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Autonomous drones fly through Chinese bamboo forest

This swarm of 10 autonomous drones can manoeuvre through a bamboo forest in China. They are the first to successfully fly outdoors and navigate unprogrammed obstacles, according to researchers at Zhejiang University who led the experiment. 

May 5, 2022
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed to avenge the killing of Quassem Soleimani if former US president Donald Trump is not put on trial. He issued the warning on the second anniversary of the...03:56
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Iran vows revenge on Soleimani anniversary
January 4, 2022
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The Chinese company Robosea has created a fishlike underwater drone called “Robo-Fish.” The drone was featured at a military expo in July 2021, but the company has another target market in mind. It...01:59
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Chinese underwater drone ‘Robo-Fish’
July 28, 2021
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With deft fingers, South Korean drone-racing champion Kang Chang-hyeon sends his drone into the air, dodging past obstacles set up in a rice field in Hwaseong, south of Seoul. As a first-person...03:15
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S.Korea’s teen drone-racing champion
March 30, 2021
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Conservation group WWF Australia plans to use drones to distribute seeds in bushland areas devastated by recent fires, in a project that organisers hope will also double the population of koalas....01:59
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Drones help revive koala bushland
October 21, 2020
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Japanese engineering company SkyDrive conducted a public demonstration of its SD-03 electric flying car on August 25, 2020. During the first public demonstration of a flying car in Japan, the drone...01:15
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Flying car prototype takes off in Japan
September 3, 2020
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China has successfully tested an unmanned aerial vehicle that uses home-grown technology to monitor typhoons. The drone took off from the Boao Airport in Qionghai city in the southern province of...01:11
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China’s new typhoon drone weathers storm
August 4, 2020
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The prevalence of modern-day drones may have made bird’s-eye views of the world seem commonplace. But as the world prepares to welcome the year 2020, it seems a perfect time to wind back the clock...02:27
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An aerial view of 1970 Hong Kong
December 20, 2019
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An Australian company has developed a sophisticated drone that could mean the difference between life and death for people in shark-infested waters. The device can detect more than 20 objects in...02:02
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The drone that protects you from crocodiles
December 2, 2019
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What's it like to ride in a flying taxi? The South China Morning Post's Celia Chen rode in EHang's passenger-carrying drone. It seats two, and can fly autonomously -- no pilot needed! How did Celia...02:02
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Reporter rides China's EHang flying taxi
August 28, 2019
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Drones have been adopted to transport matsutake mushrooms in Yajiang, southwest China’s Sichuan province to improve the logistics efficiency and maintain the fungi’s freshness.01:18
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Drones help transport matsutake mushrooms in China
August 27, 2019
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A drone show featuring 526 unmanned aerial vehicles is lighting up the nighttime sky in southern China’s Guizhou province during the 2019 China International Big Data Industry Expo. The drone...01:02
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Drone show in China
May 28, 2019
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Israel tests Chinese drone taxi over Jerusalem
September 14, 2023
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The Pentagon released a video on March 16, 2023, which it said showed a Russian military jet conducting an unsafe interception of a US Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over...02:18
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The moment a Russian jet intercepted a US drone
March 16, 2023
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Taiwan showcased new models of its domestically produced military drones on March 14, 2023, including a “suicide” drone that can carry an explosive warhead to attack enemy targets. Taiwan’s...01:49
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‘Kamikaze’ drone unveiled in Taiwan
March 15, 2023
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A drone air taxi has successfully completed its first test flight in conventional air traffic. The pilot manoeuvre, which took place on November 10, 2022 just outside Paris, marks an important step...01:38
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Drone taxi completes maiden test flight in real-life air traffic
November 11, 2022
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China's new combat drone, the Wing Loong-1E will make its debut at the Zhuhai air show starting November 8, 2022. The drone has surveillance and precision strike systems described as similar to...01:01
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Could China’s new combat drone rival US Army’s Grey Eagle?
November 8, 2022
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The southeastern Chinese city of Shenzhen has logged more than 80,000 food orders delivered by drone, according to a Chinese state media report on September 21, 2022. Industry experts predict the...01:15
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Drone food deliveries take off in China’s tech city
September 22, 2022
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The future of fighter jet technology could be an AI-assisted, autonomous “wingman” drone that flies alongside next-generation aircraft, according to aerospace insiders said at the recent...02:11
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Could drones become fighter jet wingmen?
July 26, 2022
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China’s first domestically built drone ship has completed its maiden sea trial in what was hailed as a breakthrough in autonomous navigation and intelligent technologies of unmanned vessels for the...01:14
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Sea trial of China’s first domestically developed drone ship
June 10, 2022
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On May 18, 2022, China launched the world’s first seaborne drone carrier capable of operating on its own. The unmanned ship can be controlled remotely and navigate autonomously in open water. The...01:47
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World’s first AI drone carrier
May 20, 2022
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A team at City University of Hong Kong says it has developed a lightweight winged drone that has double the flight time of other drones and weighs less than 100 grams. Researchers say the 35-gram...00:50
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CityU creates winged drone
May 11, 2022