With today’s technology, setting records for the smallest drone or the heaviest cargo lifted by a drone may not be particularly challenging. However, creating the world’s largest drone while adhering to strict weight limits relative to its size presents a significant challenge. This ambitious endeavor was undertaken by researchers at the University of Manchester.
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DJI Mini 4 Pro Imaging Drone Announced With Camera Improvements And Enhanced Flight Performance
Can’t get enough of aerial videography and yet wish you could skip the steep learning curve of piloting an imaging drone? Or perhaps, you wish you could skip the hassle of registering with the FAA? Well if you do, you will want to check the new imaging drone from DJI.
Hover Camera X1 Pocket-sized HDR Aerial Camera: Look Ma, No Controller!
Selfie drone is not new but it also not common despite how useful it is. I guess this is why we don’t see an explosion in selfie drone developments like smartphones do. Speaking of selfie drones, there’s actually a new entrant called Hover Camera X1.
DJI Inspire 3 Full Frame 8K Aerial Cinema Drone
After almost 7 years, DJI aerial cinematography drone DJI Inspire finally gets a new model, the new DJI Inspire 3, a full-frame 8K aerial cinema drone. Armed with an X9-8K Air full-frame camera featuring a 1/1.8-inch sensor, 161° ultra-wide FoV, and bolstered by CineCore 3.0 system and a dual native ISO, the DJI Inspired 3 …
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The Future Of Home Drone Delivery Is A Two-parter That Includes An Autonomous Droid On Winch
While Amazon is just getting into actual deliveries using drones after years of development, testing, and trialing, one little-known company has been doing this for years since 2016. The company is called Zipline. Don’t ask how we did not feature it back when it started. I thought we did too.
DJI Mini 2 SE Imaging Drone Announced
DJI has a wide range of users covered but it can be quite confusing as well. Take example the DJI Mini lineup. It started with the Mavic Mini which was later succeeded by the Mini SE. In between, there was the DJI Mini 2 and more recently, the DJI Mini 3 Pro. And now, there …
Are Fruit-picking Flying Autonomous Robots Really The Future Of Harvesting?
Recently came across a new development in robotic drones which, TBH, I am really, really skeptical about after watching the video. The new development is known as Fruit-picking Flying Autonomous Robots by Israel tech outfit, Tevel Aerobotics.
DJI Second FPV Drone, DJI Avata, Is Palm-size Drone That Is Safer To Fly
DJI has just revealed its second FPV, the DJI Avata. The DJI Avata is smaller and much safer to fly than its first FPV. The new aircraft measures 180 x 180 x 80 mm and is 120 mm diagonally, while the first-gen FPV is comparatively massive at 255 x 312 x 127 mm and 245 …
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Skypersonic Drone Made The World’s First Transcontinental Industrial Inspection Over 5G
There are many drone makers that make drones that can carry out industrial inspections. The Cleo Robotics Dronut K1 we saw recently is one such example. That said industrial inspection, indoor or outdoor, is nothing new. However, what Skypersonic pulled off recently is a groundbreaking achievement in commercial unmanned drone operations.
DJI Mini 3 Pro Imaging Drone: Small But Mighty
DJI Mini has a new model, the DJI Mini 3 Pro. Hold up there. Did we miss the 3? Apparently, we did not. All these renaming and model numbers skipping really had us confused. The Mini was not what it is today when it started. It was part of the Mavic line.