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Batteries Were Boring. That Was a Feature. It's Gone.
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (1114+ words) By Howard Alt, CEO, Micantis For most of the drone industry’s short life, the battery was a part nobody had to think about. You bought a shrink-wrapped brick from China, it worked, and when it stopped working you bought another…...
From Power Lines to Mine Shafts: Lidar Expands the Reach of Drone Mapping
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (870+ words) Two recent partnerships from lidar developer Ouster highlight the expanding role of lidar in commercial drone operations. The applications range from surveying utility infrastructure from the air to mapping confined industrial spaces where GPS and conventional cameras may not work....
Bechtel and Cyberhawk Expand Eight-Year Collaboration on AI-Driven Drone Construction Monitoring
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (524+ words) The two companies formalize their partnership to scale iHawk drone analytics, autonomous data capture and AI-assisted site analysis on live EPC projects. The two companies have worked together since 2018. That year, Bechtel, Cyberhawk and Shell launched one of the first…...