The overall design resembles a quadcopter E-volo recently celebrated the maiden launch of its electric two-passenger, 18-rotor VC200 “Volocopter,” touting the vehicle’s saf... Read more
It’s a frontier that’s ripe for autonomous technologies In 2009, Popular Mechanics gave a Breakthrough Award to Sikorsky’s X2 Technology Demonstrator, a dual-rotor, coaxial... Read more
Certainly one of the more intriguing things on display at this year’s Paris Air Show, the Sherpa by Belgian startup Sagita aims to make the helicopter simpler, more efficient, more rel... Read more
As the US continues to grapple with the idea of letting drones fly through the country’s airspace, our neighbors to the north have reported a new milestone for unmanned aerial technolo... Read more
A team of masters students from the Queen Mary, University of London is hoping to develop the world’s first photovoltaic multi-copter. Dubbed “Solarcopter,” the team’s crea... Read more
Teaching kids about neuroscience The Puzzlebox Toy helicopter seems just like any other toy helicopter except for one thing: There is no remote control. It’s in your mind. The aim of the dev... Read more
After unmanned drones, pilotless helicopters are taking to the sky to deliver supplies to troops UNMANNED attack aircraft, such as Predator and Reaper, have become a familiar part of modern... Read more
The two aircrafts successfully completed their first test runs The concept of flying cars has been around for decades and the idea of it being a reality isn’t as distant as you might think.... Read more
They noticed a definite improvement in performance – biomimicry Oh, those humpback whales and their weird fins. First, they inspired more efficient wind turbines. Next, their unique qu... Read more
AACUS, by contrast, would be a robot in the truest sense We may be closer to the day when United States Marines will, within a matter of minutes, use a handheld app to summon robotic... Read more
The Black Swann takes on a stealth helicopter look with shiny black details An iPhone app and a camera take flight in the new remote control helicopters from Swann. Three models inclu... Read more
No more whirly-splat ALTHOUGH rare, engine failure is a stressful thing for a helicopter pilot to have to deal with. The pilot of a fixed-wing aircraft that loses power can at least r... Read more
Lets people use EEG to move a computerized helicopter through virtual rings on a 3-D obstacle course. Subjects using a new software package were able to control the movement of a virtual hel... Read more
A biology student has just hovered her way into the record books in a four-rotor, human-powered helicopter named after a giant flying turtle from Japanese kaiju movies. Gamera was built to t... Read more
iDevices seem to be the control interface of choice for increasing numbers of remote controlled devices – just look at Parrot’s AR.Drone and the iPhly app. Now Griffin, a company... Read more
