WeRobotics recently launched a workshop in Nagaland, a state in India, to teach the Office of State Disaster Management Authority how to plan and pilot data-driven drone missions. The group is a “team of entrepreneurs, drone adventurers and humanitarians bringing robotics technology to communities for social good.” Under the group’s Flying Labs initiative, WeRobotics … [Read more...] about India Flying Labs Teaches Drone Skills in Nagaland
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Flying Labs: “The Power of Local” for Drone Technology
In Africa, locally-based drone trainers and professional operators at the Flying Labs are working to emphasize the power of drone technologies for local communities - by training both local students and government officials. The Flying Labs global network of local knowledge hubs is part of WeRobotics.org, a humanitarian organization contributing to solving world problems by … [Read more...] about Flying Labs: “The Power of Local” for Drone Technology
How Drones Are Sterilizing Deadly Mosquitoes
What do drones, radiation and mosquitoes have in common? Two of these things can defeat the other. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced this week the successful testing of a drone-based effort to sterilize mosquitoes in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly Zika virus. In cooperation with the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the … [Read more...] about How Drones Are Sterilizing Deadly Mosquitoes
Drones for Good: At Work in the Amazon Rainforest
Patrick Meier and his team of digital humanitarians is at work again - this time bringing their Flying Labs to the Amazon rainforest. WeRobotics is a team of entrepreneurs, drone adventurers and humanitarians bringing robotics technology to communities for social good. Their "Flying Labs" are collaborative institutions around the world where technology is shared and … [Read more...] about Drones for Good: At Work in the Amazon Rainforest
