A human defeated a computer-piloted drone in the Drone Racing League’s first man-vs.-machine competition. But the programmers behind the AI-powered drone, Team MAVLab from the Netherlands, can take consolation in a $1 million prize for creating the fastest self-piloting aircraft this season. The Drone Racing League mostly involves human pilots, but this year it began …
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Kohl’s has plenty of Cyber Monday deals that are already available today, with more to come as the weekend comes to a close. Today you can save big on TVs and fitness trackers, plus you’ll get even more savings thanks to Kohl’s Cash, an incentive that offers shoppers the ability to earn money back. While retailers like Target and Walmart may provide similar Black Friday deals, …
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This story is part of The 2010s: A Decade in Review, a series on the memes, people, products, movies and so much more that have influenced the 2010s. It’s 2019 and we still don’t have adorable robot butlers in our homes to deliver ice cream while we lounge on the sofa or tidy up our floor-drobe after an especially busy …
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In the not-too-distant future, drones will crowd the skies. Quadcopters, hexacopters, octocopters, svelte fixed-wing drones that look like miniature airplanes, hulking aircraft designed to lift 500 pounds, self-piloting Boeing air taxis and DJI’s teensy Mavic Mini flying camera — they’ll all be competing for airspace. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine loves the idea. At the Commercial UAV Expo drone conference late …
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Now playing: Watch this: UPS drone delivers CVS prescription meds 1:18 UPS has been plowing resources into its drone deliveries business. UPS UPS has been speeding up its drone delivery work, announcing this year a new drone subsidiary and a growing list of new partnerships. Now, it’s starting to make an early push to test out shipping stuff directly to …
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The DJI Mavic Mini is the company’s smallest and lightest camera drone ever. It was designed with the goal of getting the weight down below 250 grams (8.8 ounces), which not only makes it safer, but means in the US you don’t need to register with the FAA. The Mini is likely to open up the world of camera drones …
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In less than a decade, the air above at least one United States city will be buzzing with unmanned electric aircraft delivering people and packages — at least if NASA’s plan for the future of drones comes true. Jim Bridenstine, NASA’s administrator, touted the idea Tuesday but knows it won’t be easy. “We are moving fast,” Bridenstine said in a …
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The long-awaited dream of getting your toothpaste zipped to you in minutes via drone is one step closer in the US. UPS and CVS on Monday said they’re working together to develop drone deliveries of prescriptions and retail products from CVS stores to US homes. This partnership is the first foray into retail for UPS Flight Forward, the shipper’s new …
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Since 2016, the human pilots of the Drone Racing League have competed to see who could whip a quadcopter around pylons and through hoops the fastest. On Tuesday, they’ll get a new challenge: the fully autonomous RacerAI, a drone programmed to fly itself. Nine teams of programmers from around the world have have been coding for months to come up …
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UPS said Tuesday that it’s expanding its drone delivery service after it received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate a drone airline. UPS subsidiary Flight Forward was awarded a Part 135 Standard certification on Friday, which the company called an aviation first. UPS’ first approved flight, operated under its Flight Forward subsidiary, was launched at the WakeMed hospital …
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