A look inside the brain of the drone world. Developments in AI, computer vision and full autonomy. Coverage of drone operating systems, chips, new battery and motor technology, and the open-source platforms leading the global drone industry.
Chinese firm XAG has unveiled a new agricultural spraying system in which the drone recharges itself and refills pesticide with no human involvement, a response to new Chinese regulations that burden heavier drones.
CHC Navigation has introduced the AlphaAir 6, an airborne LiDAR sensor built for survey drones operating in mountainous terrain, offering a scanning range of up to 2,100 meters and flight altitudes far above the industry norm.
A week of speculation about a Matrice 30 successor ended with a far more modest product: an emergency parachute system built for the Matrice 400. The choice may hide a regulatory calculation as weighty as any engineering one.
EVERYWHERE Communications and Skydio have announced an integration that instantly dispatches an autonomous drone to a lone worker who triggers an SOS alert, with the capability now being tested in a real-world pilot program.
At the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix, Formula 1 broadcast a tight battle between Hamilton and Verstappen through the eyes of an FPV drone flying over the cars at more than 350 km/h. The moment went viral, and fans are already demanding to know who piloted it.
ืฉืชื ืืืืจืืช ืืฆืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืืจืื ืกืืืืืช ืจืืฉืื ืืื ืืืฉืืืื ืชืื solid-state ืขื ืืืืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืชืจืืืช, ืื ืืกืืื ืืคืชืืจ ืืช ืืขืืืช ืืืื ืืืืกื ืฉื ืจืืคื ืื ืืื"ืืื.
ืฉืชื ืืืืจืืช ืืืจืืืืช ืขื ืฉืืชืืฃ ืคืขืืื ืืกืืจืืื ืืฉืืืื ืคืืืืื ื-ORUS L ืฉื Gremsy ืืชืื ืืขืจื ืจืืคื ืื ืืืืกืก 5G ืฉื Nokia, ืืืืจื ืืืคืฉืจ ืฉืืืื ืืจืืืง ืืืื ืืืช ืืืจืืื ืคืืงืื.
ืจืืกืืก ืืืืืื ืืจืืคื ืื ืืืคื ืืขื ืฃ ืจื-ืืืืืืจืื, ืืฉืืื ื ืืืืืืชืืช ืืืคืฉืจืช ืืืชืื ืฆืจืืืช ืืืืจื ืืืืจื ืืืืชืจ ืืืฆื. DJI ื-XAG ืฉืืืืืช ืืฉืืง ืฉืืื ืืงืฆื ืื-ืกืคืจืชื ืืงืจืืช ืกืืฃ ืืขืฉืืจ.
AI-driven cloud processing is cutting survey data costs by up to 80%, compressing turnaround times from weeks to just a few hours. The technology is no longer a novelty, it's now a baseline requirement for competitiveness in the industrial mapping market.
ืืืืจื ืืืืฉื ื LiDAR ืฉืฆืื ืืื ืืืืืืืช ืขืืืื ื ืชืื ืื ืืฉืืคืจืืช ืคืืชืืื ืืช ืืฉืืง ืืืืจืืช ืื ืืกื, ืืขืจื ืืช ืืชืฉืชืืืช ืืื ืื ืืืช ืฉืคืขื ืื ืืืื ืืืจืฉืืช ืืขืฆืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืืื.
ืืืจืช ืืืืจื ืืกืืืืืช Sila Nanotechnologies ืืคืขืืื ืืช ืืคืขื ืืขื ืง ืฉืื ืืืืืก ืืืืง ืฉืืืืฉืื ืืืื, ืืืืืฆืจืช ืื ืืช ืืืืจ ืืื ืืื Titan Silicon. ืืืืจื ืืืืืื ืกืืืืืช ืงืืืช ืืงืื ืืช ืืืชืจ ืืจืืคื ืื, ืขื ืืื ื ืืขืื ื ืฉื ืคืืืช ื-15 ืืงืืช.
Swiss company Wingtra today unveiled the WingtraRAY, successor to its flagship WingtraOne, featuring a 61-megapixel camera and a 22-meter-per-second flight speed aimed at cutting costly field survey time.
