Vertical take-off and landing drones, or VTOLs, have some big advantages over other types. There's also a trade-off, though, which the Latvian-made Fixar is designed to address. VTOLs take off and ...

A key aspect of a successful drone race is safety – for spectators, race officials and pilots. Racing drones can go from 0-150km/h in seconds and typically have four propellers spinning at high speed, ...

Although personal drones are becoming increasingly popular, a lot of people are still understandably intimidated by their exposed propellers. Not only can those whirling blades hurt people, but they ...

The biggest problem with drones is their lack of endurance, but Swiss researchers have developed a new model that helps reduce that problem. Eschewing the regular four blade design, EPFL startup ...

The YouTuber fully assembled the drone frame with ultra-light solar panels and then wired all the electronics to make it ...