To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the opening of Disneyland Paris in April, the park launched a show featuring 150 colour-changing drones that swarm around the centrepiece Sleeping Beauty Castle before the nightly fireworks show. Continue reading
Category Archives: Non-Military & Commercial UAS
China’s Delivery Drones Fail to Deploy During Shanghai Coronavirus Lockdown
Aerial delivery drones were conspicuously missing during Shanghai’s month-long Covid-19 lockdown, even though 25 million residents in one of China’s biggest population centres struggled for daily deliveries of fresh food and essential medical supplies.
Drones in Vietnam Boost Rice Yields While Cutting Fertilizer Use
As the monsoon season starts with ample rainfalls, XAG is actively scaling up the use of its agricultural drones in Vietnam to make rice production more sustainable. Faced with the soaring prices of agricultural inputs, Vietnamese farmers can now employ drones from XAG to grow more rice using fewer resources. Continue reading
Nocturne Drones Cooperates with Dedrone on Drone Defense Systems
Nocturne Drones, a global provider of drone shows, is launching a new special unit for drone defense – Nocturne Drone Defense Systems – in cooperation with San Francisco-based Dedrone. Continue reading
Perceptual Robotics Signs Inspection Contract with Enel Green Power
Perceptual Robotics has announced that it has signed a major contract with energy giant Enel to process future inspections blade data from across its whole fleet of wind turbines. Continue reading
Study: All Dutch Growers to Use Spraying Drones
In the long term, every fruit and vegetable grower in the Netherlands will be using a drone to spray crops. That is the conclusion of a study by SEO Economic Research into the potential of drones in horticulture and arable farming. Continue reading
Drone Carrying Guns from US Crashes into Tree in Canada
Authorities in Canada are investigating an incident involving a drone carrying firearms over the border from the United States. Officers were called at 8:30 a.m. on April 29 to the site along the St. Clair River, police said, noting its believed the guns were coming from the United States. Continue reading
Percepto Deploys Autonomous Drone Surveillance at Florida Power & Light
Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, announced it will deploy autonomous drones to monitor Florida Power & Light’s substations and power distribution grids across the state. The first electric utility to deploy drone-in-a-box (DIB) technology statewide, the arrangement represents the largest commercial autonomous drone project in the world. Continue reading