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The STRIX was unveiled this morning at Australia’s Avalon Air Show, in front of air force chiefs from around the world – with the notable exceptions, according to the ABC, of Russian and Chinese delegates, who have been excluded from the conference.Con… Continue reading BAE unveils the Strix, a fascinating, tail-sitting X-wing VTOL UAV
Operators will use the tech on small drones to help them with intelligence gathering, reconnaissance, and identifying targets. Continue reading US Military Signs Contract to Put Facial Recognition on Drones
Effectively, these bots are built in segments, and each segment has its own multicopter propulsion unit, capable of vectoring thrust in any direction thanks to multi-axis gimbal systems. The segments are joined together, but capable of articulating in … Continue reading Multi-segment shapeshifter drones: The precursors to flying squid-bots
Despite being integral to aviation for more than a century, propellers have changed remarkably little since the Wright Brothers. A team at MIT’s Lincoln Lab has developed a new propeller …read more Continue reading Toroidal Propellers Make Drones Less Annoying
Propellers are designed to take a fluid, generally air or water, and use a rotating motion to push that fluid through. They’re evolutions, in a sense, from the Archimedes’ screw, which was likely used in ancient Egypt thousands of years before it was d… Continue reading Toroidal propellers: A noise-killing game changer in air and water
The US Army has awarded Eprius a contract worth US$66.1 million to deliver prototypes of a new microwave weapon called Leonidas that is capable of bringing down entire swarms of enemy drones in a single burst, while leaving friendly aircraft intact.Con… Continue reading US Army awards contract for microwave weapon to counter drone swarms
Racing quadcopters are insanely light, quick and agile, but they’re not typically known for their top-speed figures. Mechanical engineer and hobbyist Ryan Lademann builds his own frames to push the limits, and he’s now bagged a Guinness World Record.
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Continue reading World’s fastest quadcopter sets official Guinness speed record
Researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xianyang, China, have demonstrated a drone that never needs to land, thanks to a remote charging system that delivers power via an adaptive, target-tracking laser on the ground.Continue ReadingCat… Continue reading Laser-charged Chinese drone can stay in the air indefinitely
Today’s autonomous drones are capable of impressive feats, and a system that enables them to also handle the recharging process without human intervention could keep them working wonders around the clock. Startup Skydio’s latest approach to this kind o… Continue reading Skydio’s streamlined docking stations keep drones charged and in flight
The Ukrainian army has released an instructional video explaining how Russian soldiers should surrender to a drone:
“Seeing the drone in the field of view, make eye contact with it,” the video instructs. Soldiers should then raise their arms and signal they’re ready to follow.
After that the drone will move up and down a few meters, before heading off at walking pace in the direction of the nearest representatives of Ukraine’s army, it says.
The video also warns that the drone’s battery may run low, in which case it will head back to base and the soldiers should stay put and await a fresh one…