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Using drones in wine making
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...
28 December 2015, by
Waypoint
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 segmentÂ...
Yamaha RMAX crop sprayer gets full FAA approval
The FAA granted Yamaha Motor Corporation an Agricultural Aircraft Operations certificate for their RMAX crop spraying remotely piloted helicopters....
21 December 2015, by
Frank Tobe
Drones for modesty (video)
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!...
14 December 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
RoboBees take to the sky – and now the sea
By Leah Burrows | SEAS Communications
Engineers have been trying to design functional aerial-aquatic vehicles for decades with little success. The biggest challenge is conflicting design requirem...
24 October 2015, by
Wyss Institute
Courtship of the drone fireflies: A short movie with flying robots and lights
Drones, lights and nature combine in Drone Courtship, a short movie about a magical encounter between two flying robots set in a forest of centennial trees. A collaboration between Atelier D. Schlae...
08 October 2015, by
Adrien Briod
Air and ground robot collaborate to map and safely navigate unknown, changing terrain
This video shows how a robot team can work together to map and navigate toward a goal in an unknown terrain that may change over time. Using an onboard monocular camera, a flying robot first scouts th...
05 October 2015, by
Autonomous Systems Lab and Péter Fankhauser
Key take-aways from the DroneApps Forum
The first DroneApps Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, recently assembled 150 drone professionals from Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia for a two-day exchange of ideas. What set the event apart was ...
02 October 2015, by
Markus Waibel
Tweets from #DroneApps
DroneApps is a two-day forum for executives in charge of planning and leading the commercial use of drones in companies looking to increase productivity, reduce risks and conquer new markets, taking ...
14 September 2015, by
Robohub Editors
First champion crowned for FPV drone racing UK nationals
James Bowles has been crowned UK champion following the first UK FPV drone racing national event organised by the British FPV drone racing association. The event was held at RAF Barkston Heath near G...
09 September 2015, by
David Stock
Aerial Manipulation: Lecture by Bruno Siciliano
In this video lecture, Bruno Siciliano from PRISMA Lab at the University of Naples, Italy, walks us through advances in aerial manipulation with reference to three projects funded through the Europe...
26 May 2015, by
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)
Airware launches new system and gets funded
Airware received an undisclosed investment from Intel Capital, which now joins GE Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins and a host of other prominent VCs in funding this au...
11 May 2015, by
Frank Tobe
Consumer and B2B drone making is big business
Lobbying for drone special interests rose from $35 million in 2011 to more than $186 million in 2014. But that is dwarfed by investments in drone makers such as DJI and 3DR, who just raised $75M and...
08 May 2015, by
Frank Tobe
sUSB Expo 2015 Livestream
The sUSB is livestreaming from San Francisco, featuring top names in the unmanned and remote sensing field, including Patrick Egan, Chris Anderson, Whitney Brooks, Michael Drobac, and Andra Keay, a...
29 April 2015, by
Robohub Editors
Commercial drone market projected to grow 109% CAGR
Markets and Markets, a Dallas, TX research firm, in an 189-page $4,650 report, is projecting that the global commercial drones market will grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 109.3% and ...
27 April 2015, by
Frank Tobe
Parrot grows both consumer and commercial drone business
Previously known for consumer products for smartphones, tablets and cars, Paris-based Parrot recently branched into both the consumer and commercial drone businesses....
10 April 2015, by
Frank Tobe
3D Robotics gets $50M series C funding
The $50 million Series C funding, mainly from Qualcomm, provides the basis for a tacit partnership between Qualcomm and 3D Robotics with a goal of leveraging the pace of innovation in the smartphone i...
28 February 2015, by
Frank Tobe
FAA regulations draw inspiration from Canada, but miss key aspect
Various aspects of the anticipated proposed small UAS (sUAS) regulations that were released by the FAA draw inspiration from Canada’s approach to regulation. In fact, the FAA provides a handy compar...
19 February 2015, by
Diana Marina Cooper
Summary of the FAA’s proposed drone regulations
This past Sunday the FAA held a conference call to announce its highly anticipated small UAS (sUAS) regulations. Sunday morning might strike as odd timing, however it’s likely that the timing had t...
19 February 2015, by
Diana Marina Cooper
Small UAV coalition applauds the FAA’s release of the proposed suas rule as a good first step for industry
The Small UAV Coalition is very pleased the FAA has at long last published its proposed small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) rule. At this time the proposed rule has not been made available to the pub...
15 February 2015, by
the Small UAV Coaltion
Possible Leaked FAA Document Provides Hints Regarding Proposed Rulemaking for sUAS
A new document purporting to be prepared by the FAA Office of Aviation Policy and Plans provides hints regarding the anticipated proposed small UAS (sUAS) regulations. The possible leaked document is ...
15 February 2015, by
Diana Marina Cooper
From sideshow to main event, drones are making their mark in entertainment
[tweetquote]What do you get when you cross hundreds of drones with an indoor football stadium equipped with GPS?[/tweetquote] Quite possibly the world's largest drone entertainment show the world has ...
12 February 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
Americans okay with police drones, worried about private UAVs | Sputnik
A new poll shows surprising opinions about the domestic use of small drones. Who should be allowd to fly them, where, and for what purpose? According to the results, Americans may be more trusting of ...
11 February 2015, by
CIS Blog
Flyability wins $1M Drones for Good competition
Flyability, a spin off company from LIS, EPFL and NCCR Robotics, has won the $1M inaugural UAE Drones for Good competition with Gimball, the world’s first crash resilient drone....
10 February 2015, by
NCCR Robotics
Qualcomm acquires KMel Robotics
In Qualcomm's quest to shape the future of robotics, the US-based semi-conductor juggernaut acquired KMel Robotics last week for an undisclosed sum....
09 February 2015, by
Ben Fisher
What’s next for the commercial drone industry?
With the commercial use of drones to increase in the coming years, we wanted to take a look at where we are today and take a quick look at what is just around the corner....
27 January 2015, by
Ben Fisher
DALER: A bio-inspired robot that can both fly and walk
The issue of how to use one robot across multiple terrains is an ongoing question in robotics research. In a paper published in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics today, a team from LIS, EPFL and NCCR Ro...
21 January 2015, by
NCCR Robotics
FAA issues waivers for real estate and agricultural UAVs
The FAA granted two exemptions for commercial use of unmanned aircraft systems in U.S. airspace for real estate and agricultural crop scouting. But all is not as rosy as it appears....
14 January 2015, by
Frank Tobe
GoPro to start making drones
[tweetquote]GoPro is to start making its own line of drones and have them ready for release as early as Christmas 2015.[/tweetquote] Early indications of price point range from $500 to $1,000 for the ...
04 December 2014, by
Ben Fisher
Transport Canada releases new framework for governing UAV operations
Earlier this month, Transport Canada announced that commercial operators will soon be able to benefit from two exemptions from the general Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) requirement. Tod...
28 November 2014, by
Diana Marina Cooper
