Category: Drones

A winged drone employs a morphing strategy that mimics the agility of a bird. The retractable feathers reduce drag enhancing maneuverability.December 30, 2016This morphing drone signifies a new era of aerial robotics, one where nature and technology merge to produce a feat of engineering.Drones come in many forms.

January 18, 2017Limited access to laboratories and clinics in underdeveloped regions have left a large portion of the population with no access to medical care. In rural environments, it is not always possible to transport specimens or medication within the necessary time frame for patients to be treated.

The rise in drone deployment increased exponentially in the last decade as a result of the introduction of multi-copters.Commercial uses include surveillance of national parks to ward off poachers and gather information on wildlife ecology as well as the delivery of urgent parcels. However, with the price of drones becoming more affordable, the drone demographic is leaning heavily toward the consumer and have become a recreational gadget like the RC racecar.

April 08, 2017From pizza delivery to relief and rescue operations, drones have been helping us challenge traditional logistics for some time now. In the latest leap, autonomous drones are now being used to deliver laboratory samples between two hospitals in the Swiss city of Lugano near the Italian border.