(Natural News) Bicycle riders may soon find themselves sharing bike lanes with autonomous delivery robots. Robotic delivery startup Refraction AI recently revealed plans for a lightweight delivery robot that can use bicycle lanes. The company, a brainchild of University of Michigan professors Ram Vasudevan and Matthew Johnson-Roberson, is pitching its five-foot-tall REV-1 as a lightweight, low-cost, autonomous delivery […]

(Natural News) Mysterious sounds coming from the sky were recorded in places such as the U.S., Mexico, Slovakia, Italy, Brazil and Argentina, intriguing many people who appear to have heard different noises on different dates. Most of the recordings coincided with the lockdown, so the sounds could have been present before but only caught the attention of many […]

(Natural News) Some governments and businesses are making use of drones in response to the current coronavirus pandemic, but some of the potential applications are a serious invasion of privacy. While using drones to safely deliver food and supplies to some remote areas of China seems like a reasonable enough use, drones that can detect […]

(Natural News) Over the past month Iran has not only been suspected of carrying out attacks against at least four foreign-flagged tankers in the Persian Gulf, but on Thursday the Trump administration accused Tehran of shooting down a $130 million American RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone. According to the administration, the downing of the drone […]

(Natural News) When Harvard University first introduced RoboBee back in 2013, it could do little more than fly and cling to walls. Come 2018, the same research team has put out a new and improved RoboBee — one that can successfully dive into and burst out of water. The latest in a series of minuscule, […]

(Natural News) The flying car company Kitty Hawk has finally debuted a prototype vehicle. According to an article on LiveScience, its new Cora air taxi will not need piloting skills – or a pilot – to operate. In the recent video and statement on the company website, Cora appears to be a typical small aircraft – […]

(Natural News) If you absolutely have to use drones to track something, why not turtles? A new study detailed how unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are revolutionizing research and conservation efforts involving endangered sea turtles, reported a Science Daily news article. Remote sensing data is vital to obtain an understanding of the spatial ecology of marine ecosystems. When combined with tracking […]

(Natural News) Although they first became known for their use as seemingly toy-like novelty gadgets, drones have now found a niche as small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for a bunch of random tasks. Most recently, a group of researchers from the U.K. have begun using drones to complement a new system of hands-free farming, and […]

(Natural News) Rwanda is a country in east Africa where going from one place to another by land is difficult because of its mountainous landscape. Therefore, the Rwandan health ministry partnered with a Silicon Valley robotics firm to deliver blood and life-saving medicines to remote hospitals via airplane-like drones. The air drop delivery service, known […]