Drones & Aerial Robotics

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (702+ words) The Pentagon has moved directed-energy counter-drone systems into yearlong operational trials at U.S. military bases to assess their readiness for routine installation defense. The effort will... U.S. Begins Yearlong Directed Energy Counter-Drone Trials Across Five Military Bases. The Pentagon has moved directed-energy…...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago   (632+ words) Beneath many of the world’s cities and agricultural regions lies a hidden network of long-distance water conveyance tunnels, structures that move drinking water, irrigation supplies and hydropower flows across tens or even hundreds of kilometres. These tunnels are among the…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago   (405+ words) A bare fiberglass shell becomes a 1.5-meter radio-controlled frigate in a five-month build published by Gear Tech HD, showing how the builder, JF 88, turned fiberglass, PVC, wood, acrylic, metal, wiring, and plenty of filler into a 10-kilogram miniature warship that…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (286+ words) Six inches of green parakeet hovering over a Bahamian reef, squinting at coral through the wall of a repurposed food container, is an image evolution had not...

21+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1206+ words) From military weather intelligence to agriculture and autonomous systems, drones are taking on longer, more demanding missions — putting battery performance increasingly at the center of the equation....

22+ hour, 13+ min ago   (165+ words) This study proposes an efficient trajectory planning method for fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on an improved A*-guided initialization strategy for complex obstacle environments. An improved three-dimensional A* method is developed to generate smooth and collision-free global paths…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (246+ words) Robotics company pairs long-range detection, real-time fire diagnostics and precision aerial suppression into a single dispatchable system – operated by fire departments as an autonomous aerial fleet Together, the three platforms execute missions under a single operating framework the company calls…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (361+ words) For aerial operation, High Dynamic Mode optimises FoMa Antares for the increased forces encountered during dynamic flight, maintaining precise, stable camera movement as the aircraft transitions between different speeds, attitudes and types of shots. Rather than adapting a conventional aircraft…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (747+ words) Chaos theory has long been viewed as a mathematical curiosity, a way of describing systems so sensitive to initial conditions that their behavior seems utterly unpredictable. A new study now shows that the same seemingly unruly mathematics can help squadrons…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (134+ words) A quadcopter, operated by Bio Res, deploys its interceptor net at Falcon Peak 26.2 at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2026. The system physically disables drones by releasing a specialized net apparatus via radio signal, entangling the target's propellers causing mechanical failure…...