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Read the latest drone news today along with new developments in the unmanned aircraft systems aviation industry.....
Fly your own drones! Race miniature quadcopters at Vaughn College
Elmhurst, NY (April 26, 2019)–Vaughn College is celebrating the fourth annual International Drone Day on Saturday, May 4, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a variety of activities for all area drone enthusiasts[…]
Wingcopter – Drone Pilot for International Flight Operations
You are enthusiastic about model planes and drones and want to change the world? You want to turn your hobby into a profession and use Wingcopter drones to revolutionize health care in emerging markets? We – the founders of Wingcopter, a tech startup based in Darmstadt – are looking for you![…]
Data processing services to the public
Much of our time at 3DroneMapping is spent in the office, processing data. We have worked with terabytes of information over the years, seen the development and evolution of software, hardware and the general end requirements […]
Learn how to Streamline your Methane Gas Detection with a Drone
Rome, NY- Join Microdrones, May 8, for their next Wednesday Webinar and learn how the professionals at Ravan Air are using drones for methane gas detection. Ravan Air is a drone oil and gas industry contractor and service provider specializing in UAV methane gas detection, inspection, thermal imaging and monitoring […]
SafeDrone: Comprehensive contracts with drone manufacturers
Safety as a top priority at Matternet Comprehensive technical fleet management for SwissDrones SafeDrone by Lufthansa Technik has signed comprehensive contracts with drone manufacturers Matternet and SwissDrones. Both companies will use SafeDrone Health to improve the efficiency of their maintenance programs. SafeDrone Health helps to reduce maintenance efforts SafeDrone Health is a holistic and manufacturer-independent […]
DJI and Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems Partner to Support Reno Drone Tests
As a designated FAA UAS Test Site, the city of Reno, Nevada is hosting a range of trials this year. DJI has partnered with the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) to support the safe exploration of drone technology in the area. DJI donates equipment to Reno UAS test program The DOT, FAA and NASA […] The post DJI and Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems Partner to Support Reno Drone Tests appeared first on DRONELIFE. […]
Brazil’s Civil Aviation Authority Approves senseFly Drones for Country’s First-Ever Beyond Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) Operations
Cheseaux, Switzerland, April 24 2019 – senseFly, the leading provider of fixed-wing drone solutions—in collaboration with drone engineering and consulting specialists AL Drones and geotechnology company Santiago & Cintra—is excited to announce that the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) has approved BVLOS flights to be carried out in Brazil for the first time in the […]
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DIY Drone Set ZD850
What is a Drone?
A drone
is a male bee but its body is bigger than all other bees except the queen with larger
eyes. Their only job is to meet the queen for the production of the new
generations of bees then falls out of the sky leaving an essential body behind.
The idea
that a drone doesn’t have its own work leads to a secondary definition of a
drone as someone who lives off the work of others. In fact, at the end of
summer, the worker bees expel the remaining drones out of the hive. They eat too
much and do nothing. They can be replaced in the spring.
This
helps us to figure out the problem. We not only need to figure out a definition
for drones, we also have to figure out what they’re going to do and not do.
While
some agree that drones are unmanned, others point out that they’re piloted,
preferring the acronym RPA for “remotely piloted aircraft.” That wouldn’t
differentiate drones from remote-control aircraft, but it emphasizes that a
human, who can be held responsible, is at the controls. A drone can be operated
manually or it can be programmed to follow a fixed flight plan.
The
distinguishing feature of a drone seems to be the promise of autonomy. Today, a
typical flight consists of switching between manual flight and autopilot. How
much further might it go? Given the right instrumentation and the ability to
process that data, could a drone be programmed to make context-aware decisions,
particularly ones that humans are not very good at?
A drone might detect problems before they
occur, such as responding to gusts of wind or avoiding unexpected obstacles. A drone
might also be able to communicate with other drones.
Can a
drone be considered a robot, able to obey Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics? We need
drones that explicitly avoid harming humans and can act to protect themselves from
destruction. We should expect this much from any fully autonomous vehicle. A
drone then might be said to have a mind of its own.
Although not everybody likes the word drone, it has become widespread
and popular, used with great exaltation by hobbyists who hang out on the DIY
Drones site and by professional aerial photographers. |
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