Category Archives: General
Experimental Results in Multi-UAV Coordination for Disaster Management and Civil Security Applications
This paper describes a multi-UAV distributed decisional architecture developed in the framework of the AWARE Project together with a set of tests with real Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) to validate this approach in disaster management and civil security applications. Continue reading
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Rand Paul Filibusters the Domestic Drone
Senator Rand Paul initiated a filibuster in order to protest the unconstitutionality of potential drone strikes on American soil. Paul charged that “no American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court”. Continue reading
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Domestic drone justice: US court green-lights police UAV use
A North Dakota court has approved the use of drones to help arrest citizens on US soil. UAVs have primarily been used to conduct strikes against purported militants in countries like Pakistan, but their use at home has been on the rise as of late. Continue reading
Mayor kills Seattle police aerial drone program
“Today I spoke with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and we agreed that it was time to end the unmanned aerial vehicle program, so that SPD can focus its resources on public safety and the community-building work that is the department’s priority,” McGinn said in a written statement. “The vehicles will be returned to the vendor.”
