Scanifly, a PV design and field operations software provider, has integrated with Unirac, a North American producer of solar ...
The module for powering the drone had 24 interconnected 1 cm2 solar cells. The energy-autonomous hybrid solar-powered commercially available quadcopter-type drone weighed just 13 g. The stability ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Facebook showed off a preview of its Internet service-providing drone at its developer conference. The solar-powered flier will have a wingspan greater than a 737.
The drone - with a wingspan of 12.5 metres - is to be used for earth observations including environmental monitoring, disaster response and a range of commercial applications.
“Just add solar panels to the wings” is a popular suggestion for improving the flight times of fixed-wing drones ... producing about 50% more power than it was consuming.
“The minimum power requirements of the M:Tech drone at hover is 2.59 times the output provided by this theoretical solar cell meeting the surface area size requirements of the micro air vehicle ...
Researchers testing cutting-edge unmanned aerial vehicle technology went to the 24 hours a day sunlight of Greenland to power ‘perpetual’ solar drone flights. The main goal of the project from ...
A drone that is about the size of a football field and powered by both electric and solar was test flown in New Mexico last week. Officials said that test flights are planned for Lanai as part of ...