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Drones

Drone inspecting wind turbines

Clobotics raises $5M and opens office in Seattle area for drone data monitoring

Small drones, big data and computer vision: That’s the tech-frontier trifecta for Clobotics, a Shanghai startup that says it’s raised… Read More

Multi-level fulfillment center

Amazon’s delivery drone hive looks like it came from a sci-fi movie nightmare

If filmmakers ever decide to do a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” with drones instead of birds, they could… Read More

Amazon patents delivery drone designs with adjustable arms and a winch

Two of Amazon’s newly published patents cover some unorthodox features for delivery drones, including rotor arms that extend and bend… Read More

Amazon proposes a ‘virtual safety shroud’ to protect pets and people from drones

What happens if a child or a dog wanders into range while a drone is dipping down to make a delivery?… Read More

Drones vs. trucks: UW study compares carbon footprints for delivery methods

Delivering items with drones instead of trucks is likely to reduce carbon dioxide emissions for short-range trips, or on routes with… Read More

Amazon works on drone traffic control software at French development center

Amazon has added France to the list of countries where the Seattle-based retailer is working on its drone delivery system, with… Read More

Echodyne's Eben Frankenberg

Echodyne gets $29M from NEA, Bill Gates and others to boost radar for drones

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out… Read More

Aerix Drone

Hobbyist defeats FAA in battle over drone registration, but says the fight’s not over

Recreational drone users no longer have to register their flying machines with the Federal Aviation Administration, thanks to a federal court… Read More

Fixed-wing drone

Drone sets a long-distance delivery record

Team Roadrunner, a Nevada-based drone consortium, says it set a record for long-distance drone delivery last week in Texas. The… Read More

UW spinout WiBotic lands $2.5M to build technology that charges drones and robots wirelessly

University of Washington spinout WiBotic, which is building technology that wirelessly powers drones and other robotic devices, has raised $2.5… Read More

Autonomous deliveries? Secretive Amazon team explores the potential for self-driving vehicles

Amazon has had a team dedicated to researching autonomous vehicles for more than a year, according to a report from the Wall… Read More

Drone delivery

Airbus strikes drone delivery deal with Singapore Post; Skyways trial set for 2018

Airbus Helicopters has partnered with Singapore Post for its Skyways drone delivery project, due to begin trials at the National… Read More

Amazon drone with Bloe Origin spaceship at MARS 2017

Video provides another look at Amazon delivery drone (and Blue Origin spaceship)

We already knew that Amazon provided a rare public demonstration of its delivery drone dropping off some sunscreen at this… Read More

Intel droneworks display

Who needs fireworks? Amazon’s MARS attendees go gaga over Intel’s ‘droneworks’

The synchronized drone display that accompanied Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl halftime show may have been recorded in advance, but a similar… Read More

Amazon delivery drone

Amazon Prime Air delivery drone drops off sunscreen during semi-public U.S. debut

Amazon’s Prime Air drone made its first package delivery in December, in England, but regular folks haven’t seen it in action… Read More

Drone film festival

Watch these drone film festival winners to see what’s possible with the high-flying technology

A film festival out of New York dedicated to the art of drone cinematography went to great heights to pick… Read More

Amazon drone

Amazon patents drones with telescoping landing legs and foldable propellers

Amazon’s inventors are taking a page from Inspector Gadget’s playbook to design drones with adjustable landing legs and reconfigurable propellers.… Read More

Drone over water

Seattle drone pilot gets jail time as FAA reports increase in possible collisions

A Seattle man was sentenced to 30 days in jail on Friday after a drone he was operating injured two… Read More

Drone over water

Microsoft Ventures leads $26M round in AirMap, a startup that maps airspace in real time for drones

Microsoft and Airbus are investing in the future of autonomous drones that can communicate with one another as they fly… Read More

Verizon acquires Portland startup Skyward, a maker of drone management software

Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone… Read More

Amazon drone delivery

Incoming! Amazon patents a plan to turn its drone delivery packages into gliders

Amazon has come up with some wild and crazy patents, but a patent issued today has to rank among the wildest:… Read More

Amazon foldable-wing drone

Amazon’s latest drone patent features foldable wings for flippable flight

Amazon has sought patents for hitchhiking drones, mini-drones that can sit on shoulders, drones that assemble themselves like Lego toys – and… Read More

Podcast

Week In Geek: Snapchat’s new Seattle office, legal drama for drones, and more

It was quite a week for Seattle’s commercial real estate world. Snap Inc., the parent company of popular messaging app… Read More

Orcas

Proposed no-drone zone for orcas gets a hearing in Washington state

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Would you be in trouble if an orca popped up out of Puget Sound beneath your drone? Should… Read More

Man convicted after out-of-control drone hits building, knocks woman unconscious during Seattle Pride Parade

It is not a great time to be a drone pilot in Seattle right now. On the heels of a drone… Read More

Podcast

The Week in Geek: Envelop VR closes its doors; drone crashes into the Space Needle; and more

Seattle is proud of its growing virtual reality community and already boasts several promising VR and AR startups. But the young… Read More

Drone

State legislators grapple with drone privacy and safety issues as UAVs take off

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What’s the difference between photographing a piece of private property from a Cessna airplane and doing the same… Read More

Amazon exec Paul Misener warns that state laws could bog down drone deliveries

A patchwork of state laws governing drone operations would pose a “real problem” for aerial delivery systems like the one… Read More

Drones at CES

FAA tests drone defense system to protect against a flying robot uprising

Drone sightings by commercial pilots are on the rise, and so is the Federal Aviation Administration’s research into systems that detect… Read More

Drone

Drone no-no: State legislation could ban flying over someone else’s property

Flying your drone over another person’s private property could get harder. A bill to forbid privately owned drones from flying… Read More

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