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The study, which combined GPS tracking with aerial drone surveys, found that mornings in the wet season and early evenings offered the best time to survey wild pig populations, with early evenings offering a detection probability of 50 to 75 per cent.
The authorisation covers RocketDNA’s X-Bot, which works with two autonomous drone docking systems, the DJI Dock System and the Hextronics Global drone station.
The partnership will see international Skyports pilots embedded within Carbonix to perform data acquisition missions for the latter’s mining and energy clients. The pilots will aim to improve Carbonix’s operational capabilities over the long term.
Wing, which is owned by Google parent company Alphabet, is partnering with Logan’s Hyperdome Shopping Centre for a DoorDash drone delivery hub. The service will be available from Hyperdome to 17 nearby suburbs, nine of which are new.
The business said it took the decision because it is now focusing on servicing businesses based out of shopping centres, with the devices taking off from the building’s roof.
V-BAT, made by US-based company Shield AI, is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS that its manufacturer says can meet “a broad array of civil and defence mission requirements” through its capacity for multi-mission payload sets.
