(Source: nasaspaceflight.com) paceX’s aspirations towards recovering launched Falcon 9 first stages are continuing to focus on ocean based landings, ahead of realizing the goal of returning the cores back to land. With continual refinements to the approach, SpaceX have welcomed new and improved Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ships (ASDS), one of which has been sighted taking a … [Read more...] about SpaceX Augments and Upgrades Drone Ship Armada
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NASA Leads Development of a New System to Manage Low-Altitude Drones
(Source: phys.org) "The sky could become increasingly crowded as personal and commercial uses of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, become more popular." That's the assessment of Parimal Kopardekar, manager of NASA's Safe Autonomous Systems Operations project, as innovators constantly conceive new beneficial civilian applications for these aircraft, … [Read more...] about NASA Leads Development of a New System to Manage Low-Altitude Drones
Marriage of Drones and Analytics Improve Wind Turbines
As the winds of change continue to buffet the energy sector, two companies are looking to combine the power of software analytics with the agility of hexacopters to help amp up alternative wattage. To that end, Strat Aero and AirFusion unveiled WindSpect, a wind-turbine blade inspection system, at the recent American Wind Energy Association WindPower Conference & … [Read more...] about Marriage of Drones and Analytics Improve Wind Turbines
Drone Being Developed to Fly Autonomously Inside Fukushima Reactor Buildings
(Source: The Japan Times) A drone is being developed to survey the interior of reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant. The unmanned aircraft will use lasers to detect and avoid obstacles in flight and will be able to land to replace its batteries in the absence of an operator. A test flight was completed at the plant’s No. 5 reactor … [Read more...] about Drone Being Developed to Fly Autonomously Inside Fukushima Reactor Buildings
Is This an Autonomous TaxiDrone Prototype?
Whether it truly is a flying car or simply an action figure on a run-of-the-mill quadcopter shot at the right angle doesn't matter; it is sparking a very real conversation about what aerial robots are capable of Original story from Gizmodo.com: We keep hearing how technology will eventually solve the problem of vehicular traffic for good. Self-driving cars will only get … [Read more...] about Is This an Autonomous TaxiDrone Prototype?
