Drone maps mines to explore unsafe caverns and seek out minerals
11 April 2017
Australian government researchers are equipping drones with cameras and sonar so they can explore parts of old mines that are unsafe for people to visit
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War by any means: The story of DARPA
22 March 2017
With the nature of war changing fast, what goes on in the Pentagon’s most secretive research agency, asks the first insider to lift the lid in The Imagineers of War
Morphing drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane
24 February 2017
A drone for surveying farmers’ fields takes off vertically and then shape-shifts into a plane, making it easier to launch and allowing it to fly for longer
Tiny 3D-printed camera lens could give drones vision like ours
15 February 2017
The camera, measuring less than the width of a few human hairs, combines four lenses to mimic the natural vision of predators with precise detail only in the centre of an image
Robotic bee could help pollinate crops as real bees decline
9 February 2017
With bee populations tumbling, an autonomous drone just 4 centimetres wide could help pollinate crops by flying from flower to flower
Seeking refuge in the heat of the night
8 February 2017
Photographer Richard Mosse has captured stark images of refugees in various countries, using a long-distance infrared camera designed for military use
Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing
1 February 2017
A lightweight drone with features mimicking the wings of bats is an agile flyer and could be used to monitor safety risks at construction sites
Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones
23 January 2017
Whale sharks dive deep and swim far, making them hard to monitor. A Honduras project is using aquatic drones to track the world’s biggest fish in real time
US army wants to fire swarm of weaponised drones from a missile
18 January 2017
A swarm of drones equipped with munitions could locate and attack targets after being released from a missile mid-flight, according to an army proposal
Racing robot cars will help AI learn to adapt to the real world
4 January 2017
Robotic games arena challenges AIs to competitions using remote-controlled cars and drones. To win, they'll need to adapt to the unknown
