Autonomous Flight Archives

The BionicBee is the smallest flying object of the Bionic Learning Network to date. For the first time, the developers used the methodology of generative design.

May 29, 2024

BionicBee by Festo: Discover How These 34-Gram Robots Mimic Nature’s Ingenious Flight Patterns

German company Festo recently released a press release announcing its BionicBee biomimetic bee, which, compared to traditional multi-rotor drones, uses a flapping-wing flight scheme (wings flapping back and forth 180 degrees to

The NASA Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) sensor pod is attached to the base of a NASA helicopter at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2024 before a flight to test the pod’s cameras and sensors. The AIRVUE pod will be used to collect data for autonomous aircraft like air taxis, drones, or other Advanced Air Mobility aircraft.

Aviation·Technology

NASA’s AIRVUE Pod: Revolutionizing Autonomous Flight with a Dataset of 10,000+ Visuals for AAM Innovations

In the ever-evolving landscape of aviation technology, NASA has introduced a new tool aimed at enhancing the capabilities of self-flying aircraft. The Airborne Instrumentation for Real-world Video of Urban Environments (AIRVUE) sensor pod, developed at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center

September 24, 2024

NASA Langley’s Alta-8 Drones Achieve Historic Autonomous Flight Milestone

Science·Technology

A big push for self-flying planes on December 21, 2023, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, seems like a favourable development for