Drones

Skydio released an impressive self-flying camera drone in early October that may well take autonomous flight to a whole new level, and in a new purpose-built base station it could soon have the self-charging capabilities to go with it.

If microbes such as toxic cyanobacteria are present in water bodies, then the sooner that health authorities know, the better. The prototype Pelican drone is designed with that in mind, as it can autonomously perform on-location water analyses.

Although camera drones can already automatically circle or follow a subject, they don't know what sort of shots actually "look good" artistically. That could be about to change, as a new system turns drones into self-directed aerial cinematographers.

Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey hopes his company's Interceptor drone can help with national security by knocking other drones out of the air.

Chasing Innovation is aiming to make underwater drones more affordable, with the Dory.

The Skydio 2 is the first camera drone in years to beat DJI to the market with game-changing technology, like omnidirectional vision and AI-powered self-piloting capabilities.

Scientists at the University of California (UC) Berkeley have designed an inflight docking system that adds charge to quadcopters while they're in flight.

Logistics giant UPS today announced that it has received new permissions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that allow it to fly an unlimited number of drones.

Yuneec has announced the Typhoon H3 featuring an ION L1 Pro camera, which represents the first product from a new collaboration with Leica Camera AG.

China's MMC UAV launched a new hydrogen-powered VTOL drone at InterGEO 2019 in Germany last week, that has a flight time of up to 15 hours.

Scientists at the University of Michigan have demonstrated an octocopter equipped with a nail gun and a knack for fixing asphalt shingles to a mock rooftop.

Flirtey has just unveiled its new Eagle delivery drone.