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HOVERAir AQUA, the waterproof self-flying camera, launches globally today in 50+ countries. US buyers excluded due to the December 2025 FCC drone ban.
Researchers at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania have released MIGHTY, an open-source motion planner that lets drones react to obstacles in milliseconds using only onboard sensors and compute. The system, detailed in a paper accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and announced by MIT, jointly optimizes flight path and travel time in a…
Autel Robotics filed a reply at the Federal Communications Commission arguing the agency added the company to its Covered List on the basis of classified material Autel was never allowed to see and technical complaints originally aimed at DJI. The reply landed in ET Docket 26-23 for the May 11, 2026 deadline, and it sharpens…
At XPONENTIAL, former DJI policy VP Brendan Schulman moderates robotics panel; DOT's Owen Morgan confirms adversary drone security belongs to FCC, not DOT.
Oklahoma City police handled a potentially deadly standoff last month without a single injury using two tools that are becoming standard equipment in modern patrol operations: a drone and a tactical robot, as reported by Officer. The April 8 incident on SW 96th Street is another data point in a pattern that’s accelerating across American…
Waiv Robotics, a London-based maritime tech startup, has unveiled a gyro-stabilized platform that enables fully autonomous takeoff and landing of VTOL drones on moving vessels at sea, as reported by The Robot Report. The system works with existing drones without requiring any hardware or software modifications, addressing one of the biggest barriers in maritime drone…
DJI reveals that 25 unreleased products are stuck in regulatory limbo right now. Reliable Robotics has raised $160 million for what you'll see is a pretty cool thing. And Starlight Aerial Production made history at Sun 'n Fun, and we were there to witness it. Let's get to it.
Singapore’s Home Team Science and Technology Agency unveiled a two-tier drone box system on April 28 designed to put aerial response within reach of any incident on the island. The pitch is simple. Replace the hour it currently takes to get a police drone to a scene with near-instant deployment from boxes pre-positioned across Singapore,…
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