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Harvey humanitarian efforts aided by Virginia’s DroneUp | delmarvanow

Harvey humanitarian efforts aided by Virginia’s DroneUp | delmarvanow

by Emily Winter | Sep 4, 2017 | Ethics, Industry, Legislation, Policy, UAV

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WVEC) — Houston is overwhelmed when it comes to search and rescue efforts, so they are seeking help from the skies above. Not from helicopters, but drones. A company called DroneUp is mobilizing a team of independent volunteer drone operators to go to...
Harvey humanitarian efforts aided by Virginia’s DroneUp | delmarvanow

Law enforcement sees potential of drones at demonstration in Lynchburg | News Advance

by Emily Winter | Jun 5, 2017 | Ethics, Industry, Legislation, Policy, UAV

Skies were clear above Riverfront Park on Thursday morning as area law enforcement representatives watched drone flight demonstrations and learned more about potentials for their future use. Leaders from Project Lifesaver International, including founder and CEO Gene...
New law paves way for delivery robots | WRIC

New law paves way for delivery robots | WRIC

by Emily Winter | May 30, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Ethics, General Robotics, Industry, Legislation, Policy, Teleoperated Robots

RICHMOND, VA (VCU CNS) – Having your groceries delivered by a robot sounds like something out of The Jetsons, but that prospect is not as futuristic as you may think. For the second year in a row, the Virginia General Assembly has passed a law to legalize the...
This state wants to usurp California as the capital of driverless cars | Washington Post

This state wants to usurp California as the capital of driverless cars | Washington Post

by Emily Winter | Apr 28, 2017 | Autonomous Vehicles, Ethics, Industry, Policy

Gov. Terry McAuliffe bounded into the spare offices of a start-up incubator to make a rapid-fire pronouncement: He will spend the last nine months of his term trying to make Virginia “the capital of automated vehicles.” It was his economic development-meets-standup...
Rolling robots could soon be making deliveries in Virginia | Tampa Bay Times

Rolling robots could soon be making deliveries in Virginia | Tampa Bay Times

by Emily Winter | Jan 27, 2017 | Ethics, General Robotics, Industry, Legislation

RICHMOND, Va. — Robots about the size of a beer cooler could soon be rolling down Virginia sidewalks to deliver sandwiches, groceries or packages. Supporters say proposed legislation to allow the robots would make the state the first in the nation to regulate such...
Virginia Tech assessing injury risk from unmanned aircraft | sUAS News

Virginia Tech assessing injury risk from unmanned aircraft | sUAS News

by Emily Winter | Jan 9, 2017 | Curriculum, Ethics, Policy, Research, UAV

Researchers at Virginia Tech — home to both a Federal Aviation Administration-designated test site for unmanned aircraft systems and a world-renowned injury biomechanics group — are developing methods to evaluate the risk posed by small unmanned aircraft to anyone on...
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