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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
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/9/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
President Obama’s budget for 2016 includes, among other things, the Pentagon’s spending plans for the year. These include significant investments in dro...
09 February 2015, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
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
Flyability wins UAE Drones For Good Award
“Flyability SA is proud to announce that it has won the UAE Drones for Good Award, an international competition with a $1M prize money to reward uses of drones which have a positive impact on humani...
09 February 2015, by
John Payne
Liability concerns for drone co’s imposing technical measures to enforce no fly zones
Shortly after a Phantom crash-landed on the grounds of the White House, its maker, DJI, announced that it would release a mandatory firmware update that would restrict flights within 15.5 miles of dow...
03 February 2015, by
Diana Marina Cooper
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/2/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
This week, we introduced the Portals, comprehensive collections of the best multimedia resources on a variety of issues on drones. Portals are now available...
02 February 2015, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
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
‘Quadcopter’ crashes onto White House grounds, poses security threat
The White House was put on high alert today as a drone was flown at low altitude onto the south-east side of the complex. A secret service spokesperson said "An investigation is under way to determine...
26 January 2015, by
Ben Fisher
Government employee flies small drone over White House Fence | NY Times
The small drone that crashed into a tree on the South Lawn of the White House early Monday morning was operated by a government employee who has told the Secret Service that he did not mean to fly it ...
26 January 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/26/15
The Drone Center is pleased to mark the 100th edition of our Weekly Roundup of drone news, commentary and analysis, art, and technology. We sent out the first Roundup almost two years ago to a group ...
26 January 2015, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Drone crash at White House comes as FAA develops rules | USA Today
The crash of a quad-copter drone on White House grounds early Monday comes as the Federal Aviation Administration is developing long-awaited rules for commercial unmanned aircraft.
Congress ordered...
26 January 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
Drone that crashed at White House was a quadrocopter | TIME
A drone that crashed on the White House grounds Monday, causing a brief lockdown, was a two-foot wide remote-controlled quadcopter that is sold in stores, officials said.
According to a Secret Servic...
26 January 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
Secret Service: ‘Quadcopter’ drone crashed onto White House grounds | Fox News
A two-foot-long "quadcopter" drone crashed onto the White House grounds overnight, the Secret Service said Monday -- though the White House says the device posed no threat.
Brian Leary, a Secret Se...
26 January 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
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
Why drones are good for business
Drones have made a huge splash over the last couple of years and grabbed a lot of headlines. This has mostly been due to strong consumer products coming onto the market from hardware manufactures s...
20 January 2015, by
Ben Fisher
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/19/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
As the drone industry grows and becomes more complex, it is both more important and more difficult than ever to keep track of the business of unmanned syste...
19 January 2015, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
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
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/12/15
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Christoph Kohstall shows off the Nixi wearable drone at CES 2015. Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty/AFP
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
The U.S. Customs and Borde...
12 January 2015, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Canada’s regulations for foreign commercial UAV operators
Canada’s relatively favorable framework for commercial UAV operations is attracting interest among foreign operators who are frustrated with restrictions in their home jurisdictions. The following p...
12 January 2015, by
Diana Marina Cooper
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/29
A review of last week's drone related news by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College...
30 December 2014, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Food delivery drones planned for restaurant chain & airport lounge
UPDATED 29.12.2014 Planned to be deployed at Singapore's Timbre Group 12-inch Pizza & Records restaurant in late 2015, these flying robotic waiters were recently presented to Singapore's Prime Min...
29 December 2014, by
Frank Tobe
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/22
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Wondering what to read this holiday season? We’ve chosen the best drone books of 2014.
News
A US drone strike reportedly killed six people in the Da...
22 December 2014, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
As the aerial view becomes more accessible, questions persist about how to properly read an aerial image. Revisiting Harun Farocki’s Images of the World a...
15 December 2014, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Berlin hardware startup Skysense launches drone range
Skysense is a Berlin-based start up designing and manufacturing a range of products to enable the remote operation of drones. Their first two products are the Skysense Charging pad and Skysense Hanga...
15 December 2014, by
Ben Fisher
New CAA rules govern use of drones in built up areas
The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced updated rules that will give operators an annual permission to operate in built up areas....
09 December 2014, by
Ben Fisher
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/8
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
In 2007, Addie Wagenknecht started using drones to make abstract paintings. Her works both challenge and celebrate the aerial robot and its power. In an in-...
09 December 2014, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
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
Small UAV Coalition urges FAA to focus on regulations that enable domestic UAV innovation
[tweetquote]Recent court cases distract from timely and safe integration of small UAVs.[/tweetquote]...
20 November 2014, by
Michael Drobac and the Small UAV Coaltion
NTSB overturns Pirker case: Drones are aircraft
The Pirker case was a landmark case in UAV legislation development. In 2011, Raphael Pirker used his Ritewing Zephyr UAV to make some aerial footage over the University of Virginia campus, and for tha...
19 November 2014, by
Dronologista
