Amazon is planning to build a flight simulator to make sure its drones don’t crash while delivering products. A new patent shows that the flight simulator will make it possible for its Amazon drones to be able to more accurately drop off parcels at the homes of customers. A recent patent filed to the European …
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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, drone service providers (DSPs) are increasingly being classified as “Essential Service Personnel,” as they deliver critical — contactless — solutions, such as healthcare, COVID research, energy, transportation, oil-and-gas, surveying and construction. Essential Service Personnel (DSPs) have been essential for several years already as they continue to help …
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A drone transported a human kidney successfully over Las Vegas desert, which opens the door wide for the future of organ transportation. Researchers of unmanned aviation solutions provider, MissionGO and the Nevada Donor Network, organ procurement organizations, announced that they had been successful in performing two test flights by transporting a human kidney and tissue …
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Walmart launched a test program — a pilot project — on September 9, 2020, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with the help of Flytrex, which delivers goods with drones and is an end-to-end drone delivery company, whose drones are controlled via the cloud. A Walmart press release states that the deliveries will carry “select grocery and …
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New York county is exploring delivery and passenger drones from an investment in research of almost $1 million from NASA. Oneida County was awarded $897,000 by the nation’s top aeronautic agency, to develop Advanced Air Mobility at the New York UAS Test Site (Griffiss International Airport). According to a county spokesperson, “The goal of the …
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EHang announces that they will soon start testing passenger drones in Canada – a very significant step forward towards urban air mobility in North America. EHang is the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, and the EHang 216, their flagship passenger drone, has obtained a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) issued by …
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As the development and use of drones continues is on a rapid rise, so is the diversity of the commercial use of drones, whether for recreational enjoyment and/or in the business sector. The following are some of the common uses already, such as agricultural use, geo-mapping, inspection of various infrastructures, parcel delivery, professional aerial photography, …
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Hi-Tech Strategies: The outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 in China lead to its rapid spread across the world, which also brought a rapid response from Medtech companies, especially in China. The U.S., and to some extent, European countries, are also aggressively producing an increasing number of drones to assist in the battle against this deadly virus. …
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As drone technology has made impressive improvements and regulations have become less restrictive, drones have increasingly made a name for themselves in numerous industries. This is true of delivery in the shipping industry as well. Because the FAA eased restrictions and approved a number of pilot tests, many companies have been testing drone deliveries for …
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Reading that “delivery drones could take public transportation to help conserve battery power” sounds rather strange. But maybe it isn’t such a bad idea once it is considered. How did this idea come about? Researchers from Stanford University found a way for hundreds of drones to use public transportation, such as a bus or trams, …
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