Two Italian heavy-lift drones deliver 52 kg of cargo in Turin

Two Italian heavy-lift drones deliver 52 kg of cargo in Turin By Loz Blain December 19, 2021 The FlyingBasket FB3 heavy lift drone stayed mainly over a river as it made its 7-km delivery round-trip FlyingBasket Despite the obvious potential of autonomous commercial drone deliveries, these services are taking an agonizingly long time to hit the […]

UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research

UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research by James Dawes, The Conversation The Kargu-2, made by a Turkish defense contractor, is a cross between a quadcopter drone and a bomb. It has artificial intelligence for finding and tracking targets, and might have been used autonomously in the […]

eHang’s pilotless eVTOL may be certified and operational within months

eHang’s pilotless eVTOL may be certified and operational within months By Loz Blain  December 05, 2021 China’s eHang says its EH216 autonomous air taxi is “hopefully” going to be fully certified and commercially operational within months eHang China’s eHang says it’s “hopeful” it’ll achieve full type certification for its autonomous EH216 eVTOL aircraft “in the next […]