drones

Bats’ ability to echolocate to both navigate and find found in the dark was the inspiration behind the development of sonar and radar. Now, mathematicians have found that by adding microphones and a speaker on a drone with the help of…

Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient. The new wing replaces the smooth contour found on the leading edges of most airplane wings with a…

For over 30 years, leading cave divers have attempted to further explore the full extent of the world's largest subterranean lake at Dragon's Breath Cave, gigantic water-filled cavern beneath the Kalahari Desert, but have been repeatedly…

With the 2018 U.S. wheat market was worth 9.7 billion, it makes sense wheat and other grain farmers have invested in new technology as soon as it was available. Now, however, the use of agricultural drones is expanding, and one…

Johns Hopkins University researchers’ findings about mosquito wing aerodynamics could help build quieter drones—as well as devise nontoxic methods to trap and exterminate the pests. It turns out mosquitoes flap their wings not just to…

Limited range, speed, and battery life are some of the limitations of commercial photographic surveillance drones. While they can tackle many automated tasks and go where humans can’t survive, they haven’t yet been capable of filming…

What’s that you hear above you? It’s not Santa and his reindeer just yet. But it could be a drone practicing its roofing skills. Drones are not just used for military operations or as children’s toys. These small aircraft play…

Biomimicry is an established practice in robotics, with researchers developing everything from robots that hop like grasshoppers to those that run like cheetahs. The next leap? Figuring out how to create robots that perch as effortlessly…

Raytheon Company has teamed up with Black Sage to provide an integrated drone detection and mitigation system for civil authorities, critical infrastructure and military organizations around the world. "As we saw at Gatwick and Heathrow…

A team of researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) in Spain is coordinating a project along with companies Divisek and  Dronitec to develop a sustainable method for early detection and prevention of forest fires with the…