The 2023 FIRA USA agricultural robotics show in Salinas CA was a great collection of cutting edge agtech robotics solutions.

Aerobotics’ system is only the second-ever Uncrewed Aircraft to receive this certification and the first “drone-in-a-box” system. 

Skydio announced that it is halting its consumer drone operations, four years after its Skydio 2 consumer drone was released. 

Birdstop has raised $2.3 million in funding to expand its network of BVLOS drones across the country’s critical infrastructure. 

Gather AI acquires Ware’s drone-based warehouse inventory management business, doubling staff and enhancing growth opportunities.

XTEND, the developer an operating system that helps users that have no flight experience operate drones, has acquired Performance Rotors.

WiBotic’s PowerPad Pro charges drones without physical connection points, while wirelessly transferring flight data, images and video.

A team of researchers from MIT CSAIL introduced a method for drones to master vision-based fly-to-target tasks in unfamiliar environments.

Robust MADER is able to generate collision-free trajectories for drones even when there is a delay in communications between agents.

MIT developed a method for tailoring any wireless network to handle a large load of time-sensitive data from various sources.

Airobotics announced that it acquired the assets of Iron Drone Ltd, an Israeli-based company that creates autonomous counter-drone systems.

SkyGo will use the Airobotics Optimus System to provide data and information services to Industrial and Governmental entities in the UAE.

Ondas Holdings plans to accelerate its integration plan for its drone segment ahead of the close of its acquisition of Airobotics. 

Guardforce AI announces a definitive agreement to acquire certain parts of Kewei’s robot business-related assets in China.

Percepto announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted it a nationwide waiver for BVLOS operations.

Three of AgEagle’s eBee X series drones are the first to pass Virginia Tech’s set of test methods for drones flying over people.

A Wing drone crashed into a powerline in Browns Plains, Queensland, Australia, leaving 2,000 homes without power.

Mike Oitzman, founder of the Mobile Robot Guide, gives an overview of the trends and takeaways from the 2022 Commercial UAV show.

American Robotics was the first company to receive FAA approval to operate automated drones without humans on-site in 2021.

Meijer kicked off the project earlier this week with a press conference at Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon, MI.

With a two-person team, the AirSeed drone aims to plant 40,000 pods a day. The company’s goal is to plant 100 million trees by 2024.

Microsoft launched Project AirSim, a high-fidelity simulation platform for building, training and testing autonomous aircrafts.