The following is a guest post by technology writer Marla Keene, working for AXControl, Inc. Imagine you’re the head of a public power utility system. Winter is coming, and you need to make sure your system’s hydroelectric power isn’t hampered by broken ice floes on the river system. Steel pontoons and cables have been installed by your team to hold the ice back, but they … [Read more...] about Is it Time for the Industrial Sector to Embrace Drone Technology?
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FlightWave’s Jupiter Tricopter Hits the Sweet Spot for Industrial Drone Applications
On the first day of the Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas today, FlightWave Aerospace introduced their latest product: the Jupiter Tricopter. Tricopter is a word we don't hear all the time in the drone industry. "Approaching a 10-year-old saturated market, we came out with something unique... it's something special," says Edmund Cronin, FlightWave's Chief Market … [Read more...] about FlightWave’s Jupiter Tricopter Hits the Sweet Spot for Industrial Drone Applications
Truly Automated Drones are Still Ground-Breaking: WEF Names Airobotics One of the World’s Tech Pioneers
Automation is a word - and a concept - that gets thrown around a lot in the drone industry. Critical features including automated flights, automated conflict avoidance, and automated charging are constantly being developed. Still, a regular industrial or military drone mission that is truly fully automated - without a pilot or human operator required onsite - is relatively … [Read more...] about Truly Automated Drones are Still Ground-Breaking: WEF Names Airobotics One of the World’s Tech Pioneers
Kespry’s BYOD – Bring Your Own Drone – Program
Kespry has dominated the "vertical integration" solution for a long time, providing a seamlessly integrated industrial solution that let subject matter experts put a Kespry drone on the ground, step away from the aircraft, and do everything else from flight planning to launch through data processing on an iPad. It's a system that has advantages. From the beginning, Kespry … [Read more...] about Kespry’s BYOD – Bring Your Own Drone – Program
Airobotics Automated Drones Add LiDAR for Expanded Commercial Applications
It's been a big year for Airobotics. The Israeli company which is the best known fully automated drone solution in the world has received a major funding boost; opened a U.S. facility in Scottsdale, Arizona; and added major new functionality to their solution - a drone solutions that does not require a human operator for flight. The solution already has major customers in … [Read more...] about Airobotics Automated Drones Add LiDAR for Expanded Commercial Applications
