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Understanding Insect Mating Behavior Could Help Drones Find Sources of Odors from Pollutants

Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter’s pheromone (odor) plume, often flying hundreds of meters to do so. Two strategies are involved to accomplish this: males must find the outer envelope of the pheromone plume, and then head upwind.

30 May 2015

Polaris Offers Patrick Henry Student Opportunity to Attend DARPA Robotics Challenge

Polaris® Industries Inc. has selected Patrick Henry High School Student Jared Voight to accompany Polaris officials at the upcoming DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals to be held June 5-6, at the Fairplex, in Pomona, Calif. Voight will be able to write about his experiences on Polaris’ social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter.

29 May 2015

UAVs Help Study Migrating Gray Whale Mother and Her Calf

One recent spring day, John Durban, a NOAA Fisheries marine mammal biologist, stood on the California coast and launched an unmanned aerial vehicle into the air.

29 May 2015

Analysis and Forecast Report on North America UAV Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "North America Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market by Class Type, by Application, by Geography - Analysis and Forecast to 2019" report to their offering.

29 May 2015

Service-Drone Announces Availability of Recon One Multirotor UAS

Once again, an industry-first, MULTIROTOR service-drone announces the upcoming availability of its Recon One multirotor Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Specifically developed for reliable, autonomous long-duration flights of up to 90 minutes, the Recon One is capable of carrying payloads of 500g and up under special configurations.

28 May 2015

Drones Fly Autonomously Without GPS Assistance

Drones say goodbye to pilots. With the goal of achieving autonomous flight of these aerial vehicles, the researcher José Martínez Carranza from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in Mexico, developed a vision and learning system to control and navigate them without relying on a GPS signal or trained personnel.

27 May 2015