Patents
Amazon, DHL and FedEx are building drones that deliver packages to your door. IBM, however, envisions a future where drones steal them instead. The computing giant won a patent on Nov. 12 for “Preventing anonymous theft by drones” with an Internet of Things (IoT) altimeter that triggers upon liftoff, tracking
Commercial
More than 50 instances of violations of airspace over crucial public facilities by drones have been registered in Russia since 2017, the chief of the CIS Anti-Terrorist Center, Andrei Novikov, told TASS in an interview. "Experts identified a certain growth in the number of legal violations involving unmanned aerial
Commercial
The world’s first ISO approved drone standards have been announced by the International Organisation for Standardisation following a 12-month period of consultation with drone professionals, academics, businesses and the general public. Estimated to grow from USD 4 billion to USD 40 billion in the next five years , the global
Data Links & Communications
5G Techritory, the Baltic Sea Region 5G ecosystem Forum, was opened with a unique demonstration – for the first time in the region, drone flight BVLOS (beyond the visual line of sight) was conducted on the mobile network, demonstrably switching from one base station to another. The drone was controlled remotely,
Transport
The start of a limited delivery trial in Guangzhou, China, as part of the joint development of a drone cargo service, was announced today at XAG headquarters. This joint development agreement was originally signed July 2, 2019 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Dalian (China) by Dirk Hoke, CEO
Commercial
Acecore Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of professional-grade unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV), announced that the company partnered with Robotic Skies Inc, the only certified global maintenance network for commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), to provide customers with full-service maintenance and field repair support for Acecore’s Neo and Zoe platforms.
Commercial
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s innovative drone program has earned another award, this time for the use of drones to deliver medical supplies and the positive environmental impact the initiative will have in the future. The Cleantech Innovation Awards was organized this year to recognize and honor the
Commercial
Delivering a package by air in a small mountain village in the Chartreuse mountains, in just 8 minutes from the valley, this is the feat that is now able to achieve the Post with a drone. The presentation of this regular delivery line by drone took place last Friday in
Commercial
Widely recognized as a pioneer of drone painting, KATSU merges public art and technology to progress the development of drone technology in art and activism. After years of research and development, KATSU and Tsuru Robotics have developed the first for-sale smart painting drone, dubbed the “KATSURU BETA.” The semi-autonomous spray
Commercial
Terra Drone Indonesia has conducted visual inspections of onshore flare stacks for energy major Chevron (PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia). The inspection was done in Duri field, one of the largest production fields in Rokan PSC, Sumatra. Using a multirotor drone equipped with high-resolution RGB and thermal cameras, Terra Drone Indonesia
Commercial
WavDrone, Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Power Industry Corporation announced that they will begin comprehensive flight testing of its carbon-nanotube drones and drone intercept technologies at Griffiss International Airport, formerly Griffiss Air Force Base in Rome, N.Y. Griffiss International Airport is one of just seven FAA-designated Unmanned Aerial
Commercial
The job of law enforcement and first responders in Portsmouth, N.H., will be slightly easier with the addition of seven grant-funded drones. The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can take infrared photos from as high as 200 feet and can be programmed to key in on certain body temperatures, which