Central Park Robots
Once confined to SciFi novellas and huckster stage acts, the growing presence of robots across our daily lives makes the eventual ubiquity of automatons seem inevitable. This came up in conversation ... Read More
New Tech for Conservation
It is always fun when we get to talk to our colleagues about the details of our research. Â Usually we are asked to speak about one particular project or to help interpret one particular phenomenon. Â... Read More
2018 Camarillo Air Show
Last weekend we exhibited at our fourth consecutive Wings Over Camarillo Air Show at the Camarillo Airport. Â It was (once again) a great event which brought together folks from across California and ... Read More
Exploding Drones and Managing the Aftermath
There are many steps that go into preparing, flying, and maintaining an Unmanned Aircraft. But there is one such task that no one can ever fully pre-plan or truly prepare for. It is something that s... Read More
ESRM at Coastal Commission
This past Friday, the California Coastal Commission met in Port Hueneme for a comparatively brief meeting which covered a really interesting variety of topics spanning everything from the Rindge Dam r... Read More
The Coming Storm
We write our own posts here in AARR, but I wanted to draw your attention to a great discussion piece written by our friend Chris Korody and published in his weekly newsletter Dronin’ On (which y... Read More
Mapping with Chase, and down in San Diego
Chase and I headed out around 13:00 on Friday the 13th, Oct to map a beach in northern Ventura County, Mondo’s beach. Monitoring beaches over a season is important to show the changes in the lit... Read More
The Beginnings of a New LiDAR Drone
With all the struggles operating our previous LiDAR drone – the DJI S1000 octocopter – we have decided to partly scratch that design and go with a slightly smaller build. The new drone is ... Read More