Tag: Drones

Drones to the rescue: Policy priorities to deliver

Industry and governments are continually looking for efficiencies – opportunities to improve safety and productivity, while reducing environmental impact, response times and costs. One of the biggest challenges to improving efficiencies is the location and roles of people. When humans are located onsite or are key to frontline operations...

Robots to aid Australia’s Antarctic research efforts

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Drones and autonomous vehicles will soon be deployed to Antarctica to aid the Australian Antarctic Program’s study of whales and geophysics, allowing for the collection of data otherwise inaccessible...

Undersea drone development stymied by regulatory gaps

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Regulatory gaps are holding back the deployment of undersea drones and other autonomous marine vehicles, according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science. Representatives from the Australian Institute of...

Sydney powerlines untangled using drone with hook

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Electricity provider Ausgrid says a drone with a 3D-printed “hook” was recently used to untangle 800 metres of twisted powerlines in a remote and inaccessible part of the electricity...

NSW gets serious about drone deployments

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The NSW government is using drones to survey and 3D map flood affected areas in the state, in a bid to reopen several sections of road which have been...

Catherine Ball on the future of drone tech

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A key reason that Australia has attained the famed capability level of “punching above our weight” in relation to drone technologies – and autonomous robots – has been the...

Budget 2018: A tech round-up

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has dished out funding for supercomputers, drones, FinTech and online safety awareness campaigns as part of its federal budget. Delivered by Treasurer Scott Morrison in Canberra...

Law is falling far behind the tech

Posted on   |  by Beverley Head
Legislation addressing the deployment of emerging technologies in Australia is “so far behind we don’t even know how far behind we are” according to Law Council president Fiona McLeod....

Qld govt seeks input on drones

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Queensland government is inviting industry, researchers and communities to make submissions about how the state can grow its local drone industry through the release of the Queensland Drones...

Drone laws may stifle innovation

Posted on   |  by James Riley
A senate inquiry into the use of drones in Australia risks stifling local innovation in the sector if it recommends the imposition of heavy-handed regulation, according local drone entrepreneur...