Multicopter drones are breaking through the final restriction on their movement in the air: they no longer need to hover parallel with the ground. The Voliro prototype's six props can tilt 360 degrees ...

Camera-equipped hexacopters have been buzzing around our heads for a while now, but improvements in reliability, sturdiness and control, as well as reductions in cost, mean that an increasing number ...

Hexacopter flight times over an hour should soon become possible. Chinese drone manufacturer Walkera has decided to go beyond the battery, teaming up with micro-generator producers at GenSmart to ...

Seemingly every week there is some new exciting drone design appearing on the horizon, both figuratively and literally. One fascinating new concept is Voliro, a hexacopter with six individually ...

What began as a "baby bump photo shoot" in San Francisco's Alamo Square turned into a surprise wedding proposal with the help of an unlikely ally, a ring-delivering hexacopter drone.Early on a cool ...

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about ...

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A research team flying a remotely operated hexacopter in Washington's San Juan Islands in September collected high-resolution aerial photogrammetry images of all 81 Southern Resident killer whales ...

While we’ve heard of consumer drones getting in the way of commercial airliners and obstructing firefighting operations, we haven’t heard of many drones being shot out of the sky by a neighbor. But ...

Scientists from NOAA Fisheries and the Vancouver Aquarium teamed up in August to trial monitoring the threatened northern resident killer whale population off the coast of British Columbia using a ...

The government publishes its latest economic case for HS2 on Tuesday, hoping to persuade people that building a high speed rail line through the UK is worthwhile, despite the spiralling costs. In ...

The Border Security Force (BSF) in a joint operation with the Punjab Police have recovered 2.8kg of heroin besides a hexacopter from Tarn Taran and Amritsar border belt, respectively, on Friday. The ...