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3D Robotics, the largest U.S.-based drone manufacturer, today announced the launch of DroneKit, its open-source API for writing drone apps. Because 3D Robotics has always taken a platform approach, DroneKit will work with any drone that uses its APM autopilot (and...

Estimates indicate there could be more than a million stray dogs in Houston, Texas. One group is using drone technology to find and count all of the dogs in a first step toward tackling the enormous problem. VPC   For...

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology designed by Spanish engineers will be used to fight rhino poachers in national parks in Africa. The ranger drone is fitted with thermal vision that can report potential irregularities in real time. For Full Story...

By 2017, the economic impact of integrating unmanned aerial systems into the U.S. economy will exceed $13.6 billion and add 70,000 new jobs, according to forecasts by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. By 2025, this will increase to...

A spin-off of Chiba University, Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory, plans to mass produce the high-end hexacopter that will initially help cleanup crews by performing radiation surveys of the crippled complex. For Full Story Click Here

Police in Abu Dhabi used a drone to come to the aid of stranded window cleaner on the 10th floor. The cleaning platform malfunctioned while he was cleaning the windows of a tower block on Sheikh Rashed bin Saeed Al...