In the past couple of years drone racing has taken off. Pilots that were flying for fun on makeshift tracks in their spare time are suddenly travelling the world on professional contracts. R... Read more
Facebook has quietly announced that it will no longer be continuing with its Aquila project, a giant drone designed to fly at high altitude and beam down internet connectivity to remote area... Read more
Aerospace giant Boeing has today announced an investment – via Boeing HorizonX Ventures – in Matternet. The Menlo Park startup has made notable progress pioneering drone deliveri... Read more
The concept of delivery drones buzzing around our skies hasn’t yet come to fruition. Amazon, other retailers and logistics specialists are still perfecting their technologies and await... Read more
Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab have developed a modular flying drone capable of adapting its shape to suit its environment. It’s called DRAGON, which convenient... Read more
Verizon-owned Skyward has announced the results of a commercial drone industry survey conducted in partnership with Blue Research. The headlines: one in 10 companies with a revenue of $50 mi... Read more
Chinese manufacturer Yuneec will release an upgraded version of its Typhoon H drone next month. The new Typhoon H Plus comes with a new camera, a new noise-reducing frame and Intel’s R... Read more
Artificial intelligence is amazing in all of its guises, whether that’s a DJI drone using computer vision to stop short of a collision or an Intel-powered UAV using machine learning to... Read more
Things are starting to look a little cramped in the consumer drone market. DJI now has drones across a range of price points, targeting buyers that it wasn’t until recently. To make pu... Read more
Telecommunications giant AT&T has been using drones to provide connectivity to areas affected by natural disasters. Most recently this occurred late last year in Puerto Rico, where AT... Read more
We’ve written on several occasions about how drone technology is being used for marine research and conservation, particularly with efforts involving our oceans’ largest inhabita... Read more
Skydio, the US manufacturer behind the hugely impressive R1 drone, has announced a software update that will expand their flagship product’s capabilities. The most notable part of the... Read more
Exclusive: Parrot Explain ANAFI’s Lack of Obstacle Avoidance
Last week I met in London with Pascal Perrin, Parrot’s Head of Global Consumer Product Marketing, and the French company’s International PR Manager, Fabien Laxague. They were in... Read more