An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as a drone is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.
ROYAL OAK - DroneLaw.Pro Attorney Enrico Schaefer said the FAA expects 600,000 licensed drone pilots to take to the skies over the next 12 months. On Aug. 29 the FAA created a remote pilot certificate. Over the past couple of months tens of thousands of people have been taking the knowledge test to get a
BOSTON - It’s not the fall, it’s the sudden stop – the effect of an impact has similar negative effects on people and on the sensitive electronic parts of robots. A new research project from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help lessen the damaging effects of sudden physical shocks, for both humans
BOSTON - United Parcel Service said Friday it successfully used a drone to deliver medicine to an island near Boston, jumping into a race with competitors such as Amazon.Com to test drone delivery inside the United States. The delivery of an inhaler on Thursday was conducted in partnership with CyPhy Works, a drone maker in
SAN FRANCISCO - GoPro took the lid off the Hero5 Black ($399), the Hero5 Session ($299), and its Karma drone ($799). The cameras arrive on October 2, and the drone follows on October 23. Along with the new hardware, and new software. The new GoPro Karma drone appears to have an original, user-friendly design—which means
WASHINGTON DC - Airspace for the flying public today is perpetually congested yet remarkably safe, thanks in no small part to a well-established air traffic control system that tracks, guides and continuously monitors thousands of flights a day. When it comes to small unmanned aerial systems such as commercial quadcopters, however, no such comprehensive tracking
ANN ARBOR - Robotic technologies for air, sea and roads, for factories, hospitals and homes will have tailored lab space in the University of Michigan's planned Robotics Laboratory. On Thursday, the U-M Board of Regents approved the schematic design for the $75 million facility, which is slated for the northeast corner of North Campus in
HOLLAND - An underwater drone? Really. Three recent graduates of Hope College in Holland have built an HD underwater drone prototype that’s easy to use, highly portable, and fully modular, all for under $600. That's less than half the price of its closest competition. The three 20-somethings this week launched a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign to
SAN FRANCISCO - Would you like to make money flying commercial drones? Well now you can. On Aug. 29, the Federal Aviation Administration offered drone pilot license testing nationwide, including 17 locations in Michigan. You can apply for your very own license by passing a multiple-choice test and paying a small fee. No experience necessary!
ROYAL OAK - Attorney Enrico Schaefer, founder of DroneLaw.Pro, explains how on Aug. 29 the new drone regulations known as Part 107 will be implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration - and how you can become a drone pilot. Part 107 is how the FAA plans to get a better handle on the tens of
TRAVERSE CITY - The implementation of Part 107 is just weeks away with an anticipated release date of August 29th. Information on what to expect with this implementation is being shared by other professionals in the UAV field. Here are some of the highlights of an On-Demand webinar entitled “Part 107: What You Need to
