by Emily Winter | August 14, 2018 | Industry, UAV | 0 Comments

BLACKSBURG — It took eight minutes from the time a woman hit order on a mobile app until one of Wing’s drones traversed 1.4 miles and came buzzing overhead on Tuesday afternoon with a package of ice cream and other frozen treats in tow. Jackson Smith trotted into his...

by Emily Winter | April 2, 2018 | Industry, Legislation, Policy, Research, UAV | 0 Comments

FERRUM — When asked about the future of Virginia’s economy, there is one industry at the top of Sen. Mark Warner’s mind. “If I was starting all over again, the area that I would go into is unmanned systems,” he said. Warner, who was an early investor in cellular...

by Emily Winter | March 13, 2018 | Industry, Policy, UAV | 0 Comments

One shred of solace that surfaced as hurricanes and tropical storms pummeled Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico last fall was the opportunity to see drones realize some of their life-saving potential. During those disasters unmanned aircraft surveyed wrecked roads,...

by Emily Winter | January 8, 2018 | Curriculum, Research, Teleoperated Robots, UVA | 0 Comments

Nicola Bezzo is using robots to map the past. Bezzo, a University of Virginia assistant professor in the departments of Systems and Information Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering, and two of his graduate students, Esen Yel and Tony Lin, have had a...

by Emily Winter | December 18, 2017 | Industry, Legislation, Policy, UAV, Virginia Tech | 0 Comments

As Hurricane Irma churned inland over the Florida peninsula in early September, photojournalist Brian Emfinger readied his drone. After the eye passed over Naples, calming the 100-mph-plus winds and torrential rains, he lifted off. “Five minutes later, I’m flying over...