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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
Swarms of precision agriculture robots could help put food on the table
Swarms of drones will help farmers map weeds in their fields and improve crop yields. This is the promise of an ECHORD++ funded research project called ‘SAGA: Swarm Robotics for Agricultural Appli...
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
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/5/16
August 29, 2016 – September 4, 2016
News
A U.S. airstrike in Syria killed Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a senior strategist and spokesperson for the Islamic State. According to two U.S. officials w...
05 September 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Regulations on civilian drones in the US and Europe, what do they involve?
With new markets on the horizon, regulations governing civilian drones are currently being adapted in Europe and the US. What will these new regulations entail? And how well will they protect people a...
31 August 2016, by
Silvio Hänsenberger and Isabelle Wildhaber
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/29/16
August 22, 2016 – August 28, 2016
News
A U.S. drone strike in Yemen reportedly killed five suspected members of al-Qaeda. According to witnesses who spoke to the Associated Press, the strike t...
30 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Tackling the European refugee crisis with solar-powered UAVs: A fully autonomous 26 hour search-and-rescue flight
One year after having demonstrated the 81-hour continuous solar-powered flight that is still the current world record in flight endurance for all aircrafts < 50kg total mass, the AtlantikSolar UAV ...
24 August 2016, by
Philipp Oettershagen
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/22/16
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
As growing numbers of countries around the world acquire and deploy military drones, the task of tracking where they are based and how they are being used b...
22 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
News bureaus and networks setting up drone divisions
CNN just inaugurated their new drone division. So have many other news organizations. Network providers are also setting up drone operations for a variety of purposes....
22 August 2016, by
Frank Tobe
Everything you need to know about drone racing
By Matt Windsor
This past weekend, 145 competitors from around the world gathered on New York City’s Governors Island for the second annual U.S. National Drone Racing Championships. The winner wa...
16 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/15/16
August 8, 2016 – August 14, 2016
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Earlier this month, hundreds of drones descended upon New York’s Governors Island for the second annual U.S. Nationa...
15 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
Flying Ring robot can fly on its side
The Flying Ring is a new flying vehicle being developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich. The goal of the project is to fully characterize all aerodynamic properties of th...
09 August 2016, by
Rajan Gill
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/8/16
News
A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. In a statement, U.S. Central Command announced that the strike took place in Yemen’s central Shabwa provi...
08 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
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Project Ngulia: From Phone to Drone, with Fredrik Gustafsson
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Fredrik Gustafsson, Professor in Sensor Informatics at Department of Electrical Engineering in Linköping University, about an initiative to reduce poaching in ...
06 August 2016, by
Audrow Nash
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/1/16
July 25, 2016 – July 31, 2016
News
The U.S. Air Force has created a new training course for officers responsible for ensuring that the communications between drones and pilots are secure. The Elec...
01 August 2016, by
Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College
