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Most drone purchases will soon require registration with U.S. government
Soon, the majority of drone purchases, no matter the owner’s purpose for use, will be required to be registered with the federal government. According to a report from NBC News, the move comes as federal agencies have become increasingly concerned over the rise in “close calls between unmanned drones and aircraft flying into and out of some […]
October 19, 2015
Technology
How Rogers-O’Brien Construction deployed a drone fleet throughout its workflow (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
How many drones does it take to fix a leak? As Blake Potts tells it, just one. During a recent presentation at a conference for construction IT professionals in Chicago, Potts, a virtual design and construction specialist for Texas-based general contractor Rogers-O’Brien Construction (ROB), recounted the warranty call that would alter his company’s workflow, marking […]
August 14, 2015
Technology
How to operate a drone for construction and not get sued
There is no longer a question as to whether or not drones will impact the future of the construction industry. It’s already happening. Unmanned aircraft are in use on jobsites all over the world, will likely assist in the full-automation of heavy equipment and have even spawned a rental service that sends a pilot and […]
August 14, 2015
Technology
FAA won’t issue commercial drone regulations until 2017 or later
The Federal Aviation Administration is so far behind in creating regulations for commercial drone and unmanned aerial vehicle use that the agency will miss its 2015 deadline for issuing those rules by a full two years, and maybe even more. According to a report from the Washington Post, Peggy Gilligan, a top FAA safety official, told a […]
December 11, 2014
Roadbuilding
Are flying robots the future of road construction?
Centuries ago some people thought the world would be taken over by robots and flying cars by now. They may not have been 100 percent correct, but they weren’t completely wrong either. When it comes to highway and bridge construction, flying robots may start playing huge roles. Javier Irizarry, associate professor at Georgia Tech’s School […]
September 30, 2014
Technology
Aiming to transform surveying, Drone makers and pilots wait for FAA approval
Crain’s Detroit Business has an interesting read on the state of the burgeoning drone industry, outlining the ways it could make surveying faster and cheaper while pointing out the hurdles it faces from the Federal Aviation Administration. Back in November, we reported on the Gatewing X100, a UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (this is the […]
July 11, 2013
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