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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia was finalizing regulation for the use of recreational drones, state media said Sunday, after a toy aircraft sparked security alarm as it hovered close to royal palaces in Riyadh. “The regulation for the use of remote controlled drones is in its final stages,” the Saudi Press Agency said, citing the interior ministry. Until the new guidelines are adopted drone enthusiasts must obtain police permission to fly their devices in […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A pair of Australian swimmers on Thursday became the first people to be rescued in the ocean by a drone when the aerial lifesaver dropped an safety device to distressed teens caught in rough seas. Australia is leading the use of the technology in surf lifesaving, with dozens of drones being trialled on beaches around the country. In what is believed to be a world-first drone surf rescue, two boys on […]
by Miwa Suzuki Agence France-Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A drone that hovers over Japanese employees and blares music to force them to go home was unveiled Thursday, as the country tries to reduce its notoriously long work hours. The “T-Frend” buzzes over those trying to work late, blasting out the strains of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish tune typically used in Japan to announce that a store is closing. “You can’t really work when […]
LAUSSANE, Switzerland (Reuters) — An origami-inspired prototype delivery drone which can transport packages to hard-to-reach destinations has been invented by a PhD student in Switzerland. Przemyslaw Kornatowski’s drone in effect becomes the package by wrapping itself around the cargo before flight. Made of carbon-fiber the cage, which can be folded or unfolded in a single movement, protects both drone and cargo if involved in a collision or fall. “The cage provides safety because it separates […]
SHAANXI, China (CCTV) — The world’s first unmanned large transport drone made its maiden flight on Thursday in northwest China’s Xi’an City, capital of Shaanxi Province. The delivery drone of AT200, developed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and other institutions, made two circles in the sky and flew for 26 minutes in its due course. About 12 meters both in length and width, it has a maximum carrying capacity of 1.5 tonnes and flying height […]
Reuters — The first images taken by camera drone robot Int-Ball have just been released. The spherical drone has been deployed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), on board the module Kibo on the International Space Station (ISS). It arrived at ISS on June 4. Int-Ball is made from 3D-printed parts and existing drone technology. It is controlled by researchers at the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center. Taking photographs and video can take up 10 […]
ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) — With demand for drones booming, both for hobby and commercial use, the race is on to develop ever-more intelligent and autonomous systems. Getting drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to effectively understand and interact with their environment has proved challenging. Researchers from the Vision for Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich are teaching drones how to ‘see’. They’ve created algorithms to give low-cost, off-the-shelf, drones the power to explore their environment and […]
EL RENO, Oklahoma (Reuters) — Scientists based in America’s infamous “tornado alley” are using drone technology to better understand how tornadoes and other severe weather phenomena develop. They hope new data could lead to better early warning systems that would increase the current advanced warning time of about 14 minutes to more than an hour. Speaking to Reuters at the Paris Air Show, Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier, Oklahoma’s secretary of science and technology, said this new […]
ARIZONA, United States (Reuters) – Facebook Inc. said on Thursday (June 29) it had completed a second test of an unmanned aircraft designed to some day beam internet access to remote parts of the planet, and unlike in the first test, the drone did not crash. Facebook plans to develop a fleet of drones powered by sunlight that will fly for months at a time, communicating with each other through lasers and extending Internet connectivity […]
Reuters — Ohio-based electric vehicle manufacturer Workhorse has unveiled ambitious plans to reinvent personal transportation with the SureFly octocopter. Making its public debut at the Paris Air Show ahead of piloted test flights later this year, Workhorse founder Stephen Burns told Reuters: “It’s basically a massive drone.” The two-seater SureFly does indeed resemble a much larger version of a traditional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It has two propellers on each of its four arms, with […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters)– South Korea’s military said on Wednesday (June 21) a drone found earlier this month on a mountain near the Demilitarized Zone border was confirmed to have been from North Korea, and described it as a “grave provocation” that violated the Korean War truce. The drone crashed while returning to the North and was found equipped with a camera and aerial photographs of a United States anti-missile defense system site in a […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — A United States warplane shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by pro-regime forces in Syria early Tuesday, officials said, prompting growing international concern over rising tensions between the two sides. Russia, a key ally of the Syrian regime, accused the US-led coalition of “complicity with terrorism” after the drone was downed in southern Syria. It comes days after a US warplane shot down a Syrian government fighter jet in the north […]
