Guest post by Tero Heinonen, Sharper Shape Inc.— When drone technology first came on the scene, hobbyists and military personnel were the only ones paying attention. But now, the use of commercial drones is on the rise, and they are surprisingly impacting more industries. In the world of agriculture, drones are helping us grow more food by assisting farmers assess crop health. … [Read more...] about 3 Surprising Ways Commercial Drones Make Our Country Safer
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Air- and Ground- Based Autonomous Vehicles Working Together
(Source: phys.org) A system to allow air- and ground-based robot vehicles to work together, without GPS signals or expensive sensor devices, is being developed by a team at Yonsei University in Korea. This could be used by unmanned vehicle teams to explore environments, ranging from farms here on earth to the surfaces of other worlds. No Man's Land Unmanned ground … [Read more...] about Air- and Ground- Based Autonomous Vehicles Working Together
Arch Aerial Moving Drones from Football Fields to Mine Fields
A Texas-based UAV company that tracks explosive football tackles hopes to soon track unexploded ordinance in an effort to save lives. Arch Aerial of Houston has launched a Kickstarter campaign to deploy Light Detection And Ranging (LiDar) drones to Laos and other nations to help locate unexploded ordnance. During the Vietnam Conflict, the U.S. jettisoned around 2 million … [Read more...] about Arch Aerial Moving Drones from Football Fields to Mine Fields
Drone Embedded LIDAR Tech on OnyxStar FOX-C8-HD
from sUAS News Light Detection and Ranging (more commonly called LIDAR) is a laser-based remote sensing technology. It is widely used in the domain of geographical information system (GIS) for surveying and mapping natural resources and infrastructures. LIDAR is well known in the domain of producing high-resolution maps in remote sensing, atmospheric … [Read more...] about Drone Embedded LIDAR Tech on OnyxStar FOX-C8-HD
