Drones

Russia is planning to supply its troops with small-scale drones that can drop bombs, Russian news site Izvestia reported last week. The quadcopters outfitted with explosives are modeled after similar commercial drones rigged with explosive devices used by ISI…

Lidar is a critical method by which robots and autonomous vehicles sense the world around them, but the lasers and sensors generally take up a considerable amount of space. Not so with Voyant Photonics, which has created a lidar system that you really could c…

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Drones are one of the most exciting new(ish) things in tech these days. But they're not exactly cheap. Well, at least they're not usually cheap. These are the best Amazon Prime Day deals on Holy Stone drones. If you're a beginner drone user looking to get sta…

Aid officials warn the fighting could deepen an already grave humanitarian situation in those areas, threatening a fresh spike in disease and malnutrition levels in a country that has been threatened with famine for the past year. The Saudis and Emiratis hav…

The upgrades should help it cope with the sheer variety of missions the Navy has in mind, ranging from straightforward recon to targeting support for air, ground and naval units. Don't expect to see one in active duty for a while. Although it's now clear for…

There's no timeline or technical details for these weaponized drones, and it's easy to be skeptical when Russia has made grand claims about its military technology in the past. Its hypersonic missile program isn't panning out as expected, for example. With th…

The drone capability was first requested by the Army to industry in early 2016when leaders at the Maneuver Center of Excellence sought a "pocket-sized drone" for low-level reconnaissance. "We've had numerous studies as well as experimentation within our battl…

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It’s Friday, so why not watch some good old-fashioned drone-powered graffiti? A design firm in Italy has put together a lovely little show that collected sketches from the art community and put them all together in a giant mural, painted over 12 hours by a te…