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Unmanned Aircraft
Watch what happens when a small drone hits a plane at 238 miles per hour
CNBC - Magdalena Petrova
Researchers at the University of Dayton Research Institute are showing what can happen when a small drone strikes the wing of an aircraft. The team …
Apple Watch
Skydio’s self-flying drone can now be controlled using just an Apple Watch
The Verge - Nick Statt
Skydio, the California-based drone maker that specializes in self-flying software, is announcing a new update today that will let owners of its R1 drone launch, control, and even manually fly the drone
Design Thinking
Watch a robot build columns out of only gravel and string
Curbed - Liz Stinson
Improbable architecture How do you build eight solid columns out of loose gravel without concrete or glue? Just add some string. A new project from the Swiss university ETH Zurich shows how a robotic can
Side Dishes
Just Buy a Traeger Grill Already
Outside Magazine - Wes Siler
Two years ago, I pitted a Traeger pellet grill against a Big Green Egg charcoal grill. My conclusion: While the former delivered more consistent results, it was the Egg that was capable of truly elevating
Artificial Intelligence
In Defense Of Autonomous Weapons
nationalinterest.org - Ryan Khurana
The development of artificial intelligence and ethics for their use must go hand-in-hand. Otherwise, such weapons will be built without regard for …
Dow Jones
Magic Leap's new AI assistant looks alarmingly human
CNN - By Matt McFarland, CNN Business
(CNN Business) — The tech world's latest virtual assistant looks so realistic, you might mistake her for an actual human. Apple has Siri, and Amazon has Alexa. But the lifelikeness of both are dwarfed
Drones
Drone + Ground Penetrating Radar = Mine Detector?
hackaday.com - by: Richard Baguley
Most civilized nations ban the use of landmines because they kill indiscriminately, and for years after they are planted. However, they are still …
hobbyist
The Reality of Armed, Commercial Drones
nationalinterest.org - Kathryn Dura
The combination of availability and munition capability makes the armament of commercial drones a significant civilian and military concern.The …
No Fly Zone
UAV Challenge 2018 Concludes
dronebelow.com - Vidi Nene
The Canberra 2018 UAV Challenge was held recently with the aim to demonstrate the ability of UAVs for civilian applications that will save the lives …
Unmanned Aircraft
Japanese delivery firm Yamato to develop 'flying truck' with US helicopter firm
SFGate - The Japan News
An artist's rendering of a 'flying truck' to be developed by Yamato and U.S. firm Bell Helicopter Textron. Yamato Holdings Co. has reached a basic agreement with a major U.S. helicopter manufacturer to
Employment
Amazon is reportedly building ‘picker’ robots for fulfillment centers
Engadget - Mallory Locklear
They would be designed to collect items for shipments. In order to fulfil its many orders in a timely fashion, Amazon employs a large number of people, and a key part to the company's order fulfillment
Tech Trends
Watch this quadrotor turn into a trirotor and keep flying
TechCrunch - John Biggs
In a video that similar to those videos where humans push around ATLAS, researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a system that will let a quadrotor drone keep flying even if one of the
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics expert: Artificial intelligence will 'creep' into people's everyday lives
thehill.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) and robots will gradually "creep" into people's everyday lives, according to robotics expert Bart Paulhamus. Paulhamus, a …
Blood Vessels
The U.S. Military Is Working on Mind-Control for Drones
nationalinterest.org - David Axe
But a direct man-machine interface is a long way off.The U.S. Military Is Working on Mind-Control for DronesThe U.S. Defense Advanced Research …
Drones
Global UAV Autonomously Launches and Lands a Drone on a Moving Vehicle
suasnews.com - Press
Vancouver, British Columbia, Oct 09, 2018 (Newsfile Corp via COMTEX) — Global UAV Technologies Ltd. (cse:UAV) YRLLF, +23.97% (YAB2) (the “Company” or …
Drones
Who Needs The 'Fast And Furious' Movies When You Can Have Insane Drone Footage Of A Rally Car Racing Through A Mountain
Digg
We don't know which is more impressive — the rally car drifting on a torturous mountain road or the drone that's capturing all this glorious footage.
Drones
Sky battles: Fighting back against rogue drones
bbc.co.uk - By Emma Woollacott
Rogue drones have nearly caused air accidents, have been used as offensive weapons, to deliver drugs to prisoners, and to spy on people. So how can we fight back? This summer a packed Airbus A321 came
Guide Drones for the Blind
dronebelow.com - Muhammad Usama
While innovative solutions to common age-old problems do improve the situation of the problem significantly, they do face resistance in terms of …
False Navigation Data Caused Global Hawk to Nosedive, Break Apart
apple.news - Military.com
A U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk broke apart and crashed last year after the drone's navigation system caused it to fly at an altitude and speed it …
Business Development
Japan-based Terra Drone acquires significant stake in Inkonova. - sUAS News - The Business of Drones
suasnews.com - Press
Terra Drone, a leading global commercial drone technology company , acquires a significant stake in Swedish aerial robotics for underground mining …
hobbyist
A Drone-Flinging Cannon Proves UAVs Can Mangle Planes
WIRED - Alex Davies
The man flying the drone didn’t know he was violating a temporary restriction on flights around New York City (the president was in town for the 2017 …
Red Cross
Land Rover Equipped with Drone Joins Red Cross
dronebelow.com - Muhammad Usama
Recently, an Austrian Red Cross disaster response team has integrated an innovative technological advancement, a rescue vehicle, with an inbuilt …
Military
China and Pakistan to Jointly Produce 48 Wing Loong II Drones
dronebelow.com - Vidi Nene
The Pakistani air force’s Sherdils Aerobatic Team first announced on Sunday that the state-run Pakistan Aeronautical Complex company and China’s …
The Ozarks
Honeywell UAV Service Inspects Over 100 Miles of Power Lines in Five Days
dronebelow.com - Press Release
Honeywell’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based inspection service has helped utility customer Ozarks Electric Cooperative inspect more than 100 …
China
Why China could win the ‘AI superpowers’ war against the US in just 2 years: AI expert Kai-Fu Lee
yahoo.com - Alexis Keenan
If artificial intelligence data were oil, then China is the new Saudi Arabia. That’s how Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, sees the future …
Artificial Intelligence
Society is at a "crossroads" when it comes to artificial intelligence — and a technology executive explains why we need be
Business Insider - Jennifer Morgan, SAP
• In this op-ed, SAP president of Americas and Asia Pacific Japan Global Customer Operations Jennifer Morgan argues that while artificial intelligence holds plenty of promise for businesses, it may also
Technology
Watch Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot Do Parkour
WIRED - Matt Simon
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot can do a lot of things I can’t, including backflips and running through snow without falling on its face. Now …
Parkour
Boston Dynamics will definitely win the first Robot Ninja Warrior
The Verge - Sean O'Kane
Atlas can now do parkour, no big deal Everyone’s favorite future robot overlords are back with a new trick: parkour. SoftBank-owned Boston Dynamics released a short video today that shows its bipedal Atlas
Disaster Response
This Shape-Shifting, 32-Leg Urchin Bot Punches the Ground With Toadstools to Walk
Gizmodo - Jennings Brown
Legged robots are superior to wheeled robots when it comes to traversing various types of terrain. But legs require balance, and if a two-, or even …
Equations
Robot Masters Human Balancing Act
scienceandtechnologyresearchnews.com - Mhean Palisoc
When walking in a crowded place, humans typically aren’t thinking about how we avoid bumping into one another. We are built to use a gamut of complex …

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Watch what happens when a small drone hits a plane at 238 miles per hour

Skydio’s self-flying drone can now be controlled using just an Apple Watch

Watch a robot build columns out of only gravel and string

Just Buy a Traeger Grill Already

In Defense Of Autonomous Weapons

Magic Leap's new AI assistant looks alarmingly human

Drone + Ground Penetrating Radar = Mine Detector?

The Reality of Armed, Commercial Drones

UAV Challenge 2018 Concludes

Japanese delivery firm Yamato to develop 'flying truck' with US helicopter firm

Amazon is reportedly building ‘picker’ robots for fulfillment centers

Watch this quadrotor turn into a trirotor and keep flying

Robotics expert: Artificial intelligence will 'creep' into people's everyday lives

The U.S. Military Is Working on Mind-Control for Drones

Global UAV Autonomously Launches and Lands a Drone on a Moving Vehicle

Who Needs The 'Fast And Furious' Movies When You Can Have Insane Drone Footage Of A Rally Car Racing Through A Mountain

Sky battles: Fighting back against rogue drones

Guide Drones for the Blind

False Navigation Data Caused Global Hawk to Nosedive, Break Apart

Japan-based Terra Drone acquires significant stake in Inkonova. - sUAS News - The Business of Drones

A Drone-Flinging Cannon Proves UAVs Can Mangle Planes

Land Rover Equipped with Drone Joins Red Cross

China and Pakistan to Jointly Produce 48 Wing Loong II Drones

Honeywell UAV Service Inspects Over 100 Miles of Power Lines in Five Days

Why China could win the ‘AI superpowers’ war against the US in just 2 years: AI expert Kai-Fu Lee

Society is at a "crossroads" when it comes to artificial intelligence — and a technology executive explains why we need be

Watch Boston Dynamics' Humanoid Robot Do Parkour

Boston Dynamics will definitely win the first Robot Ninja Warrior

This Shape-Shifting, 32-Leg Urchin Bot Punches the Ground With Toadstools to Walk

Robot Masters Human Balancing Act