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University of Kentucky Secures Grant to Develop Drone Technology for Cattle Management

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USDA Funds Five-Year Project to Explore Drone Use in Herding and Monitoring The University of Kentucky’s Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has received a $910,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to advance the use of drone technology in livestock management. The five-year project, titled “Precision Livestock Management: Cattle Monitoring and […]

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Targeting Rogue Drones: University of Kentucky Professor Wins Prestigious NSF Award

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Dr. Xu Jin’s Cutting-Edge Research on Cooperative Control Algorithms Aims to Enhance Drone Security and Capture Rogue UAVs by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb A professor at the University of Kentucky recently received a prestigious research award from the NSF for his innovative work on making drones safer. Xu Jin, Ph.D., assistant professor in […]

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Horizontal Drone Landings: Tohoku University’s EAGLES Port Sets New Standard

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Innovative Multi-Drone Landing System Demonstrates 35% Faster, More Efficient Landings in Challenging Conditions by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian J. McNabb This article published in collaboration with JUIDA, the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association. Sendai-based Tohoku University’s Tough Cyber-Physical AI Research Center recently announced that their patented multi-drone landing technology “EAGLES Port”, (which stands for Efficient […]

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Clearing the Skies: The Imperative Shift Towards Autonomous Operations in Future Drone Traffic Management Systems

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Study finds autonomy software needed in future drone traffic management system By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill As drone use scales up in the future, creating an increasingly crowded airspace at altitudes below 400 feet, a recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University suggests that increasing the level of autonomous operations help might create […]

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Could Tiny Drone Swarms Help Pollinate Crops? WPI Researcher Develops RoboBees

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Could tiny drones be used for crop pollination? Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researcher Developing “RoboBees” to Combat a Declining Population of Pollinator Species by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Walker Robinson Continue reading below, or listen: DroneLife · WPI – Researcher – Develops – RoboBees – Drones – For – Pollination Images: courtesy Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researcher Nintin […]

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