Collaborate Disseminate
By the time this goes to press, DEFCON 27 will pretty much be history. But badgelife continues, and it’d be nice to have a way of keeping track of all the badges offered. Martin Lebel stepped up to the challenge with a DEF CON 27 badgelife tracker. He’s been tracking …read more
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is developing a new type of gyrocopter that gets rid of the pilot to provide more cargo space. The focus of the Automated Low Altitude Air Delivery (ALAADy) system, the ALAADy Demonstrator unmanned gyrocopter… Continue reading DLR develops unmanned gyrocopters to autonomously cart heavier cargo
Fans of the movie Prometheus will recall the probes that were sent into the alien structure, autonomously flying through it to create a 3D map of its interior. Well, something kind of similar is now in development, in the form of an underwate… Continue reading Underwater robot made to map and search abandoned mines
In an effort to make conventional aircraft and Unmanned Aerial vehicles (UAVs) get along, NASA is embarking on the latest in a series of flight tests. Using specially adapted drones and manned “intruder” aircraft, the purpose is to demonstrat… Continue reading NASA tests onboard sensors designed to improve drone safety
It should come as no surprise that we here at Hackaday are big boosters of autonomous systems like self-driving vehicles. That’s not to say we’re without a healthy degree of skepticism, and indeed, the whole point of the “Automate the Freight” series is that economic forces will create powerful incentives …read more
Continue reading Automate the Freight: Autonomous Delivery Hits the Mainstream
You’ve got to hand it to [Tom Stanton] – he really thinks outside the box. And potentially outside the atmosphere, to wit: we present his reaction control gas thruster-controlled drone.
Before anyone gets too excited, [Tom] isn’t building drones for use in a vacuum, although we can certainly see a …read more
Continue reading Unconventional Drone Uses Gas Thrusters For Control
You might think that tiny autonomous drones that can be fired out of a standard 40 mm grenade launcher for rapid deployment would be the kind of thing the military would love to get their hands on. Which is true, of course, and a number of companies are working on …read more
Continue reading Designing A Drone To Fire From A Grenade Launcher
For college-aged engineers and designers, finding a problem they’re truly passionate about early on could very well set the trajectory for an entire career. This is precisely the goal of the Cornell Cup, a competition that tasks applicants with solving a real-world problem in a unique and interesting way. From …read more
Continue reading 2019 Cornell Cup Winners Include Autonomous Boat, Flapping UAV, and Leaping Rover
A superlative bit of combinatorial scholarship coming out of St. Louis University, where Sean Hartling, Vasit Sagan, Paheding Sidike, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang and Joshua Carron have lashed-up geospatial sciences, machine learning, UAVs, and no-small… Continue reading When a Tree Falls in St. Louis, Will the Power Go Out?
In the era of social media, events such as the fire at Notre Dame cathedral are experienced by a global audience in real-time. From New York to Tokyo, millions of people were glued to their smartphones and computers, waiting for the latest update from media outlets and even individuals who …read more
Continue reading The Drones and Robots that Helped Save Notre Dame