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For six years Gene Robinson has been building UAS and using them to help dozens of public safety agencies across Texas, in search, rescue and recovery missions, and also helping fight wildfires. The four-pound UAS called Spectra roams the sky and scours the earth. It climbs hundreds of feet, can
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The University of Queensland in New Zealand is Skycam UAV 's first international customer, purchasing two Kahu unmanned aircraft systems to conduct surveillance of mined land rehabilitation. "They were amazed they could get what they wanted in such a short amount of time," Skycam UAV director Rene
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Chris Anderson shows off his open source UAS developed by the online community at DIYDrones at the annual Maker Faire held San Mateo, California last weekend on the outskirts of Silicon Valley. Organized by the staff of MAKE magazine, makezine.com and craftzine.com, Maker Faire is a newfangled fair
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Aerobat Aviation Inc and Attopilot International have teamed up to add an autopilot to the innovative circular flying wing design. Aerobat Aviation, Inc was created to produce individual entities within the business that deploy and service systems based on the circular wing aircraft, called the "GeoBAT". The Company
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Despite seeking permission from the state government last year for procuring an unmanned aircraft for surveillance of traffic in the metropolis, the Mumbai Police has now backed out saying they do not want the system as of now, as its maintenance is difficult. The refusal comes months after the state
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Beijing Police plan to purchase unmanned aircraft to monitor emergency situations such as traffic accidents, a top official has said. The unmanned aircraft may be used to monitor traffic accidents, conduct aerial surveillance or help with rescue operations, said Jia Shengwen of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Authorities would
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Adept Technology announced that it will add an aerial robot to its range of land-based wheeled mobile platforms. The products from Adept MobileRobots group were showcased at the IEEE ICRA 2011 Conference, which was held at the Shanghai International Convention Centre in Shanghai, China from May 9-13, 2011. The company
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An international research team, including scientists from NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Lab in Seattle, completed a series of unmanned flights over the Arctic on April 30. The team is investigating the potential role of black carbon, or soot, in the rapidly changing Arctic climate. Also participating in the Coordinated
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AeroSeeker launched its highly portable, four-rotor, unmanned aircraft with high quality video surveillance and aerial video streaming capabilities at the International Defence Fair in Singapore. Engineered according to the needs of both military and civil users, the flagship model, AERO-405 can be easily carried and set up, ready to fly
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This is what footage shot from a Parrot AR.Drone really looks like... ! It turns out that the footage that we published last week from Rupert Murdoch's 'The Daily', was indeed professional, as reader David Wray suspected. When we contacted Perspective Aerials about their involvment in
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Three Honeywell employees have flown five successful T-Hawk missions and captured hours of video and dozens of photos of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor. The four RQ-16A T-Hawk Micro Air Vehicles in service at Fukushima have been adapted to carry radiation sensors. This video continues to focus on Reactor N°
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Rupert Murdoch's ‘The Daily is the first American national daily news publication exclusively for the iPad. As part of the drive towards more creative content, the publication has been experimenting with video footage like this shot from a toy unmanned aircraft. The editorial team are using a Parrot