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Tag: Autonomous Flying
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Via interestingengineering.com
Pelican Cargo Is the Largest, Autonomous Electric Cargo Plane
From California-based aviation startup Pyka comes the world’s largest, autonomous electric cargo plane, Pelican Cargo. Capable of carrying a payload of 400 pounds in 60 cubic feet of cargo volume, the plane …
Via digitaltrends.com
Self-Driving Protection From Asteroids
Autonomous technology has come for the final frontier. The European Space Agency’s new self-driving spacecraft could potentially protect our planet from catastrophic impacts with asteroids. The project, dubbed Hera, is in the …
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Autonomous Air-Taxis May Only Be a Few Years Away
SkyRyse, a start-up founded by 28-year-old Mark Groden, is set on bringing an autonomous air-taxi to the market within the next decade. Other, larger companies (like Uber and Volocopter) share the same goal, but …
Via designboom.com
Dubai’s Electric Autonomous Volocopter Coming in 2017
Between recognizing Dubai as a pioneer of urban innovation and understanding that the city is an ideal “extreme climate” testing ground for their autonomous electric multicopters, Germany’s Volocopter will be launching a …