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Sony’s Mobile Team to Develop Drones

By atesmeh | July 22, 2015

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Sony Mobile Communications is forming a drone creation partnership with Tokyo-based robotics firm ZMP. 

Read more: Driverless and Talking Cars: New Technology Transforms the Way We Travel

Sony will contribute its imaging and telecommunications knowhow to the conglomerate, while ZMP will provide robotics and automated driving technology.  The UAVs will not be offered up to the public during the initial release, as enterprise customers will exclusively possess the first opportunity to purchase the product. The joint company Aerosense will sell the first line of the UAVs.

In other drone news, Taiwan’s government is mulling stricter aerial drone regulations according to the nation’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA). The comment comes in the wake of recent incidents involving UAVs and possible public safety concerns. Also, the British Civil Aviation Authority (also abbreviated as CAA) today released a set of rules called "Dronecode," which citizens must follow when operating the devices.

Sony’s Next Project: Making Drones

Sony has tackled cameras, mobile, home entertainment, and gaming consoles. So what’s next? Drones. Sony Mobile Communications is teaming up with Tokyo-based robotics firm ZMP, Inc. to create UAVs …

Read more at Pcmagazine »


Drones must fly safe after near-miss

Drone users have been warned to stick to the rules for flying unmanned aircraft or face the consequences of breaking the law by the U.K’s aviation regulator. The British Civil Aviation Authority …
Read more at CNBC »


Drone rules set for review: CAA

Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) said that the government is considering stricter regulations on the use of aerial drones, after a series of recent incidents demonstrated how the unmanned vehicles can threaten public safety …
Read more at Taipei Times »


Military-grade drones could soon be chasing Australia’s feral animals: http://t.co/eauzElGcIt

— Mashable Dev&Design (@mashdevdesign)
2015-07-22T17:31:08Z



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