A flying device combined with some nifty software is serving up invaluable information about the health of whales — and our oceans.
Around the world, right now, several countries are developing autonomous weapons that use artificial intelligence to locate, track and destroy their targets. AI researcher Toby Walsh explains why that’s a problem.
Roboticist Raffaello D’Andrea describes his work on three new autonomous flying machines, including one that “knows” what to do when it loses a propeller. (Hint: it doesn’t crash.)
Fotokite is a drone-on-a-string. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be guided simply by the tug of a string. Inventor Sergei Lupashin explains how it works.
Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet is attempting to create a network of drones that operate like the Internet, only for tangible objects.