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from Amsterdam Drone Weekexperienced Anarky Labs’ AIRHUD augmented reality solution for drone pilots. The concept of flying a drone within sight or with a visual observer points to significant problems for drone pilots. Pilots need to know where the drone is in real space and understand the controller data. His AIRHUD augmented reality platform from Anarky Labs offers a sophisticated solution that presents pilots with the airspace awareness data they need in the sky on a “heads-up” display. DRONELIFE spoke with the founder and CEO of Hannu Lesonen. anarchy lab, FlyBy Guys expert drone pilot Stephen Sutton. He also had…

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Image: Public Domain MIT Researchers Develop Algorithm to Prevent Mid-Air Collision of Drones DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby In 2020, MIT researchers unveiled MADDER, a system designed to prevent collisions between drones occupying the same airspace. Continue reading below or listen to: A multi-agent trajectory planner allows groups of drones to form collision-avoiding trajectories. Each drone broadcasts its trajectory and considers the trajectories of fellow drones when creating its course. MADER is an asynchronous distributed multi-agent trajectory planner. Each drone generates its own trajectory. Each agent must agree to all new trajectories, but not at the same time. This…

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Spain’s Alpha Unmanned Systems closes first investment round DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Madrid-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer, alpha unmanned system (AUS) has announced the closing of its first seed round of external investment capital. The round was led by Dr. Joseph Menaker, co-founder of UAV Factory, with Tobias Webster, former CEO of UAV Navigation and now director of international business development at Alpha, and his co-founder of Agnitio, now Alpha. CFO Javier Castaño joined. The funds will be used to accelerate Alpha’s product development and improve its sales and marketing efforts. Alpha co-founder and CEO Eric Freeman…

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