{"id":13501,"date":"2016-11-13T01:59:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T06:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13501"},"modified":"2016-11-13T01:59:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T06:59:42","slug":"sci-tech-urban-aero-cormorant-uav-completes-first-autonomous-pattern-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13501","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Urban Aero Cormorant UAV completes first autonomous pattern flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted an item about the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanaero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Aero<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tactical-robotics.com\/category\/cormorant\" target=\"_blank\">Cormorant\/AirMule<\/a>\u00a0vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle. Here is a video just released of a test flight:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Urban Aeronautics is pleased to announce that on November 3, 2016 its Cormorant Unmanned Air vehicle (UAV) prototype has performed its first autonomous pattern flight including low flight over uneven terrain.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PByFlMyAYpg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently posted an item about the\u00a0Urban Aero\u2018s Cormorant\/AirMule\u00a0vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle. Here is a video just released of a test flight: Urban Aeronautics is pleased to announce that on November 3, 2016 its Cormorant Unmanned Air vehicle (UAV) prototype has performed its first autonomous pattern flight including low flight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13501\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Urban Aero Cormorant UAV completes first autonomous pattern flight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3vL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13712,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13712","url_meta":{"origin":13501,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update on 2 vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicles","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest video update from EHANG\u00a0of China on the development of the EHANG 184 autonomous aerial vehicle\u00a0for single passenger air taxi services: https:\/\/youtu.be\/F8shiw6zY_A AvWeek has a brief article about the project:\u00a0Video: EHang Reports Progress With Autonomous Air Taxi - Aviation Week\u00a0- The company says it is on its\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/F8shiw6zY_A\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13397,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13397","url_meta":{"origin":13501,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech videos: Tesla self-driving demo + Urban Aero VTOL + Volocopter","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Some interesting technology videos: ** Demonstration of a fully autonomous\u00a0self-driving\u00a0Tesla:\u00a0All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving Hardware | Tesla https:\/\/vimeo.com\/188105076 ** Urban Aero's Cormorant\/AirMule\u00a0vertical-take off and landing (VTOL) ducted fan autonomous vehicle\u00a0is large enough to transport cargo and one or two persons. 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