A new joint study by RMIT and the University of Bristol has revealed secrets to the remarkably steady flight of kestrels and could inform future drone designs and flight control strategies. Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
An Improved Wireless Power Transmission System for Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
A team of Chinese researchers from the School of Information and Communication Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China, has just published a paper on how to improve wireless power transmission system for micro unmanned aerial vehicles. Continue reading
Tiny Solar-Powered Drones Could Stay Aloft Forever
An aerial robot weighing 4 grams is powered by tiny solar panels that produce extremely high voltages – an approach that could enable drones to fly indefinitely Continue reading
Crash-Perching on Vertical Poles with a Hugging-Wing Robot
Perching with winged Unmanned Aerial Vehicles has often been solved by means of complex control or intricate appendages. Mohammad Askari, Michele Benciolini, Hoang-Vu Phan, William Stewart & Dario Floreano, researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, present a method that relies on passive wing morphing for crash-landing on trees and other types of vertical poles: Continue reading
SPH Engineering Releases Drone Show Market Analysis
Latvia’s SPH Engineering, a developer of drone show technology, has released the “Drone Show Market Analysis” in collaboration with Duamentes Global Alliance. Continue reading
AAUS Released Results of 2024 Australian RPAS Industry Survey
The results of AAUS‘ RPAS Industry Survey for 2024 are now available to download from the AAUS website. The objective of these surveys is to gain feedback from industry and use that information to guide our advocacy strategy to meet the needs of our members and the constantly evolving industry. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $14M US Navy Contract to Develop Video Using Soft Biometrics
AeroVironment Inc., Simi Valley, California, is awarded a $13,691,731 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N6833524F0079) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N6833519G0059). Continue reading
Researcher Charges Ahead with New Tech to Power Drones Wirelessly
Dr. Ifana Mahbub, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at The University of Texas at Dallas, has been awarded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellowship to continue her research to develop wireless technology to recharge unmanned aerial vehicles in flight. Continue reading