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.
DJI has revealed a new Matrice 4 drone series for the commercial market, featuring a camera that shoots every 0.5 seconds and an RTK module built in by default at no extra cost.
The Swiss drone company is launching a new ultrasonic payload for the Elios 3 in the US, allowing corrosion measurements inside tanks and pressure vessels without draining them or sending a person inside.
French company YellowScan has launched Navigator, a drone-mounted bathymetric LiDAR system that maps underwater terrain in rivers and coastal areas without a sonar boat, combining land and water surveys in a single flight.
DJI unveiled the Zenmuse L2 in Berlin, a new LiDAR payload for aerial mapping starting at $13,560, offering 5-centimeter horizontal accuracy and a point emission rate of 240,000 points per second.
Epirus has unveiled an integration between its Leonidas microwave system and Anduril's Lattice command software, aiming to neutralize entire drone swarms in a single autonomous operation.
DJI unveils the Matrice 350 RTK, successor to the Matrice 300 RTK, boasting 55 minutes of flight time, improved durability and survey-grade positioning accuracy. The platform targets emergency services, energy companies, mapping firms and infrastructure operators.
Zipline has introduced Platform 2, a delivery system that pairs a high-hovering drone with a tiny autonomous pod that descends on a thin tether to the customer's doorstep, quiet enough to sound like rustling leaves.
DJI launches the Mavic 3 Enterprise series: a compact, foldable drone with centimeter-level RTK positioning, offered in two versions, one for mapping and survey work, the other for thermal observation.
DJI has launched the Matrice 30 series, a foldable industrial drone that fits in a backpack, alongside an automated docking station called DJI Dock that lets it fly missions without a pilot on the ground.
At its GTC conference, Nvidia announced the Jetson AGX Orin module, an edge computer for robotics that promises six times the processing power of its predecessor, aimed at drones and robots that need to make real-time decisions without relying on a network connection.
DJI has launched the Mavic 3, its first consumer drone to feature two separate cameras on a single gimbal: a Hasselblad main camera alongside a telephoto lens with 28x hybrid zoom, plus a larger battery and a control range of up to 15 kilometers.
Auterion, the lead developer of the open-source PX4 flight stack, is rolling out new versions that enable real-time location sharing and moving-object tracking, aimed squarely at rescue teams and infrastructure operators.
