Episode Fourteen – Aerial Robotics: taking flight

Robot Talk · 25 Feb 2022 · 28m · Episode 14

What this episode covers

Host Claire Asher interviews Dr. Stephen Prior of Hybrid Drones Ltd and the University of Southampton, and Dr. Jinya Su of the University of Essex about the state of aerial robotics. They discuss military applications, the DARPA UAVForge competition, morphing drones, and the aerodynamic challenges of nanodrones like the Black Hornet. The conversation then shifts to industrial uses, including autonomous solar panel inspection, precision agriculture using Sentinel-2 satellite data, and heavy-lift delivery systems.

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Companies: Hybrid Drones Ltd, Prox Dynamics, DARPA, Civil Aviation Authority, MAA
Products: Black Hornet, Halo
Chips: Arduinos
Also: Sentinel-2

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