Parrot

Parrot struggling, Lily fails and Google closes Titan Project as drone industry disunites

Frank Tobe 13 Jan 2017

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...

InterDrone 2016: Professionalization and business of drone industry

Frank Tobe 16 Sep 2016

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...

Parrot grows both consumer and commercial drone business

Frank Tobe 10 Apr 2015

Previously known for consumer products for smartphones, tablets and cars, Paris-based Parrot recently branched into both the consumer and commercial drone businesses....

Does the Small UAV industry need its own coalition?

Hallie Siegel 22 Aug 2014

Last week USA Today reported that Amazon, 3D Robotics, Parrot and DJI had banded together to form a "Small UAV Coalition", hiring DC-based lobbying firm Akin Gump to represent their interests...

A conversation with Henri Seydoux

Frank Tobe 03 May 2013

A growing business within Parrot S.A., (PARRO:EUROLIST B) is their AR.Drone line of products, parts and software. Their first quadcopter product was developed internally by (1) observing the $1 billio...

Filling a need… or feeding a diversion

Frank Tobe 02 Jan 2013

Today's robotics industry could use some strategic guidance, particularly in the area of healthcare. It is clear to me that the next big markets for robotics are: SMEs (robot...

Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)

Mike Hamer 08 Nov 2012

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the Robot Dragonfly from TechJect. Developed over four years by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the US Air Force, the researchers are now i...

eBee first product from Parrot/senseFly investment

Frank Tobe 10 Oct 2012

In July, the Parrot Group partnered with senseFly, a Swiss start-up and spin-off from the Swiss EPFL, and invested $5.3 million to help senseFly grow. Their initial plan was to develop a hig...

New UAV from senseFly | eBee

Andra Keay 09 Oct 2012

The eBee is lightweight enough to be launched by hand. It is fully autonomous during its entire flight. When it comes to landing, the eBee can either land in a circular clearing or, when space is lim...

Stephen Wolfram blog: Kids, arduinos and quadricopters

Ioannis K. Erripis 04 Oct 2012

Presentation at Maker Faire by Christopher Wolfram shows off Mathematica with a potentiometer hooked up on the Arduino board and by flying a quadricopter drone in one line of code. See on blog.stephe...

Parrot invests in SenseFly and Pix4D

John Payne 01 Aug 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bVxOleKf8s Last week, SenseFly and Pix4D announced deals with drone maker Parrot, in which Parrot will invest in both companies, 5 million Swiss francs in SenseFly and...

Joggobot will keep you moving

John Payne 15 Jun 2012

http://youtu.be/4x4d8IX_0kI Researchers at the Exertion Games Lab at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have created a robot to support you while exercising. Joggobot is a modified version of th...