The Chinese company DJI officially announced the Matrice 200 series drones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They can be used for inspecting infrastructure, monitoring large construction projects and for police, firefighter and other public agency applications.
During a demonstration, a DJI employee flew a...
How do you protect critical infrastructure or sensitive areas from the spying eyes of a drone? With sensors and software rather than lasers and guns.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming the eyes in the sky for farmers, oilrig workers, realtors and many others, enabling them to perform previously impossible...
The next industrial revolution may be zooming around just above our heads. From maximizing crop yields to inspecting wind turbines and checking insurance claims, the increasing capability, affordability and availability of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, is set to radically change the way many companies do...
The drone revolution can take off only if improved battery technology allows UAVs to stay aloft longer.
While drones are getting smaller, faster and sturdier, one aspect has seen little recent improvement: batteries. Most quadcopters can fly only 20-30 minutes on a charge, and even less with heavier payloads or on...
