by Tamiko Sianen | April 26, 2019 | News, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

Providing the “eyes and brain” for drones, software enables missions beyond visual line of sight SAN FRANCISCO -- Iris Automation, an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company, today announced the launch of Casia – the first commercially available computer...

by Stephanie Lacy-Price | April 22, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

By Taylor Westerman In the midtown area of the ‘Biggest Little City’ sits the University of Nevada, Reno’s Innevation Center. Today I’m excited to take you on a tour of our Reno office and perhaps in doing so will have you asking, “where can I sign up?” Four months...

by Tamiko Sianen | April 9, 2019 | News, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

A story about learning through teaching by Katie Widen Setting up my high school team’s robot (right) next to that year’s world champion (left). This game involved placing inner tubes on pegs, 2011. Imagine walking into a basketball stadium or a high school...

by Stephanie Lacy-Price | March 26, 2019 | News | 0 Comments

Cheryl Contreras gives us a look into a typical day of field testing as the Deputy Head of Flight Operations at Iris Automation Helicopter ride home after a day of testing. I’ve worked at Iris for a year and a half, starting as a Flight Operations Technician and...

by Stephanie Lacy-Price | March 12, 2019 | News, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

By Stephanie Lacy-Price People & Communications Specialist at Iris Automation From the Iris Culturebook, 2019. Finalizing our company values and building them into our culture is the work I’m most proud to have taken on during my time at Iris and has formed the...

by Stephanie Lacy-Price | February 27, 2019 | News, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

By Eric SchaferSimulation Architect at Iris Automation Like human pilots, artificial intelligence autopilots practice not crashing in a simulator. Having transitioned from many years of movie visual effects (crashing encouraged) at Industrial Light & Magic to...

by Stephanie Lacy-Price | February 12, 2019 | News, Uncategorised | 0 Comments

CEO Alex Harmsen and CTO James Howard open up about D&I Iris team retreat, September 2018 What does diversity and inclusion mean to you? Alex: To me, the single largest contribution from diversity is creative thought. Very simply, without diversity in...

by Grace McKenzie | October 30, 2018 | News | 0 Comments

SALINA - The Kansas Department of Transportation is starting the testing phase of the Integration Pilot Program this week. Flights by Iris Automation will focus on enabling new detect and avoid capabilities for drones. Iris Automation will be testing its collision...