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Source: Percepto Autonomous drone developer Percepto has snagged a financial bounty just in time for Thanksgiving—$45 million. Koch Disruptive Technologies led the Series B funding round to launch “a transformative solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites.” Along with VC investors State of Mind Ventures, Atento …

It goes without saying that you will hardly find a better technology for building accurate 3D maps than photogrammetry – the main tool for AEC managers, surveyors, and mappers. The main goal of this science is to make precise measurements and collect data from 2D images that have been captured …

Google’s drone delivery company Wing Aviation has turned its focus to construction site deliveries in Australia as workers continue to share the benefits they would bring to construction sites around the country. With the majority of the world, including Australia spending more time at home, families have turned to sprucing …

It’s that time of year again: Shopping season. Editor-in-chief Scott Simmie is offering some personal recommendations on great stuff to add to your list. The relative confluence of Black Friday and Christmas and other annual celebrations has a lot of shopping. And, thanks to both the global pandemic and changing …

SCHIEBEL is looking to hire highly motivated UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) Operator/Pilot to support our worldwide CAMCOPTER® S-100 operations. At SCHIEBEL, we are increasing our global operations. Thus, we are looking for highly motivated CAMCOPTER® S-100 Operator/Pilots who are willing to travel for long-term deployments and reinforce our teams worldwide. Our highly …

B&H is currently offering the DJI Mavic Air 2 Quadcopter bundled with several accessories for $799 shipped. With an included anti-collision light and cleaning kit, this package usually fetches $910 altogether, with today’s offer saving you $111. This also marks one of the first offers of any kind on one …

With the holiday season quickly approaching, DJI, the global leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology, has launced a Holiday Minisite to help shoppers select the best drone and camera gift options for their loved ones this year. The Holiday Minisite will kick off with DJI’s Black Friday Promotion …

Percepto has announced it has secured $45 million in funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and is partnering with Boston Dynamics to introduce autonomous ground and aerial inspections to industrial sites. To get its new AIM fully autonomous ground and aerial inspections moving, Percepto has managed to secure $45 million …

California police adopt WingtraOne drone for wildfire damage assessment The Lafayette City Police Department and an interagency task force joined a survey firm to deal with extensive damage caused by California wildfires that were raging in August and September. One of these, “the CZU lightning complex fire” caused a massive evacuation before …

This year, The Drone U and DroneXL have teamed up to create the largest 2020 Thanksgiving Giveaway, we’ve ever organized. In total, we’re almost giving away $14,000 in drones, gimbals, courses, flight school passes, and more. There will be ten winners this year. Check out the details below and participate …

California police adopt WingtraOne drone for wildfire damage assessment The Lafayette City Police Department and an interagency task force joined a survey firm to deal with extensive damage caused by California wildfires that were raging in August and September. One of these, “the CZU lightning complex fire” caused a massive evacuation before …

A new report from RS Components has taken a look at various key factors of the worldwide drone market, ranking the top countries and companies. For this post, we’ll be taking a look a the countries with the most drone headquarters (HQs) and the drone companies making the most headlines …

A new report from RS Components has taken a look at various key factors of the worldwide drone market, ranking the top countries and companies. For this post, we’ll be taking a look a the countries with the most drone headquarters (HQs) and the drone companies making the most headlines …

An international team led by University College London (UCL) uses gas sensor drones, spectrometers, and sampling devices that open and close automatically to help predict volcanic eruptions more accurately. Gas sensor drones help to predict volcanic eruptions The high tech drones equipped with miniaturized gas sensors are used by an …

Percepto Secures $45 Million Investment Led by Koch Disruptive Technologies to Deliver Truly Autonomous Inspection of Industrial Sites Percepto, pioneering autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, today announced a strategic investment of $45 million in Series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) to launch a transformative solution for remote, …

The FAA has just made its airworthiness criteria public for 10 companies that will allow more complex drone operations to take place. The comment period for the criteria is still open, allowing you to get your say and sway the future of commercial drone operations in the U.S. The airworthiness …