How Drones are Advancing Scientific Research - State of the …
WEBJun 16, 2017 · Where once scientists could only observe earth from above by using manned aircraft or satellites, today they are expanding, developing and refining their research thanks to drones. The Nano Hummingbird drone is used for surveillance by DARPA. Drones can range from the size of airplanes to the size of bumblebees.
Let’s learn about flying drones for science - Science News Explores
WEBDec 19, 2023 · Studying and protecting wildlife are some of the most popular scientific uses for drones. Researchers have flown drones over oceans to measure how much whales eat, record what they sound like and inspect how they breathe. Other drones have helped keep tabs on endangered monkeys and orangutans.
How drones can improve scientific research in the field
WEBApr 5, 2016 · However, drones – or, to use the technical term, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – show promise to help with a large number of societal and environmental problems.
Science, technology and the future of small autonomous drones
WEBMay 27, 2015 · We identify scientific and technological advances that are expected to translate, within appropriate regulatory frameworks, into pervasive use of autonomous drones for civilian applications.
How drones are helping scientists find meteorites - Science News
WEBSep 21, 2023 · Now, some scientists are turning to drones and machine learning to help spot freshly fallen meteorites much more efficiently. A team of six people on a meteorite-hunting expedition can search ...
Drones and You - NASA
WEBDec 22, 2023 · The Drones and You page is NASA’s vision for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Mission which is to help emerging aviation markets to safely develop an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not served or underserved by aviation – local, regional, intraregional, urban …
Diving deeper into our oceans: Underwater drones open new …
WEBFeb 15, 2024 · At the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), scientists at the Marine Genomics Unit, in collaboration with the Japanese telecommunications company NTT Communications, have...
Drones in science: Fly, and bring me data | Nature
WEBJun 12, 2013 · Data collection and search-and-rescue missions are faster and more efficient with a team of drones to pool data and provide redundancy in case some machines fail. But the use of more vehicles...
Wing-strain-based flight control of flapping-wing drones through ...
WEB2 days ago · The drone can fly in various unsteady environments, including in windy conditions. Although drone technology has advanced rapidly, replicating the dynamic control and wind-sensing abilities of ...
Fully neuromorphic vision and control for autonomous drone flight - Science
WEBMay 15, 2024 · Here, we present a fully neuromorphic vision-to-control pipeline for controlling a flying drone. Specifically, we trained a spiking neural network that accepts raw event-based camera data and outputs low-level control actions for performing autonomous vision-based flight.