Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A global collection of UAVs

[the-science-llama]

The new Bat Bot B2

[celtic-clay]

ROBAT

[onion-souls]

Horizon Zero Dawn prequel.

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Power Company Sends Fire-Spewing Drone to Burn Trash Off High-Voltage Wires

What happens when your power lines get all kinds of trash hanging from them and it’s not safe to send up a human? In Xiangyang, China, you send in the drones. Specifically, the drones that shoot fire.

This seems like a perfectly reasonable idea that couldn’t possibly go wrong in any way. 

[carlboygenius]

This is NOT a mosquito.

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It’s a miniature spy drone, developed for use in urban areas, already in production, funded by the US Government. It can be remotely controlled and is equipped with a camera & microphone. It can land on you. It can fly through an open window. Or it can attach to your clothing until you take it home. It may have the potential to take a DNA sample or leave RFID tracking nanotechnology on your skin.

[dronedefinition]

New rules for drones kick in: What you need to know

Read the full article New rules for drones kick in: What you need to know at DroneDefinition.com

[fuckyeahuav-blog]

San Francisco from a stratospheric balloon

[micdotcom]

Today in the robot takeover: Disney has built a remote-control device that can climb walls  while Singapore scientists created an eerie artificial being that can remember your past conversations (and may haunt your dreams.)

[npr]

I just…. I…. have no words….

I can’t decide if this is ~epic~ or ~terrifying~. -Ariel

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Beijing DJI Phantom video

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Man whose drone got too close to LAPD helicopter given three years’ probation

During that period, man will be banned from even owning a drone.

[russian-army]

New drone footage from Syria

[discoverynews]

Prepare for the Anti-Drone Freeze Ray. Yes, it’s as cool as it sounds.

If you keep an eye on a certain variety of technology headlines, you might have noticed that an interesting trend is developing. Drone tech is, evidently, yesterday’s news. Anti-drone technology is where it’s at.

The BBC is reporting that a consortium of three British companies has developed a kind of freeze ray strategy for neutralizing unwanted drones, or UAVs, in a protected area of air space.

The Anti-UAV Defense System, or AUDS, works by overloading the drone’s communications systems with high-powered radio signals. Drone pilots control their aircraft using specific frequency bands, and the AUDS system essentially swamps those bands with an overriding narrowcast projected by directional antennae.

When the scramble signal overrides the control signal, the UAV typically freezes in mid-air — most commercial drones are programmed to hover in place when control signals are interrupted. The AUDS operator can then jam the drone intermittently, or simply keep the UAV trapped in mid-air until the battery runs out.

Of course, to scramble the drone’s communications, the AUDS operator needs to find and target it first. To that end, the system uses cameras with thermal imaging features to target the drone visually, in daylight or darkness. The AUDS system was developed by Enterprise Control Systems, in partnership with Blighter Surveillance Systems and Chess Dynamics.

[yahuaa]

…. keep them away from my servo skulls. This sounds like scrapecode. I need the advice of someone wiser.

[omechanicum-deactivated20180524]

just use a frequency that isn’t commonly used.

[fuckyeahuav-blog]

The Creepy Collective Behavior of Boston Dynamics’ New Robot Dog

Robotics company Boston Dynamics has a new four-legged addition to its family: a 160-lb quadruped named Spot—and dude is impressive. In a short video posted yesterday, the Google-owned company shows Spot gallivanting with a weird equestrian hop through office corridors, up concrete stairs, and along rocky hills with little trouble. Spot even keeps his balance after being kicked by one of its human overlords. You can almost hear the canine whimper over the drone of his hydraulics.

Yes, these are not UAVs...  but the hydraulics drone.

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Russia Is Swarming the Arctic With Military Drones

Russia’s has announced a new "heavy drone" it will use to "control" the Arctic. It's just the latest to join the swarm.

[dronedefinition]

The NFL is the first major American sports league allowed to fly drones

Read the full article The NFL is the first major American sports league allowed to fly drones at DroneDefinition.com

[fuckyeahuav-blog]

Ag eyes greater role for drones

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — They go by many names, including drones, unmanned aircraft systems, unmanned aerial vehicles and even “tractors in the sky.” Whatever you call them, they’ll almost certainly play a bigger role in agriculture’s future, experts agree. Important questions, including t...

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Published on Sep 22, 2015

Geospatial projects don’t get more intense than Survey Group’s eBee RTK drone survey of the Talawana Track road, with its enormous scale, complex logistics, dusty terrain and threat of bird attacks. This video, created using Postflight Terra 3D, shows part of the resulting 3D point cloud. Read/download the full PDF case study at: https://www.sensefly.com/casestudies / Visit Survey Group:http://www.surveygroup.com.au

Drone:  senseFly’s eBee RTK survey-grade mapping drone

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Drone Wars - Parrot drone

a short movie by Devin Supertramp