Drone Research
Robotdrone LEO can walk and skateboard in addition to flying
When you combine a walking robot with a drone, what do you get? Robotdrone LEO, an abbreviation for LEONARDO, and stands for LEgs ONboard.
Wiebe de Jager
Wiebe de Jager is the founder of Dronewatch and author of several bestselling books about drone photography. Wiebe is a certified drone pilot and has a full ROC license.
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EVTOL
Elon Musk dying to do a supersonic eVTOL jet
Elon Musk is dying to work on a supersonic eVTOL jet, he tweeted. However, Musk added that additional work would make his brains explode...
Netherlands
First BVLOS drone flight from Dutch airport has occurred
In addition, for the first time, a BVLOS drone flight was performed in the regulated airspace of a Dutch airport when the pilot was not there.
Autel Robotics
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
Drone Delivery
Matternet deploys world’s first urban medical drone transportation system in Abu Dhabi
UAE Ministry of Health, SkyGo, Matternet, an American drone delivery firm, will establish an urban network for medical transport by drone.
United States
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 still accounted for 70% of professional drone sales in 2020. In 2021, this figure had dropped to 54%, a drop of more than 15%. The DJI…
United Kingdom
Micro Drone 4.0 fiasco investigated by Indiegogo
The Micro Drone 4.0 crowdfunding campaign debuted on Indiegogo in early 2019. A total of about $1.5 million was raised. However, the...
Belgium
Speaker drone chases birds away at Brussels Airport
The goal was to see how far speaker drones could be deployed safely for bird control at Brussels Airport. The exercise was carried out by...
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