Drones

Image source, Reuters Image caption, Russia Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu A Ukrainian drone has been shot down by Russian air defences, Moscow has said. The drone came down in the town of Kireyevsk - some 400km (249 miles) from the Ukraine border - on Sunday, the defence ministry announced. Russian…

A series of drone incidents triggered investigations after sightings over or near UK military bases last year, newly released files show. The cases recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) included a pilot reporting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at 20,000ft.  Another incident concerns a drone, believed to have been a quadcopter, which…

Home News Mobile Phones (Image credit: Insta360) Action camera brand Insta360 is entering new territory as it’s set to reveal what appears to be a new smartphone gimbal on March 29. The 20-second teaser video (opens in new tab) doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but there are a few clues…

KYIV/ZAPORIZHZHIA: Russia blasted an apartment block in Ukraine with missiles on Wednesday and swarmed cities with drone attacks overnight, in a display of force as President Vladimir Putin bid farewell to his visiting "dear friend" and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Firefighters battled a blaze in two adjacent residential buildings in…

Overview of the processing pipeline for extracting movement, behavioral and landscape data from aerial drone footage of wildlife. Numbers correspond to the numbered steps in the Methods section. First, the animals of interest are video recorded from above (Step 1). Next, an object detection algorithm is used to localize each…

On March 8, in the ocean between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, the US Navy tested out a new drone. Called the Aerovel Flexrotor, it rests on a splayed tail, and boasts a powerful rotor just below the neck of its bulbous front-facing camera pod. The tail-sitting drone needs very…

Yay or nay?  Someone might have thought he was making a big romantic gesture by proposing with drones at Marina Bay, but some netizens, however, don't seem to be as charmed by the act. The proposal was caught on video by TikTok user Casanova_del_ray, who uploaded a video of the…

This morning, drone-delivery company Zipline announced a new drone-delivery system offering nearly silent, precise delivery that’s intended to expand the company’s capabilities into home delivery. This requires a much different approach from what Zipline has been doing for the past eight years. In order to make home deliveries that are…

WASHINGTON — Danish startup Quadsat said March 15 it has raised 9 million euros ($9.6 million) to expand a business that uses drones as stand-ins for satellites to test and calibrate antennas on the ground. The Series A round was led by British early-stage investor IQ Capital, Quadsat CEO Joakim…

Police on Wednesday imposed a ban on flying drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in Amritsar city from March 14 to 21 in view of the ongoing G-20 meet there. The ban also includes venues of G-20 Education Working Group meetings, and the places where delegates are staying as well as…