Vision Aerial and RDO have partnered to develop a new unmanned aerial vehicle primarily for construction and earthmoving companies. Initially developed with a mapping component, the RDR series UAVs are customizable for companies needing various configurations,...
We hear people all the time saying “drones are the future,” but are commercial drones really the future of infrastructure inspection? Drones are new and foreign to some. Realistically, if the systems you have in place aren’t broken, why replace them, right? Wrong. If...
Aerial mapping using drones allows for high resolution, high accuracy maps and 3D models to be created from drone-mounted sensors and cameras. Several factors to consider in a drone for aerial mapping are stability, autonomous flight, payload flexibility, and long...
Finally! The Federal Aviation Administration, which is the governing body for all things airborne in the United States, has released their final rules for the commercial operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in U.S. airspace. We’ve been waiting for this...
The December issue of Men’s Health features the SwitchBlade-Pro as one of the 30 best Tech Toys for Men. Written by Eric Adams, the article investigated four drones to find out which was the best for delivering beer remotely to your buddies, say floating the...
We sent a SwitchBlade-Pro to Eric Adams, a writer and drone expert, to review the SwitchBlade-Pro. We had no idea that it would be entered in the 27th annual Best of What’s New award. I’ve been reading Popular Science faithfully since I was a...