Drone deliveries consume 94% less energy per parcel than diesel trucks
The future sounds cloudy with a chance of drone swarms.
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This drone can both fly and swim. It can also hitch a ride by piggybacking other moving objects
The amphibious drone was inspired by the kingfisher and the suckerfish.
The swarm is near: get ready for the flying microbots
Scientists have developed minute artificial muscles to power Lilliputian drones.
A drone carrying a defibrillator saved the life of a heart-attack patient
Every minute matters, and a drone can really speed things up.
Europe’s biggest ever drug drone was just seized by Spanish cops
The aircraft was being used for a drug trafficking network.
A drone-flying software outperforms human pilots for the first time
It's not ready for commercial applications, but the potential is there.
Drones can elicit emotions from people, which could help integrate them into society more easily
Joy, sadness, fear, anger, and surprise were the easiest to recognize.
Ingenuity helicopter makes its first one-way flight on Mars
After the first return flights, now it's time to start exploring Mars!
Drone thermal camera reveals ancestral Wichita site in Kansas
Researchers believe a controversial conquistador visited the Wichita site.
Protesters in Chile bring down police drones using simple laser pointers. Lots and lots of laser pointers
In Chile, protesters are using lasers en masse to bring down hapless police drones. https://gph.is/g/E0lDMQ5 Videos of Chilean protesters bringing ...
Google’s Wing makes the first drone-borne delivery in the US
A milestone in e-commerce... and the imminent age of robot overlords.
NASA plans to send a helicopter drone to Titan in search of life
Titan is of interest because it is the only body in our solar system (besides Earth) that has liquid rivers, ...
New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land
It's always good to take a breather!
New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones
BEEEE cause we can, that's why.
Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims
A simple but elegant solution.
World’s first ion-drive airplane can fly without any moving parts
The solid-state propulsion system works by ionizing the air.
Wasp-inspired micro-drone can tug 40 times its own weight
This microdrone packs a lot of muscle.
Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it’s very, very bad
That's... surprisingly damaging!
British police find rape victim using drone thermal camera
Talk about a great use of technology!
Potholes could be fixed by asphalt-printing drones
The future is finally here.