Iain Butler
@theUAVguy
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Developing autonomous Multirotor and Fixed-Wing services to support the UAV market. Interested in Precision Agriculture, Mapping/GIS, Renewables & SAR.
Pleasant Hill, CA
Joined March 2014
Nothing like taking a #Dronie after a hard days work at the #vineyard @GeoVine & @theUAVguy
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Zoom In 🧐 @NASAPersevere’s Mastcam-Z captured the #MarsHelicopter's first flight. This video was intentionally targeted on the takeoff and landing zone. The helicopter flew out of the camera’s field of vision but the shadow of it hovering is visible. https://t.co/TNCdXWcKWE
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Nasa to fly Ingenuity Mars helicopter in early April https://t.co/EkhpACfBad
bbc.co.uk
The Ingenuity chopper will get to showcase its capabilities on the Red Planet early next month.
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How bees and drones team up to find landmines https://t.co/HB2pXGkrss
bbc.co.uk
Drones are being used to track bees that have been trained to sense chemicals in landmines.
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German drone technology startup @Wingcopter has raised a $22 million Series A https://t.co/73m4ICz1Lm
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Our new cargo drone project for Pfizer comes at a critical time when the COVID-19 vaccine needs to reach the most remote communities. So we're building a new cargo drone add-on specifically for DJI’s latest and most reliable industrial drone yet, the M300. https://t.co/qVnEQcBBxD
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The @FAANews Remote Identification ruling is now finalized. What does it mean for the RC hobby? https://t.co/F3Zv9BCUyw
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We tested a low-cost lidar-UAV ($600) system for estimating tree height, canopy cover, gap fraction, and leaf area index (LAI) and found it compared well high-end systems, with some systematic biases in areas with medium to high canopy densities. https://t.co/GeMp9FliYT
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Discover the top 20 #Drones thoughts leaders like @djiglobal @suasnews @chr1sa @3drobotics @droneanalyst @auvsi @droneblog @faanews @diydrones @theuavguy on @Cronycle #robotics #quadcopter
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Drone owners: new rules and regulations now apply to your flying. Take a look at the new rules on our website to make sure you are flying safely and legally: https://t.co/FyzZIhVqMa
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Part 107 test changes in 2021: no more recurrent test, night flying and more
thedronegirl.com
The FAA has made a number of 2021 Part 107 test changes, including a big win for your time and wallet: there's no more recurrent test.
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The London NYE fireworks, drone and lightshow was pretty cool 🥳
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In Edinburgh the traditional Hogmanay street party was cancelled because of Covid - but people were able to watch this beautiful video online of a drone display, forming images across Scotland's skies to welcome in 2021 See more: https://t.co/gkwLMps3Eh
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According to a filing with the US Patent & Trademark Office, @Apple is working on a high-tech modem for drones, officially called the "EU Modem for Drones with Flight Path and 3D Wireless Environment Signal Quality Information." https://t.co/8olJwF1zUN
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