Solving "the battery problem" for smaller commercial drones is no small feat. But a 1 year-old Philadelphia startup, led by a group of MIT aerospace engineering graduates, might have done just that. Asylon - taken loosely from the ancient Greek word for "safe harbor" - is an autonomous battery swap station, which can change, and charge, the battery for whichever drone you … [Read more...] about A Group of Friends from MIT Might Just Have Solved “the Battery Problem”
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Asylon Looks to Extend Drone Flights at RoboUniverse Show in San Diego
The issue of flight time is a major thorn in the drone industry's side. Current battery technology limits the range of multicopter drones because a single charge usually only gets about 20-30 minutes of flight time before it must be replaced and charging these batteries can often take an hour or more. The easy fix for this issue is to simply advance battery technology 25 … [Read more...] about Asylon Looks to Extend Drone Flights at RoboUniverse Show in San Diego
