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Blog posts tagged
"Drones"

Canonical
13 June 2019

Customisable for the enterprise: the next-generation of drones

Internet of Things Article

Drones, and their wide-ranging uses, have been a constant topic of conversation for some years now, but we’re only just beginning to move away from the hypothetical and into reality. The FAA estimates that there will be 2 million drones in the United States alone in 2019, as adoption within the likes of distribution, construction, ...

Guest
3 December 2018

Collaborative robots – Cobots and the changing nature of work

Internet of Things Article

  This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  Collaborative robots, or cobots, work side by side with humans to enhance human worker’s ability to perform their job safer, with less monotony and repetitive tasks. Most of us are familiar with industrial robots and it should be no surprise that people ...

Alex Cattle
20 November 2018

Behind the drone: how aerial robotics solve industrial IOT challenges

Internet of Things Article

Apellix, an emerging leader in the field of aerial robotics, are creating innovative industrial solutions with the help of Ubuntu. The development of aerial robotic systems to carry out tasks at height has taken the responsibility of dangerous activity away from human workers. With 150 workers dying everyday in the USA as a result of ...

Guest
14 November 2018

Innovating toward safety: computer controlled aerial robotic systems

Internet of Things Article

This is a guest blog by Jamie Branch, Corrosion Engineer at Apellix.  In the United States alone, 849 workers lost their lives in 2016 from falling while on the job. In the construction industry specifically, falls are the leading cause of worker fatality. At Apellix, we utilise Ubuntu and proprietary software to create innovative industr ...

Amrisha Prashar
27 January 2017

Award-winning drone technology with Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

The market for drones is exploding as businesses and individuals embrace them. The global market for commercial applications of drone technology will balloon to as much as $127 billion by 2020 up from £2billion today (PWC.) Aerotenna is one of those innovators making this vision a reality. Aerotenna’s award-winning technology seeks to sol ...

Amrisha Prashar
5 October 2016

ROScon – the robotics conference for developers

Internet of Things Article

Did you know that the consumer drones market will sit at 67.7 million units annually by 2021? *That’s ten times more than 2015! This shows staggering growth that reflects the sheer importance of the Robotics market now and in years to come. Not only will every industry be impacted, but new categories will be created ...

Thibaut Rouffineau
8 December 2015

UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu

Internet of Things News

Today, at TechCrunch Disrupt, the next generation of remote controlled drones is being unveiled by UAVIA, powered by Snappy Ubuntu Core. For the first time, UAVIA is demonstrating a new generation of completely remote controlled drones. The first being used for inspection and surveillance. This will be the first time that 100% remotely op ...

Charles Butler
15 July 2015

Continuous Integration with Juju and Drone CI

Cloud and server Article

PreambleDelivering your Charms to the community can seem like an uphill climb when youhave minimal and manual testing around your project. The ~charmer review process ispretty rigerous and as anyone who has run the Gauntlet to attain ~recommendedst ...