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Mission:Values
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...
read moreFlight Simulator: Episode 1
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...
read moreDiversity and Inclusion at Iris Automation: Q & A with the founders
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...
read moreIris Automation, Kansas DOT begin test flights for the Drone Integration Pilot Program
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...
read moreIris Automation Selected for Half of Transport Canada’s BVLOS Proof of Concept Trials
Iris Automation, a global leader in collision avoidance technology for drones, will enable the new era of Canadian commercial drone operations through Transport Canada’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight Proof of Concept trials, putting new Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)...
read moreIris Automation Selects Robotic Skies for Aftermarket Installation and Maintenance Services
San Francisco – May 22nd, 2018: Iris Automation (www.irisonboard.com), the leading provider of collision avoidance systems for commercial drones, today announced that it has selected Robotic Skies Inc. (www.roboticskies.com) as an aftermarket installation and field...
read moreIris Automation Selected for White House Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Pilot Program
Washington, D.C. - May 9th, 2018: Iris Automation, the leading developer of collision avoidance technology for drones, will join the next era of American commercial drone operations through the White House Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program. On...
read moreIris Automation wins AUVSI’s Startup of the Year
[UPDATED: May 3rd, 2018] This month Iris was named Startup of the Year after competing as one of 5 finalists in the Startup Showdown at AUVSI’s XPONENTIAL conference in Denver, Colorado. Each startup had 6 minutes to pitch their business to a panel of judges. Iris was...
read moreIris Automation Closes $8M Series A led by Bessemer Ventures to Bring AI Technology to Autonomous Flying Vehicles
San Francisco - January 18th, 2018: Iris Automation, the leading provider of collision avoidance for commercial drones, today announced an $8 million Series A financing round to fund the development of crucial unlocking technologies for the autonomous flying robotics...
read moreHead of Iris R&D Recognized as MIT Innovator Under 35
Iris Automation would like to congratulate our own Dr. Alejando Galindo, Head of Research and Development, for being named one of the MIT Technology Review's 2017 Innovators Under 35! Reproduced from the MIT Technology Review. Drones are on fashion. A few years ago,...
read moreUAS Vision – Low Cost Sense-and Avoid System Successful FAA Demo
Reproduced from UAS Vision. Iris Automation took the BCIC 3rd Prize package and BC Resource Industry Prize in 2016. Since then, the venture has raised 1.5 million for their collision avoidance system for drones. We caught up with them to get...
read moreNew Ventures BC – Flying high: Iris Automation’s success keeps soaring
Reproduced from New Ventures BC. Iris Automation took the BCIC 3rd Prize package and BC Resource Industry Prize in 2016. Since then, the venture has raised 1.5 million for their collision avoidance system for drones. We caught up with them to get their best tips for...
read moreIris Automation Successfully Integrates Collision Avoidance System with Industry Partners
San Francisco - March 14th, 2017: Iris Automation, in collaboration with industry partners Stratus Aeronautics Inc. and InDro Robotics Inc., successfully integrated two Collision Avoidance Modules onboard industrial UAV systems as part of its Early Adopter Program....
read moresUAS News – Iris Automation raise $1.5 Million for BVLOS flights
Reproduced from sUAS News. Iris Automation, a recent graduate of the YCombinator startup accelerator program, today announced that it has raised $1.5 million USD to commercialize a Sense & Avoid system that will unlock the industrial drone industry by allowing...
read moreTechCrunch – Iris Automation raises $1.5 million to help drones sense and avoid obstacles
Reproduced from TechCrunch. Iris Automation Inc. has raised $1.5 million to bring “sense and avoid” technology, and truly self-flying capabilities, to drones used for industrial tasks. Even for human pilots, identifying obstacles and deciding precisely how to maneuver...
read moreVisionAR – How Computer Vision is Giving Drones Human-Like Eyesight
Reproduced from VisionAR.today Many U.S. industries, such as agriculture and industrial inspection, depend on the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates the “total hobbyist and commercial UAS...
read moreHello Tomorrow – Announcing…top finalists!
Retrieved from Hello Tomorrow. Right, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The announcement of track finalists for the Hello Tomorrow Challenge, who will go on to compete in one of ten industrial categories for €15,000, and ultimately, the €100,000 grand...
read moreMedium – New rules, new opportunities . The future of Commercial UAV Industry
Reproduced from Medium.com The generation of $82 billion into the US economy and creation of over 100,000 jobs appears to depend on a little understood rule change affecting the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) industry. The much anticipated Part 107 regulations that...
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