News tagged with unmanned helicopters
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No it's supercopter
Oct 10, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (9) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Unmanned helicopters could soon be a key part of emergency relief operations, as well as bringing a new dimension to filmmaking, thanks to some innovative work done by European researchers.
Search results for unmanned helicopters
UK Chinook choppers languish after software error
Aug 25, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- A British newspaper says eight high-tech military helicopters have been out of service for eight years because defense officials tried to save money by installing homemade software in the aircraft.
Russia, India sign space research pact
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2007 |
3 / 5 (2) |
0
Russian and Indian space agencies announced their ministers have signed a joint lunar research and exploration pact.
Helicopter wolf kill in Alaska worries U.S. park service
Mar 17, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
A new predator control effort that has the state of Alaska shooting wolves from helicopters is raising alarms with the National Park Service.
Stanford's 'autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 01, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (52) |
14
Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. ...
CU-Boulder Unmanned Aircraft Buzz Over Gigantic Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2009 |
2 / 5 (2) |
0
A series of record-setting unmanned research flights are providing University of Colorado at Boulder researchers with some of the first 3-D observations of gaping holes in the Antarctic sea ice known as polynyas ...
US military embraces robot 'revolution'
Aug 13, 2009 |
3.9 / 5 (19) |
46
Robots in the sky and on the ground are transforming warfare, and the US military is rushing to recruit the new warriors that never sleep and never bleed.
Robots perform Shakespeare to learn how to save people
Nov 13, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flying robot fairies are joining human actors in Texas A&M University?s production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which runs through Sunday (Nov. 15) in the Rudder Forum.
Aircraft that can see for themselves (w/ Video)
Nov 14, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (10) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers have made two important advances in the development of unmanned aircraft capable of seeing for themselves as they fly fast and low over dangerous terrain.
Killer military robots pose latest threat to humanity
Feb 27, 2008 |
4 / 5 (28) |
7
A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide.
Space radar techniques for land mapping
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 17, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
1
Entrepreneurs at ESA’s Business Incubation centre in the Netherlands have used radar technology from the agency’s Envisat remote-sensing satellite to develop a compact, high-resolution radar that can monitor ...
List of search results for unmanned helicopters
