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The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/23/17
January 16, 2017 – January 22, 2017
News
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes in Yemen killed at least three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. According to local officials, both strike...
23 January 2017, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/16/17
January 9, 2017 – January 15, 2017
News
Popular French hobby drone maker Parrot laid off 290 out of 840 workers after posting growing losses in recent months. Parrot lost $27.8 million in the ...
16 January 2017, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Parrot struggling, Lily fails and Google closes Titan Project as drone industry disunites
Toy and entertainment drones, camera drones for professional and business use, moon-shot drones and military drones are all becoming more and more distinct as much of the drone industry gets commodit...
13 January 2017, by
Frank Tobe
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 01/09/17
January 2, 2017 – January 8, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
We are delighted to announce that we are collaborating with the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan on ...
09 January 2017, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 01/02/17
December 26, 2016 – January 1, 2017
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Year in Review
2016 was many things to many p...
02 January 2017, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/19/16
December 12, 2016 – December 18, 2016
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19 December 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
A drone that flies (almost) like a bird
Bioinspired robots that take their designs from biology has been a big research area in recent years, but a team from NCCR Robotics, Floreano Lab have just gone one step further and designed a feat...
16 December 2016, by
NCCR Robotics
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/12/16
December 5, 2016 – December 11, 2016
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12 December 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/5/16
The Weekly Drone Roundup is a newsletter from the Center for the Study of the Drone. It covers news, commentary, analysis and technology from the drone world....
06 December 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Design, simulate and build a custom drone
This fall’s new FAA regulations have made drone flight easier than ever for both companies and consumers. But what if the drones out on the market aren’t exactly what you want?
A new system fro...
05 December 2016, by
CSAIL MIT
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/28/16
The Weekly Drone Roundup is a newsletter from the Center for the Study of the Drone. It covers news, commentary, analysis and technology from the drone world....
28 November 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Emerging patchwork of regulation of UAS operations near critical infrastructure
Over the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in state regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). A recent report published by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) titled “...
22 November 2016, by
Diana Marina Cooper
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/21/16
November 14, 2016 – November 20, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In our ongoing effort to track drone deployments globally, we have made two new previously unreported discoveries...
22 November 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/14/16
November 7, 2016 – November 13, 2016
News
President Obama has directed the Department of Defense to target the leadership of Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syria-based organization that has been linked t...
14 November 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/7/16
October 31, 2016 – November 6, 2016
News
A U.S. drone strike in Syria killed Haydar Kirkan, a senior member of al-Qaeda and former aide to Osama bin Laden. According to a Pentagon spokesperson...
07 November 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/31/16
October 24, 2016 – October 30, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Last year, we posted one of our regular “Need to Know” cheat sheets about the growing field of underwater drone...
31 October 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Protecting infrastructure and innovation, under Section 2209 of the FAA extension
On July 15, 2016, Congress enacted the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act (the “Act”), which among other things, directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish a process to enable appli...
25 October 2016, by
Diana Marina Cooper
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/24/16
October 17, 2016 – October 23, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In their perennial bid to better understand the weather, scientists are increasingly turning to drones, from high-a...
24 October 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Why DJI is succeeding in making and selling drones and 3DR didn’t
It was clear that DJI was winning the drone commoditization war by the end of 2015. Today's best sellers are mostly DJI products. Other makers (Parrot, 3D Robotics, Autel, Yuneec et al) haven't been a...
18 October 2016, by
Frank Tobe
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/17/16
October 10, 2016 – October 16, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
The U.S. president plays a key role in determining the country’s counterterrorism policies, including the use of ...
17 October 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Tree cavity inspection using drones
The importance of conserving biodiversity in forest ecosystems is widely recognized. Tree cavities are home to many animal species, such as birds, mammals and beetles, for shelter, nesting or larval d...
13 October 2016, by
Mina Kamel and Kelly Steich
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/10/16
October 3, 2016 – October 9, 2016
News
A U.S. drone strike in Syria killed Abu al-Farai al-Masri, an Egyptian-born veteran of al-Qaeda and leader of Jabhat al-Nusra. According to a statement b...
11 October 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
In motion: Video transmission by mobile drones
Raheeb Muzaffar, an information technology specialist, has developed an application-layer framework that improves the transmission of videos between moving drones and mobile devices located at ground ...
07 October 2016, by
Christian Bettstetter
Drone flight through narrow gaps using onboard sensing and computing
In this work, we address one of the main challenges towards autonomous drone flight in complex environments, which is flight through narrow gaps....
A drone with insect-inspired folding wings
When designing robots to help in the search for victims after a natural disaster, a number of features are important: robustness, long battery life and ease of transport. With this latest constraint i...
03 October 2016, by
NCCR Robotics
GoPro unveils long-awaited Karma stabilized drone system and kit
GoPro fans and the financial world have been looking forward to GoPro's new Karma since GoPro announced last December that it was working on building its first drone. When they delayed the release ...
30 September 2016, by
Frank Tobe
DelftAcopter: Innovative single-propeller hybrid drone
By: Jurjen Slump
It takes off like a helicopter, then tilts 90 degrees and flies like a plane, using a single rotor blade. Because of that, it is light weight and can fly long distances. Meet the ...
19 September 2016, by
RoboValley
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/19/16
September 12, 2016 – September 18, 2016
News
A U.S. airstrike in Syria reportedly killed Wael Adel Salman, the information minister for the Islamic State group. According to a U.S. official wh...
19 September 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
InterDrone 2016: Professionalization and business of drone industry
InterDrone concluded their 2nd annual trade show and conference in Las Vegas. The differences between the 2015 event and this one reflect the rapid changes in the industry and can be seen as a predict...
16 September 2016, by
Frank Tobe
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/12/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
We are a decade into what is often described as “the drone revolution,” a period of remarkable growth in the development, proliferation, and use of mili...
12 September 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
