Topic: Drones

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Near Earth Autonomy Named a Humanitarian Award Finalist by AUVSI for Drone Deliveries

April 7, 2023 · Near Earth Autonomy, which developed an uncrewed vehicle system for drone deliveries of critical medical supplies, is among the finalists to receive an award at XPONENTIAL.

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Cloud Ground Control Enables Remote Monitoring and Control of Unlimited Uncrewed Systems With New Micro-Modem

April 4, 2023 · Cloud Ground Control, a platform from Advanced Navigation that supports multi-user and multi-vehicle operations, has launched the CGConnect cellular micro-modem for drone fleet management.

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Flytrex Releases ‘Yardstick’ Report on 2022 Drone Delivery Customer Trends

March 28, 2023 · Flytrex reported that its drone deliveries continued to expand in North Carolina and Texas in 2022, with sevenfold growth year over year and 21,350 orders.

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Avular Offers Mobile Robots in Challenge to U.S. and Chinese Vendors

March 27, 2023 · Avular, a spinout from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, said its new headquarters will include space for corporate, research, and government visitors.

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NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit Offers to Ease Creation of Robotics and Edge AI Applications

March 21, 2023 · The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit announced at GTC 2023 includes performance and accessibility enhancements to help developers of industrial robotics and artificial intelligence.

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Verity Raises $32M Series B Roll Out More Autonomous Inventory Drones Worldwide

March 20, 2023 · Verity, which has developed fully autonomous inventory drones, has obtained funding from Danish investor A.P. Moller Holding to grow its staff and continue global expansion.

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Airobotics Acquires Iron Drone Assets, Implements Drone Defense Systems With Dubai Police

March 10, 2023 · Airobotics has completed its acquisition of Iron Drone's assets and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Dubai Police to deploy counter-drone security systems.

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Skydio Raises $230M as It Provides Drones for Critical Infrastructure, Defense Needs

February 28, 2023 · Skydio, which has developed drones for the defense and enterprise markets, has reached $2.2 billion valuation as it expands manufacturing in the U.S.

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Pittsburgh Robotics Network to Support Aviation and Robotics Summit, the First Robotics Factory Event

February 23, 2023 · The Pittsburgh Robotics Network is working with partners to host the event, which will bring together aviation experts and robotics developers to solve industry challenges.

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VOTIX Enlists Help of Iris Automation to Provide Detect and Alert System for BVLOS Drones

February 22, 2023 · The companies said the integration enables remote operations for effective and flexible drone BVLOS deployments, from routine automated inspections of critical infrastructure to Drone as First Responder programs.

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Reliable Robotics Opens New Development Center in Mountain View

February 20, 2023 · Reliable Robotics has expanded its presence in Moutain View, Calif. with the opening of its new development and research center.

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HevenDrones Unveils Its First Hydrogen Powered Drone to the Commercial Market

February 14, 2023 · HevenDrones has shared details of the first of its three hydrogen-powered drone.

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Teledyne Awarded $13M U.S. Defense Contract to Enhance Capabilities of Its Drones

February 13, 2023 · Teledyne FLIR Defense, the defense division of Teledyne, has been awarded a contract to enhance its drones designed for military use.

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Reliable Robotics Wins U.S. Air Force Contract to Study Large Aircraft Automation

February 9, 2023 · Reliable Robotics is developing automation and remote piloting for large, multi-engine cargo jets for the U.S. Air Force, as well as commercial customers.

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NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB System on Module Offers to Boost Edge AI Performance

January 27, 2023 · NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16 GB is a new module intended to support AI applications, delivering 3X the performance of AGX Xavier and 5X that of Jetson Xavier NX.

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Balboa Capital Offers an Overview of the U.S. Robotics Industry

January 25, 2023 · Balboa Capital reported that automation and robotics have created more jobs than they have displaced, with robot density and usage continuing to increase across the U.S.

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LCI Commits to Order Up to 40 Chaparral Autonomous VTOL Aircraft from Elroy Air

January 17, 2023 · LCI has ordered autonomous aircraft with customizable cargo pods from Elroy Air for logistics applications as the company secures $2 billion in global orders.

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IFR Report ‘World Robotics R &D Programs’ Looks at How Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Invest

January 12, 2023 · The IFR, or International Federation of Robotics, released its latest report on government funding of research and development as countries compete for economic growth.

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Ossia Unveils Wirelessly Powered Cota Universal Base and Dev Kit at CES 2023

January 12, 2023 · Ossia said its Cota Real Wireless Power has been integrated into a white-label power receiver base that can used to power many different types of IoT devices.

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Drone Deliveries to Continue Growth in 2023, According to Flytrex CEO

December 29, 2022 · Drone deliveries are not yet widespread, but that will change in the coming year as technical and regulatory hurdles ease, explained Yariv Bash, CEO of Flytrex.

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