Perhaps it’s time to modernize the classic titular song from the musical Oklahoma!: “Oklahoma, where the drones come flyin' down the plain, Oklahoma, where FAA permits sure smell sweet” Last month, Oklahoma State University teamed up with Vigilant Aerospace – provider of the FlightHorizon situational awareness and detect-and-avoid system – to launch one of the … [Read more...] about ‘Oklahoma, Where the drones come flyin’ down the plain..’
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Three Forces That Shaped the Drone Industry in 2018
Guest post by leading drone industry analyst Colin Snow of Skylogic Research. This was a big year for the commercial drone industry as a whole. It saw a significant increase in the business adoption, the expansion of the FAA’s LAANC program (the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability that provides access to controlled airspace near airports), the launch of … [Read more...] about Three Forces That Shaped the Drone Industry in 2018
An Interview With Drone Company that Does Windows and Wind Turbines
Aerones corporation which is founded and based in Latvia, has developed a drone that washes windows. We caught up with Janis Putrams, who is the CEO of Aerones and asked him about his company. By using a large tethered drone which is 55 kg (121 ibs) that gets it's power and water from a station on the ground the company states that it is able to dramatically reduce the time … [Read more...] about An Interview With Drone Company that Does Windows and Wind Turbines
Teaching Drones to Travel in Small spaces by Watching the Birds and the Bees
It really interesting to make note of the different approaches that are used to solve problems. In this case university research seeks to learn how to teach a drone how to travel though a confined space by emulating the flight patterns of birds and bees. There are different approaches to solve the problem of flying in a confined space and this one uses an approach called … [Read more...] about Teaching Drones to Travel in Small spaces by Watching the Birds and the Bees
Making Sense of Big Drone Data with Optelos
Commercial drone adoption is currently at an all-time high. But we’re still far from where drones are fully integrated into the processes that make businesses grow. Maybe we are not quite as the level of the pioneers of aviation like the Wright brothers were but let's agree that we are early in the process. As builders, growers, engineers, and the like continue to scale … [Read more...] about Making Sense of Big Drone Data with Optelos
