The drone industry has reached that minor level of maturity when investors are gearing up to find excellent opportunities, market predictions are through the roof, and new and hopeful drone companies are springing up like weeds in a field. It's more than an industry, it's a revolution in workflow for many traditional sectors like agriculture and construction. Like any … [Read more...] about Meet the 30,000-User Startup Leading the Drone Revolution
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The US Marines Just Created a 3D Printed Drone – Which Cost 200X Less
Drone manufacturing may have been revolutionized this week. Design software and services company Autodesk and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have announced a successful project to create new military drones using 3D printing technology. The new drone, nicknamed "Scout," is a small fixed-wing surveillance drone. It can snap apart into four or five parts and be carried in a … [Read more...] about The US Marines Just Created a 3D Printed Drone – Which Cost 200X Less
DroneDeploy: Enterprise Grade or Not?
DroneDeploy’s new App Market fills a need for commercial drone use, but can the data quality measure up for widespread industrial use? QuickTake THE FACTS: This past week, DroneDeploy introduced its new App Market, a store for drone applications from a range of companies—including Autodesk, Box, John Deere, and 13 others—as well as a variety of industry verticals. … [Read more...] about DroneDeploy: Enterprise Grade or Not?
3DR, Parrot, and DJI: the Pricing War in Commercial Drones
3DR recently announced that they have received another influx of funding, this one from Autodesk, the makers of AutoCad. The investment- of an undisclosed amount - is the latest step towards commercial drones for 3DR, giving them a commercial solution which will convert aerial images to a 3D mesh using the Autodesk 3D Mesh API. But all of 3DR's efforts - raising more funding, … [Read more...] about 3DR, Parrot, and DJI: the Pricing War in Commercial Drones
Autodesk Invests in 3D Robotics
Multinational software company Autodesk Inc. announced it has made an investment in drone manufacturer 3D Robotics, one of three initial stakes the company is making via its $100 million Forge Fund. Although Autodesk now develops a broad range of software, the company is best known for AutoCAD, computer-aided design software used primarily by architects, engineers, and … [Read more...] about Autodesk Invests in 3D Robotics
