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Detect-and-Avoid (DAA): How Airborne Collision Avoidance Works
by Alejandro Galindo Why Detect-and-Avoid? In the past few years, Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) worldwide have been actively creating regulatory frameworks that will enable autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to fly safely Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), unlocking countless industries for scalable industrial drone operations. In programs such as the FAA’s Integrated Pilot Programs […]
Drones in Logistics: Uses and What the Future Holds
Obstacle Avoidance Drones: How They Work and What To Know
by Alejandro Galindo, VP of Research & Development at Iris Automation What is obstacle avoidance? Drones currently on the market with ‘obstacle avoidance’ features are able to maneuver around static objects, such as buildings, mountains, and trees without being manually piloted to do so. Static object avoidance is a problem that has been worked on […]
Drone Sensors: The Different Types You Should Know About
Fundamentally, a sensor requires information passing from the thing you’re trying to detect to your detector. When you choose a sensor, you’re choosing the physical phenomena you are attempting to capture. In essence, you’re choosing the modality of information transported. There are two main types of sensors, active and passive, and they both have significant […]
Can You Fly a Drone at Night? Everything You Need to Know
There are many reasons why a person or organization would want to fly a drone at night—either for operations that specifically occur at night, such as delivering emergency medical equipment, to avoid other aircraft since there are fewer flights at night, or to avoid flying over people. In order to fly at night legally in […]
Innovation at Iris Automation
A quick look at where we’re at in June 2020 by Alexander Harmsen, CEO & Cofounder Iris Automation In light of Iris Automation’s selection as a finalist for the 2020 AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards in two categories, including the top prize—XCELLENCE in Innovation, I want to share an overview of the current state of affairs and […]
A Detailed Walk-Through of How to Obtain a BVLOS Waiver
by Trever Linn Flying Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) requires special regulatory permissions by Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) around the world, such as the Part 107 waivers issued under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), or Special Flight Operations Certificates (SFOC) from Transport Canada. These permissions are considered and issued on a case by case basis. […]
#HelloCasia
Meet Casia, our Detect and Avoid system for BVLOS operations May 2019 marked one of the hugest accomplishments in Iris Automation’s history to date — launching Casia, the product we’ve been working towards since our inception. Casia is the first commercially available computer vision detect-and-avoid solution to enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for autonomous […]
Iris Automation announces Casia, the first turnkey collision-avoidance solution for the commercial drone industry
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 vision detect-and-avoid solution to enable Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for autonomous vehicles. For […]
Educational Robotics, Iris, and You
A story about learning through teaching by Katie Widen Imagine walking into a basketball stadium or a high school gym — the bleachers are packed with students and adults in groups of the same tee-shirt, and they are cheering, gasping, and intently focused on the spectacle in front of them: robots. Specifically, these are 5+ feet tall, […]