Equipment manufacturer Komatsu will as early as this fiscal year roll out a service in the U.S. using drones to cut down on the labor required for excavation and earthwork on construction projects, according to a report in the Nikkei Asian Review. The service, which goes by the name Smartconstruction, uses drones to create a detailed three-dimensional site map which is … [Read more...] about Komatsu to Use Drones to Help Automate Digging in the US
Mining and Aggregates
DroneDeploy Users Map 3,000,000 Acres
Guest post by by Darr Gerscovich, SVP Marketing @DroneDeploy This past Friday at the Drones Data X Conference in San Francisco, Mike Winn, co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy, announced in his keynote that our users had achieved a new industry milestone: 3,000,000 drone mapped acres across 120 countries. Drones Are Transforming All Industries Drones combined with … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy Users Map 3,000,000 Acres
Redbird Expects to Fly Into US by End of Year to Serve Construction Market
Redbird, a drone analytics company based in France, is growing its American presence, setting up a headquarters in San Francisco. Emmanuel de Maistre, CEO and co-founder of the company, told DroneLife he expects the new US unit to be operational by the end of the year. Started in 2013, Redbird provides comprehensive, cloud-based drone analytics to large industrial … [Read more...] about Redbird Expects to Fly Into US by End of Year to Serve Construction Market
5 Societal Applications for Remote Controlled Drones
Guest post by Alan Perlman, UAV Coach — Small unmanned aerial systems have beneficial societal applications that far surpass the odd viral video here and there. Here are five of the many applications for drones in society: Search and Rescue The most immediate societal application impacting humans might be the use of this technology in search and rescue … [Read more...] about 5 Societal Applications for Remote Controlled Drones
FAA approves night flights for commercial drone operator
In an industry first, the Federal Aviation Administration has granted approval for commercial drone operations at night, a change in stance that is the latest sign regulators are willing to expand commercial UAS use. Lawyers for the operator, the U.S. unit of Toronto-based Industrial SkyWorks Inc., confirmed to the Wall Street Journal (paywall) that the company received an … [Read more...] about FAA approves night flights for commercial drone operator
