One of the many things preventing urban drone deliveries reaching Amazone Prime levels of mass adoption is the threat of interference, whether that's from pets, kids, thieves, gun-toting neighbors or rogue footballs. Researchers at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, are working on sense and avoid technology that could provide drones with a more dynamic form of … [Read more...] about Zurich Researchers Teach Drone to Dodge with Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Agile Drones that Fold to get Through Tight Spaces
Compact and foldable, portable drones are great for carrying - but can the advantages of a folding drone be realized during flight? Researchers at the University of Zurich, with others, have come up with a drone that folds during flight to get through tight spaces. This type of drone might easily be used for search and rescue or inspection purposes. Davide Scaramuzza, … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Agile Drones that Fold to get Through Tight Spaces
DroNet Algorithm Learns From Traffic to Navigate City Streets
Street-level drone operations in urban centers are far from becoming a reality. There are plenty of reasons why that is. As autonomous car manufacturers are discovering, things can go wrong on the road and certain situations can't be predicted or accounted for. If the autonomous vehicle is airborne, that adds another level of complexity to what is already a dynamic scenario. … [Read more...] about DroNet Algorithm Learns From Traffic to Navigate City Streets
Trail-marking Drone Software Could Find Lost Hikers
The story of hikers Elizabeth Edwards Moran and her wife, Jennifer is all too common. The couple took a six-mile hike in October along the Pratt River Trail in Washington only to find themselves lost, cold and desperate after taking a few wrong turns off the switchback trails. Their story had a happy ending – after spending what was probably the longest night of their life … [Read more...] about Trail-marking Drone Software Could Find Lost Hikers
New Technology Makes Drones Safer and Smarter
(Source: sciencedaily.com) Researchers at the University of Zurich have unveiled new technology enabling drones to recover stable flight from any position and land autonomously in failure situations. It will even be possible to launch drones by simply tossing them into the air like a baseball or recover stable flight after a system failure. Drones will be safer and … [Read more...] about New Technology Makes Drones Safer and Smarter
