “Forbes 30 under 30”
Hallie Siegel
26 Jan 2016
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Forbes has once again expanded their "30 under 30" list this year to celebrate the achievements of the up and coming; the main list now covers 20 different sectors, and an inaugural E...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/25/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Since 2009, the U.S. Air Force’s civilian auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol, has been operating a fleet of single-prop Cessnas equipped with the c...
Into the heart of a glacier — with a drone
Adrien Briod and Hallie Siegel
20 Jan 2016
With their near-vertical walls and deep fractures, glacier crevasses are dangerously narrow ice caves that present a huge risk to search and rescue teams. In a partnership between Flyability (Winne...
Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to make hairpin turns in a simulated “forest”
CSAIL MIT
19 Jan 2016
Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL
Getting drones to fly around without hitting things is no small task. Obstacle-detection and motion-planning are two of computer science’s trickiest challenges, because...
Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part two)
Last month we caught up with Dario Floreano, the head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Here we continue our discussion,...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/11/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Our Media Portals page was created in January 2015 to serve as resources for individuals interested in studying drones. As the Bard spring academic semester...
New insect-inspired vision strategy could hasten development of mini-drones
Guido de Croon
07 Jan 2016
New research published today in the Journal of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics by the Micro Air Vehicle laboratory of TU Delft shows that an insect-inspired vision strategy can help indoor flying drone...
Intel acquires German drone startup Ascending Technologies
Frank Tobe
06 Jan 2016
Intel Corp. has acquired German drone and autopilot developer Ascending Technologies. Ascending's LED light painting technology was used to fly and draw the Intel logo while the moves were shot wit...
This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control
Michael Muehlebach
05 Jan 2016
The Flying Platform is a new flying machine developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to study the use of electric ducted fans as control and propulsion ...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/4/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
2015 was a busy year in the drone world. As we head into 2016, we looked back at the biggest news stories of the year. Here’s the 2015 Drone Year in Revie...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/29/15
In the News
Drones have been banned from World Cup ski events after a large multirotor drone that was being used to film a race nearly hit one of the skiers. Austrian skier Marcel Hirsche...
Using drones in wine making
Waypoint
28 Dec 2015
In 2014, viticulturist William Metz was granted a fellowship by the Villa d’Este Wine Symposium to spend a full year evaluating the potential applications of drones in wine making — a project t...
Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part 1)
As head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Dario Floreano knows a thing or two about flying robots. In the first segment...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision
Thomas Schmickl
22 Dec 2015
Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...
Yamaha RMAX crop sprayer gets full FAA approval
Frank Tobe
21 Dec 2015
The FAA granted Yamaha Motor Corporation an Agricultural Aircraft Operations certificate for their RMAX crop spraying remotely piloted helicopters....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/21/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the U.S. military’s future-making technology organization, is playing a crucial role in the development of ...
Register your drone. It’s the law.
Frank Tobe
16 Dec 2015
The FAA has ruled that everyone who flies a drone must register. Since an estimated 700,000 drones are expected to be sold in the U.S. for the holiday gift-giving season, the registration process is s...
Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)
Thomas Schmickl
15 Dec 2015
Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/14/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
This week we published “Drone Sightings and Close Encounters: An Analysis,” which examines over 900 incidents involving drones and manned airc...
Drones for modesty (video)
Hallie Siegel
14 Dec 2015
We've heard of drones for good, and drones for journalism, but this is the cheekiest use of drones we've seen yet. Video by Japanese luxury online retailer Buyma. Enjoy!...
New comprehensive report on the risks drones pose to aircraft
With the holiday season approaching, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that up to one million new drones will be entering U.S. airspace, creating potentially dangerous situations for...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations
Thomas Schmickl
08 Dec 2015
During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/7/15
News
The Academy of Model Aeronautics and Best Buy are collaborating on a project to educate new drone users on how to fly. Best Buy will begin displaying in its stores educational materials that e...
