Airborne support in the search for survivors and landmines: in the wake of a natural disaster this past May in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, rescue teams have been using German-made drones.

Low altitude flights by a microdrone were made in 2012 and 2013 over two boulder beaches in north-western Spain. Geographical information system software was used to map the data. Boulder outlines...

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Scouts over the Tops (German Newspaper Article)

The market leading international logistics concern DHL has used a Microdrones md4-1000 for the first time to deliver a parcel.

Siegen, 13th June 2013. On Wednesday morning, a Microdrones md4-1000 achieved something which no other quadrocopter had done before: equipped with a HD camera, in adverse conditions it crossed the...

The development of drones (RPAS or Unmanned Aircraft Systems) started in the 50’s and matured rapidly in recent years in the military context. Drones are now entering the civil market, opening a...

Microdrones in test lab for high voltage interference at Dresden Technical University.

The use of so-called micro unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAV) as sensor devices is risisng steadily – in both the scientific and civil areas.

Qfly (flying camera) for measuring parabolic trough collectors.

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is the first fire and rescue service in Great Britain to successfully use an unmanned aerial vehicle, which it has deployed since 2007.

Ever tried measuring sawdust? The project to do so required a 3D model of three burial mounds. It was necessary to distinguish between three possible methods.

With the growing need for orthophotography and Digital Terrain Models (DTM) comes a rise in the number of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), requiring for mapping with aerial images.

Instead of a stationary camera on the ground, QFlky is being used to take images of the curved collectors. A sensitive aerial camera takes the images, meaning that an almost completely automatic and...

In addition to conventional helicopter runs, Thyssengas launched a project to monitor high-pressure gas pipelines using lightweight, independent drones. This technique will either replace or be in...

The Department for Crop Protection, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Córdoba, Spain.

The use of UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) by police forces has been mainly for search and surveillance activity, but now also presents outstanding opportunities in documenting and surveying accident...

Unmanned aircraft or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are becoming ever more important. In the area of civil applications, however, their use to date has been limited. As part of this study potential...