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Wing Working on Larger Drones Handling Heavier Deliveries

Wing, the drone delivery company operated by Google parent Alphabet, unveiled a series of new prototype aircraft designed to handle a variety of payloads. The company said the new drones will share the same underlying components with the aircraft currently in use...

New E-Skin Lets Robots ‘See’ More Color Than Human Vision

One day, all robots might be able to see in technicolor—but not through their eyes. Instead, they’ll be able to see through their skin. In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies, a team of researchers at the...

Watch SpaceX Launch Cargo Mission to the Space Station

SpaceX will launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday night (July 14), and you can watch it live. A robotic SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule is scheduled to lift off atop a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket Thursday at 8:44 p.m. EDT...

The Next Frontier For Drones: Letting Them Fly Out Of Sight

For years, there’s been a cardinal rule for flying civilian drones: Keep them within your line of sight. Not just because it’s a good idea — it’s also the law. But some drones have recently gotten permission to soar out of their pilots’ sight. They can now inspect...