Restoring prairie and fighting wildfire with (drone launched) fire(balls)
Ecologist Dirac Twidwell wants to change the way we think about prescribed burns.
Environment
Aug 1, 2016
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Binocular vision-based UAVs autonomous aerial refueling platform—pilots are no longer needed
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are invaluable in today's military and civilian initiatives. However, most unmanned systems are being designed to execute the long-running mission. Thus, it is necessary for UAVs to return ...
Engineering
May 16, 2016
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Unmanned cloud-seeding aircraft takes flight in Nevada
For the first time in aviation history, a fixed-wing unmanned aircraft has successfully tested a cloud-seeding payload during an experimental flight in Nevada.
Engineering
May 4, 2016
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No plans for killer US military robots... yet
Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military—but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across the battlefield just yet.
Engineering
Mar 31, 2016
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Autonomous cloud seeding aircraft successfully tested in Nevada
A team of Nevada scientists and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) engineers have successfully flight tested the first-ever autonomous cloud seeding aircraft platform.
Environment
Feb 24, 2016
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Robotic drones to 'print' emergency shelters for those in need
A new research project aims to develop the world's first flying robots capable of autonomously assessing and manufacturing building structures to help areas suffering from natural disasters.
Engineering
Feb 17, 2016
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Engineering researchers seek remedies for threat posed by drones to commercial airliners
Virginia Tech researchers are urging changes in how commercial aircraft engines are designed in the wake of a possible new threat to passenger aircraft safety: the likelihood of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, being ...
Engineering
Oct 28, 2015
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Drones seek out invasive aquatic plants
Is it practical to use drones to detect invasive aquatic plants?
Ecology
Sep 28, 2015
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Warning Area in Arctic airspace to aid research and exploration
A 700-mile-long airspace that stretches north from Oliktok Point—the northernmost point of Alaska's Prudhoe Bay—to about 400 miles short of the North Pole has been put under the stewardship of Sandia National Laboratories ...
Engineering
Aug 7, 2015
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Pioneering air traffic management system aims for safer drone air traffic
Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno are now working on a new, low-altitude traffic management system to keep fast-moving flyers safer as they cruise through increasingly crowded skies.
Engineering
Aug 6, 2015
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