Topic: drone technology
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Antigravity's 360-Drone is 20% Off Before New Update
The Insta360 Antigravity A1 drone is on sale with a 20% discount until April 16th, making its bundles more affordable for a limited time. The drone is known for its immersive 360-degree first-person view via included goggles and captures high-resolution video, with a major free software update ad...
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Aspen Deploys Firefighting Drones to Beat Blazes Faster
Aspen, Colorado, is launching the first U.S. drone strike team for rapid wildfire response, using a fleet of five specialized drones designed for immediate early-stage suppression. The drones can quickly reach remote ignition points with foam suppressant, addressing the historical challenge of sl...
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Save 15% on the Antigravity A1 360-Degree Drone
The Antigravity A1 drone is currently on sale until February 9th, with a 15% discount making the entry-level bundle $1,359 and higher-tier bundles also reduced. The drone captures high-resolution 8K or 5.7K video and offers an immersive 360-degree first-person view through included Vision Goggles...
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Antigravity's 360-Drone Aims to Challenge DJI's Dominance
The Antigravity A1 drone is now physically available for purchase at Best Buy in the US, offering an alternative as DJI faces market uncertainty. The $1,599 system uses motion-sensing goggles and a 360-degree camera for an immersive, intuitive flying experience, removing traditional piloting and ...
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Ex-Thiel Fellow's Startup Unveils Police Drone Alternative
Blake Resnick's startup Brinc is rapidly expanding, with a new Seattle headquarters and a goal to become the dominant Western drone manufacturer for public safety, challenging China's DJI. Brinc's flagship Guardian drone is a high-performance, autonomous system designed for emergency response, fe...
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Drones Now Fly in Teams for 'Cooperative Lift' Breakthrough
Freespace Operations has developed a world-first Cooperative Lift technology, enabling multiple Callisto 50 drones to collaboratively transport loads up to 100 kilograms, quadrupling the capacity of a single drone. This breakthrough allows drones to perform complex logistics tasks traditionally h...
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India’s Airbound raises $37M for drone trucking
Indian startup Airbound secured $37 million in Series A funding to develop cost-efficient, vertical-flight drones that aim to achieve price parity with traditional trucking. The company has completed over 13,000 autonomous flights through partnerships like Narayana Health, demonstrating significa...
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Robot Flies Drone in Startling Ease-of-Use Demo
The Antigravity A1 drone, with its dual cameras and intuitive Motion Controller, is designed for ease of use, creating an immersive 8K, 360-degree flying experience. Unitree's G1 humanoid robot was shown piloting the drone via VR goggles and a controller, but it was remotely controlled by a human...
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Procore buys AI site-monitoring startup for $845M
Procore is acquiring DroneDeploy for $845 million in cash to integrate AI-powered site monitoring using drones, ground robots, and fixed cameras. DroneDeploy’s technology captures imagery and 3D models from over 3 million job sites, enabling real-time comparison of planned designs against actual ...
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Drones Revolutionize Marine Mammal Research
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill spurred urgent research into its effects on marine life, leading Iain Kerr to attempt studying sperm whales with traditional methods that proved challenging and invasive. Kerr's breakthrough came when whale exhalations inspired the creation of the SnotBot, a d...
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Missing Hiker Found After AI Spots His Helmet a Year Later
AI technology successfully located a missing hiker in Italy’s Cottian Alps by analyzing drone footage and identifying his helmet, a breakthrough in rugged terrain searches. The operation involved drones with high-resolution cameras and AI software, which processed thousands of images in hours, dr...
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Leaked SF Police Drone Footage Reveals New Urban Surveillance Reality
San Francisco police drones, including Skydio X10 quadcopters, were used to track and surveil a suspect for an hour, culminating in a physical takedown captured from multiple aerial angles. The drone feeds were accidentally livestreamed on the open internet, discovered by security researchers who...
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South Korea to train entire military as drone warriors
South Korea plans to train all 500,000 military personnel to operate drones as a "second personal weapon," aiming to make drones a universal combat tool for every soldier. The initiative includes equipping units with affordable surveillance and strike drones, deploying counter-drone lasers and mi...
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Lucid Bots Secures $20M for Window-Washing Drone Expansion
Lucid Bots focuses on practical, field-tested drones and robots for dangerous tasks like skyscraper window washing, positioning itself as an antithesis to industry hype by emphasizing real-world results over prototypes. The company recently secured $20 million in Series B funding to scale operati...
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Europol Warns of AI-Powered Crime Waves by 2035
Europol's report envisions a future where AI and robotics are dual-use tools, offering both essential support for law enforcement and powerful new weapons for organized crime and terrorists by 2035. The analysis warns of significant criminal exploitation, such as hijacking care robots for spying ...
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Helsing partners with Rakuten to enter Japan's defence market
Helsing, Europe's most heavily funded defense-AI startup, is field-testing its HX-2 strike drone with Japan's Ground Self-Defence Forces through September, partnering with Rakuten to navigate Japan's complex weapons procurement market. Japan's largest military build-up in decades and eased arms-e...
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Autonomous Robots & Drones: The Future of Warehouse Delivery
Autonomous robots and drones are becoming critical components in logistics and industrial operations, driving significant gains in efficiency, safety, and scalability across warehouses and delivery networks. Real-world deployment in active factories and iterative learning from failures are essent...
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From Teen Tinkerer to Public Safety Pioneer: Blake Resnick's Brinc Raises $75M to Equip First Responders with Lifesaving Drones
The world of high-stakes technology often seems dominated by seasoned veterans. But Blake Resnick, the founder and CEO of drone technology company Brinc, is rewriting that narrative. Still in his early twenties, Resnick recently secured a massive $75 million funding round ...
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Amprius and Matternet partner on silicon anode batteries for drone delivery
Amprius Technologies will supply its high-energy-density SiCore® lithium-ion cells to power Matternet's autonomous delivery drones, aiming to extend flight range, payload capacity, and operational efficiency. The partnership leverages Amprius's advanced silicon anode battery technology to improve...
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Mobilicom Launches Secure AI Drone Autonomy System
Mobilicom has launched the Secured Autonomy Compute PRO-AT, a secure AI drone autonomy system that integrates its OS3 cybersecurity software with Aitech's rugged NVIDIA-based AI supercomputers to support larger drones like those in U.S. DoD Groups 2 and 3. The system combines high-performance AI ...
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