When you combine a walking robot with a drone, what do you get? The outcome is LEO, an abbreviation for LEONARDO, which stands for LEgs ONboard. Robotdrone LEO can walk, skateboard, and even tightrope walk in addition...
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Wiebe de Jager
Elon Musk dying to do a supersonic eVTOL jet
Elon Musk is dying to work on a supersonic eVTOL jet, he said on Twitter. However, Musk added that additional work would make his brain explode, indicating that it would be unlikely for him to pursue this at this point...
First BVLOS drone flight from Dutch airport has occurred
Groningen Airport Eelde in The Netherlands has lofty goals for sustainable electric flight and hydrogen-powered flight. The airport inked a collaboration deal with the British company Electron Aviation during a ceremony...
Autel EVO Nest, a drone docking station for EVO II Series
Autel Robotics has developed an automated docking station for its EVO II line of drones. The drone box, known as the EVO Nest, enables users to execute drone operations remotely. The system works with the EVO II series...
Matternet deploys world’s first urban medical drone transportation system in Abu Dhabi
In Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in the United Arab Emirates and logistics partner SkyGo, Matternet will establish an urban network for medical transport by drone. The Gulf state aims to take a...
DJI commercial drone market share falls dramatically in 2021
In 2021, DJI’s worldwide market share in professional drone sales to corporate users has dropped considerably. The newest edition of DroneAnalyst’s Drone Market Sector Report 2021 demonstrates this. DJI...
Micro Drone 4.0 fiasco investigated by Indiegogo
It was such a lovely promise: a drone small enough to fit in the palm of your hand that can shoot high-quality images and movies and has a high degree of autonomy. The Micro Drone 4.0 crowdfunding campaign debuted on...
Speaker drone chases birds away at Brussels Airport
During a test at Brussels Airport, a loudspeaker-equipped drone was deployed to drive away birds while the airport remained open for business. The goal was to see how far speaker drones could be deployed safely for bird...
New Hubsan Zino Mini SE drone: 4K, under 250 grams
Drone Manufacturer Hubsan announced the Zino Mini Pro at the end of April this year, a sub-250 gram drone that obviously had to compete with the popular DJI Mini 2. However, it took some time for the drone to hit the...
8K drone video of Manti-La Sal National Forest
Autumn is knocking on the door and that means beautiful fall colors will be coming to North America soon. To get in the mood for this photogenic season, look at this 8K drone video of the Manti-La Sal National Forest...
Switzerland establishes the world’s first Remote ID network for drones
In Switzerland, the world’s first Remote ID network for drones just went live. The technology, dubbed Network Remote Identification (NET-RID), may be used to communicate information on drone flights and operators...
EHang performs the first long-range drone taxi test flights
EHang, a Chinese firm, has successfully completed a series of long-distance test flights in restricted airspace with both a two-person EHang 216 drone taxi and a Falcon freight drone. The flights were conducted in...
France tests anti-drone laser for 2024 Olympics
The French army says it has successfully completed a series of tests with an anti-drone laser to be deployed at the time of the 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held in Paris. The laser system may even be deployed...
Volocopter air-taxi added to Microsoft Flight Simulator
Always wanted to drive a drone taxi? Soon you will be able to do that in Have you always wanted to learn to fly an eVTOL drone taxi? Then make sure you have access to Microsoft Flight Simulator. In November, in...
Judge cancels plan to monitor Channel migrants with police drones
A French judge has canceled plans to monitor migrants illegally crossing the Channel using police drones. According to the judge, in view of privacy legislation, it is not allowed to film people on the ground without...
Circuit Zandvoort designated as a no-fly zone for drones during Formula 1
Drone pilots who want to make aerial recordings of the Grand Prix for Formula 1 at the Zandvoort circuit at the beginning of September should not do that. The area in The Netherlands has been temporarily designated as a...
Drone inspects high-voltage route over a distance of 60 miles in Belgium
The Belgian surveying company Vansteelandt recently successfully inspected a high-voltage route of the Belgian grid operator Elia in Belgium by means of a drone. What is special is that a distance of no less than 60...
FAA: Embraer 175 did not collide with drone, but with party balloon
Contrary to previous reports, an Embraer 175 that took off from Chicago O’Hare Airport last week did not collide with a drone, but with a party balloon. This is reported by the Federal Aviation Administration...
Dubai police build city-wide network of crime-fighting drones
The Dubai police will install a network of drone boxes from which crime-fighting drones can do their work. In this way, any location in the Emirati metropolis can be visited within a minute in the event of a report. The...