Drones are typically not allowed to fly near airplanes or airports, but the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport recently made an exception. The airport exceeds 100 million passengers a year, and in order to keep up with the ever-increasing amount of...
Drone technology startup Iris Automation is looking to expand and improve its advanced collision-avoidance system for industrial drones with a new round of funding. The company announced it has raised US$1.5 million to commercialize its sense-and-avoid system, and to...
Earlier this month it was revealed that ArduPilot, an open-source autopilot solution, would no longer be associated with the Linux Foundation's Dronecode Project, an open-source drone platform. This came as a surprise to many considering that the idea of Dronecode...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to help manage the skies for the new industry of unmanned vehicles. The agency announced the Aerial Dragnet program, a new initiative that aims to keep track of drones flying up to 1,000 feet over large...
Neurala wants to give drones the power of autonomy, the capability of artificial intelligence, and the ability to see. The company announced the Neurala Brains for Bots SDK at the second annual InterDrone conference this week. With the Brains for Bots SDK, Neurala...
Drones have mapped 3 million acres in the last four months, more than doubling the amount over the previous 16 months, according to an industry report by DroneDeploy. 130 countries around the world were included in the study, with North America and Europe comprising...