3d robotics

Execs from DJI, 3DR and Skydio to discuss drones at Disrupt SF 2018

Just how big are drones? According to Gartner, industry revenue topped $6 billion last year and is on track to hit $11.2 billion by 2020. Unmanned aerial vehicles are a huge industry with a broad swat

Drones + X

Small drones are advancing quickly. They used to be little else but sophisticated remote-controlled toys and people love to complain when we call them ‘drones’ because that implies that th

3D Robotics Launches 3DU To Promote The Use Of Drones In Education

3D Robotics (3DR), the largest North American consumer drone manufacturer, today announced the launch of its 3DU educational program. 3DU aims to bring drones to more schools — ranging from K-12 to

3D Robotics’ New Solo Drone Promises To Make Aerial Videography Easy

With the Solo, 3D Robotics (3DR) is launching its most ambitious consumer drone yet. It's a ready-to-fly quadcopter that combines everything the company has learned from its earlier products -- and th

3D Robotics Launches DroneKit, Its API For Building Drone Apps

3D Robotics, the largest U.S.-based drone manufacturer, today announced the launch of DroneKit, its open-source API for writing drone apps. Because 3D Robotics has always taken a platform approach, Dr

3D Robotics Taps Qualcomm For $50M Series C And Mobile Tech

The race to build the best drone is on and 3D Robotics is today announcing its latest round of financing that it hopes will enable the company to keep its commanding position in the marketplace. As pa

3D Robotics Opens Its Flight Control App For Drones To Developers

3D Robotics, the largest U.S.-based drone manufacturer, today announced the launch of its open-source Tower flight control app for drone copters and planes on Android phones and tablets. The app give

Mayfield Backs Connected, Commercial Drone Maker 3D Robotics With $6M

In September, drone and aierial robotics maker <a target="_blank" href="http://3drobotics.com/">3D Robotics</a> <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/26/3d-robotics-raises-30-million-to-legitimize-a

3D Robotics Raises $30 Million To Legitimize Aerial Drones For Business

The very mention of the word "drone" often conjures up images of autonomous machines cruising over battlefields, but that's far from the future <a target="_blank" href="http://www.3drobotics.com">3D R

OK Glass, RIP Privacy: The Democratization Of Surveillance

How's this for synchronicity: Google Glass <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/17/a-day-with-glass-first-impressions-of-the-early-days-of-googles-latest-moonshot/">started shipping</a> on the same