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A startup based in Petah Tikva, Isreal, Airobotics<\/a>,has scored the right to\u00a0fly drones autonomously\u00a0for business purposes in Israel. The\u00a0Civil Aviation Authority of Israel<\/a> (CAAI) was the first in the world to authorize commercial, fully unmanned drone flights in their nation\u2019s airspace.<\/p>\n Airobotics\u2019 drones are marketed for use in site surveying, security and other industrial applications. Allowing these drones to fly sans operator means that companies can run inspections for miles along power lines, train tracks, or acres of farmland, for example, without humans positioned along the route or token interruptions for point-checks.<\/p>\n The startup\u2019s self-flying, quadcopter drones launch and land from a base station where they\u00a0can\u00a0swap out spent batteries for newly charged ones. Running for 30 minutes at a time, Airobotics drones can launch and precisely land themselves.\u00a0Proprietary software and on-board sensors enable them\u00a0to navigate, avoid obstacles and complete planned\u00a0missions without the intervention of a human operator.<\/p>\n So-called\u00a0\u201cbeyond visual line of sight,\u201d\u00a0capabilities are not unique to Airobotics\u2019 drones. Parrot company\u00a0SenseFly SA<\/a> in Switzerland, aerospace giants Boeing via their Insitu Inc.<\/a> subsidiary,\u00a0and\u00a0Heliscope<\/a> in partnership with Scoptio in Denmark are among companies already safety-testing these systems. In the US, the state of North Dakota has given Harris Corporation<\/a> permission to develop and test its\u00a0BVLOS systems.<\/p>\n However, Airobotics\u00a0is the first to successfully commercialize truly autonomous drones\u00a0in the private sector. Its drones can also land within a tight space, which is more\u00a0unique among drone manufacturers and operators.<\/p>\n Last year, the\u00a0company\u00a0raised $28.5 million<\/a> in venture funding last year from investors including BlueRun Ventures, and ex-Googlers including Noam Bardin, the former chief executive of Waze, and Richard Wooldridge formerly the Chief Operating Officer for Google\u2019s Advanced Technology and Projects.<\/p>\n At this rate, it seems self-flying drones will be circulating in the skies long before self-driving cars<\/a> are commonplace on our roads.<\/p>\n Featured Image: Airobotics<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/06\/dsc_7615-low.jpg?w=680\")
A startup based in Petah Tikva, Isreal, Airobotics,has scored the right to\u00a0fly drones autonomously\u00a0for business purposes in Israel. The\u00a0Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) was the first in the world to authorize commercial, fully unmanned drone flights in their nation’s airspace.
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