How Controlled Drone Testing Reduces First-Flight Risk
A practical look at why constrained roll, pitch, and yaw validation helps teams find control issues before they become expensive flight failures.
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Choosing the Right FFT-GYRO Size for UAV Validation
Rotor span, payload mass, and test objective all affect which FFT-GYRO configuration fits a lab, classroom, or production workflow.
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What to Prepare Before a UAV Lab Test Session
A short checklist for teams preparing aircraft, batteries, software, and safety procedures before a controlled UAV test.
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The Safe Way to Demo Drones at Expos
(And Why Most Companies Are Still Doing It Wrong) Introduction The drone industry is growing at an extraordinary pace. The global unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market is projected to expand from USD 52.65 billion...
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Why you need a platform for drone testing
The First Flight Tester Gyroscope (FFT GYRO) is designed as a solution to overcome the most common technical barriers that arise when working with UAVs. In this article, we present to you 5 important reasons why your...
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A big success! An autonomous drone with a load capacity of 70 pounds made its first flight
The development of a new cargo drone, the Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (APT 70), allows to carry up to 70 pounds and fly at 100 mph. It was built for deliveries and disaster relief covering distances of up to 18 ...
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Technological advances beats the human capacity
Will the time be coming when machines can overtake us? The University of Zurich has developed a new algorithm that exceeded the capacity of two experienced pilots in drone flight. A quadrotor that flies autonomously,...
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Chernobyl researchers used a UAV to track nuclear waste.
A mission was carried out at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with the aim of determining whether there was nuclear waste in reactor 5. At the time of the disaster, there was no record of whether the Reactor Five...
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Defibrillators delivered by drones in Sweden
A Swedish company has implemented a drone system that offers automated external defibrillators (AEDs) so that people have the ability to initiate life-saving measures while they await professional medical care. Since...
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Why we use carbon fiber in our design.
Our original prototypes were aluminum, which was affordable, but weight became a critical requirement. The gimbals needed to have the lowest inertia possible, and yet be very strong and rigid. At this point, we...
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New research: drones could be the best tool to fight wildfires
Forest fires are devastating, and the smoke from the fires spreads rapidly, causing poisoning and evicting more people from their homes, not to mention the damage to the forests and the biodiversity that inhabits...
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The Ingenuity helicopter successfully landed on Mars!
As predicted at the beginning of the mission, the Perseverance rover successfully landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. Perseverance brings the Ingenuity inside, which is planned to be the first helicopter to fly on...
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The Federal Aviation Administration successfully completed phase 2 testing for Unmanned Traffic Management.
New York UAS Test Site Completes Advanced Drone Operations for FAA Drone Integration Program. As a final step in the recent Phase 2 testing of Unmanned Traffic Management two demonstrations were recently held....
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Art: Reuben Wu uses drones to illuminate erosive landscapes in his new work "Light Storms", and the result is amazing!
The photographic series features creative uses of drone lighting for surreal night and dusk shots that make it look like Utah is on another planet. Reuben Wu is a visual artist and photographer, his new work called...
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After years, now drones are the salvation of many lost hikers.
Finding hikers lost in the forest was a long and difficult process, as until not long ago, helicopters could not glimpse through the thick canopy of trees and ground searches were carried out by professional people...
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This holiday season, Walmart will light up the sky with a drone light show in the United States.
In an attempt to help families better end this difficult year, Walmart is giving away its "Drone Christmas Light Show." An experience that brings the joy and wonder of the Christmas season to skies across the United...
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Meet the 5 drones that the United States government will use starting this year
In the wake of federal agencies being banned from buying drones made in China, the Defence Department announced five drone companies approved for use. They have just completed a program designed to find drones that...
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A bald eagle intercepted a drone during a flight
An Michigan’s upper peninsula bald eagle launched an airstrike to a mapping drone operated by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) pilot, breaking a propeller and sending the aircraft...
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Norhan Bayomi uses drones to investigate how buildings increase the damage of climate change to people.
Norhan Magdy Bayomi, observed during the development of her thesis the impact of climate change in her local community (Cairo). Residents of the low-income neighborhood she was studying lived in small, poorly...
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Manifold Robotics will commercialize technology made by the Army that allows drones to detect power lines from a distance.
Manifold Robotics, announced the signing of a license agreement with the Army Research Laboratory that will improve the safe use of autonomous drones near power lines. They have developed a new sensor that will allow...
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Mars 2020, NASA launched Ingenuity to space
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter was launched to Mars, successfully. It is a technology demonstrator of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which will evaluate whether it is feasible to fly on Mars safely, it will also provide...
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Drones and COVID-19: Technology against the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived at a time where technology is the key in all aspects of life, with great advances in robotics, drones have become very useful for medical and control purposes, the current...
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