The Drone Project » General http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org Medill students examine issues surrounding drones Tue, 21 May 2013 13:45:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Uncertainties remain as FAA integrates drones into U.S. skies; number of drones may hit 30,000 by 2020 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/uncertainties-remain-as-faa-integrates-drones-into-american-skies-josh-solomon/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/uncertainties-remain-as-faa-integrates-drones-into-american-skies-josh-solomon/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:21:44 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=91 By Josh Solomon

WASHINGTON – Thousands of unmanned aircraft systems—commonly known as drones—could be buzzing around in U.S. airspace by 2015 because of a law passed last year, raising both safety and privacy concerns among some lawmakers and advocacy groups.…

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/uncertainties-remain-as-faa-integrates-drones-into-american-skies-josh-solomon/feed/ 0 Drones that can make decisions http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drones-that-can-make-decisions/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drones-that-can-make-decisions/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:46:48 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=271 By Catherine Reid and Summer Delaney

Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute is a pioneer in unmanned aerial aircraft research. This particular experiment, led by student Jonathan Butzke and Professor Maxim Likhachev, examines robotic decision making. The drone flown in the …

]]> http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/drones-that-can-make-decisions/feed/ 0 Looser FAA regulations to help drone expansion at universities http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/looser-faa-restrictions-to-help-expansion-of-uav-in-universities-stephanie-yang/ http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/looser-faa-restrictions-to-help-expansion-of-uav-in-universities-stephanie-yang/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:35:30 +0000 http://droneproject.nationalsecurityzone.org/?p=40 By Stephanie Yang

Jonathan Butzke, a Ph.D. student at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, builds his own unmanned aerial vehicles, one of which he calls a hexacopter. (Stephanie Yang/Medill)

Jonathan Butzke, a Ph.D. student at The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon, builds his own unmanned aerial vehicles, one of which he calls a hexacopter. (Stephanie Yang/Medill)

Drones have become increasingly common at U.S. universities for research …

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