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Raytheon's New Tech Allows 130 Drones to be Controlled By One Operator
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Raytheon has many notable achievements ranging from acoustics to computing technology to its name. One of its latest offerings is the ability to control hundreds of drones in a swarm by a single operator and was recently showcased at the fifth OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics, or OFFSET program, organized by DARPA, a company press release said.
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Drone carrying a defibrillator saves its first heart attack patient in Sweden
A doctor passing by saw the man and called for help.
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Kawasaki's K-RACER Completes Testing of Its Delivery Robot
Kawasaki's K-RACER and assistance delivery robot drone has successfully completed its proof of concept testing.
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Korean Air First to Use Drone Swarms for Aircraft Inspection
In what’s thought to be an industry first, Korean Air has started using a swarm of drones for the visual inspection of aircraft.
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Startup Pitched Tasing Migrants From Drones, Video Reveals
BRINC, A RISING star among the many companies jockeying to sell drones to police, has a compelling founding mythology: In the wake of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, its young founder decided to aid law enforcement agencies through the use of nonviolent robots. A company promotional video obtained by The Intercept, however, reveals a different vision: selling stun gun-armed drones to attack migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The 'Dronut' is a Cylindrical Drone Straight Out of Science Fiction
The Cleo Robotics Dronut is the world’s first bi-rotor ducted drone that makes it look like something straight out of science fiction. The Boston-based company that specializes in unconventional robotic systems has released a drone that sports an unconventional design and capabilities which allow it to access spaces that ordinary drones can’t navigate, such as confined rooms and or close to people.
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Flexible Monocopter Drone Can Be Completely Rolled Up
There may not be a lot going on here hardware-wise, but that's part of the charm of this design.
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A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won't Be the Last
IN JULY OF last year, a DJI Mavic 2 drone approached a Pennsylvania power substation. Two 4-foot nylon ropes dangled from its rotors, a thick copper wire connected to the ends with electrical tape. The device had been stripped of any identifiable markings, as well as its onboard camera and memory card, in an apparent effort by its owner to avoid detection. Its likely goal, according to a joint security bulletin released by DHS, the FBI, and the National Counterterrorism Center, was to “disrupt operations by creating a short circuit.”
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Drone used in attack on US electrical grid last year, report reveals
A US intelligence report has revealed that a drone was used in an attempt to disable an electrical substation in Pennsylvania last year, in the first known attack of its kind
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Drones Now Being Used To Transport Organs And Save Lives, Beat That Prime Delivery
In a proof of concept flight, Unither Bioelectronics delivered donor lungs in a way that should make Amazon envious.
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Aquabotix secures largest order in its history with major Asian military agency
Underwater robotics company UUV Aquabotix (ASX: UUV) has secured the largest commercial order in its history via a major military agency in Asia.
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A world first: Ocean drone captures video from inside a hurricane
NOAA and Saildrone are collecting scientific data from inside Hurricane Sam
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Tucson Mystery Drone Had Rotors According To Border Patrol Helicopter Aircrew's Emails
Records released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection may help lay some of the more out-of-this-world theories about the incident to rest.
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Alphabet’s drone delivery service Wing hits 100,000 deliveries milestone
Wing is operating in the US, Finland, and Australia.
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The myth of ethical AI in war
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wants the Defense Department to do artificial intelligence (AI) “the right way,” even if our main competitor, China, does not. Speaking to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Austin said: “… our use of AI must reinforce our democratic values, protect our rights, ensure our safety and defend our privacy.” This is close to the formula assigned to the fictional “Officer Murphy” in the 1987 movie Robocop.
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The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream
Well over 100 employees at Amazon Prime Air have lost their jobs and dozens of other roles are moving to other projects abroad as the company shutters part of its operation in the UK, WIRED understands. Insiders claim the future of the UK operation, which launched in 2016 to help pioneer Amazon’s global drone delivery efforts, is now uncertain.
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Dubai is making its own fake rain to beat 122F heat
The enhanced rain is created using drone technology that unleashes electrical charges into clouds in order for them to clump together and form precipitation
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Israel Just Used Fully AI Controlled Drone Swarms in a World First
Israel's new fully autonomous drone swarm technology is a networked entity that is sure to give the country leverage in the warzone.
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Israel Has Shot Down Drones With An Airborne High-Power Laser
Israel's airborne laser program aims to add to its multi-layered air defense system that is increasingly tasked with countering low-end drone attacks.
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Watch a drone refuel another aircraft in mid-air for the first time
A Boeing drone successfully refuelled a manned US Navy fighter jet, an aviation first that could bring human-machine collaboration closer to aerial warfare.
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