Helicopters and planes are steered by joystick-like controllers, so why aren’t drones? Fluidity Technologies is working on just such a controller, with the FT Aviator now on Kickstarter.

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The former trauma doctor-turned-tech CEO has flown five space shuttle missions. Even a veteran NASA astronaut who has made repairs on the International Space Station can have trouble controlling a ...

The "Shift" controller, produced by Seoul-based "this is engineering Inc", comprises a wireless thumb ring and small joystick which the developers say can make flying a drone more intuitive.

Flying a drone isn't as easy as it looks, as any beginner who has ever purchased one of the pricey things and then immediately crashed it can attest. A startup called MotionPilot wants to help ...

Personally, I’d prefer to feel my remote control, be it in the form of a joystick or not, to relay my drone’s behavior back to me as symbiotically as possible.

If you've ever been chastised for throwing your entire body around during gaming (because physically leaning into track corners definitely helps somehow), here's a bit of science-backed vindication.

For Flying Drones, Your Torso Might Be the Ultimate Joystick Studies show it's much more intuitive than a traditional controller. By David Grossman Published: Jul 17, 2018 4:51 PM EDT ...

PUTTING IT TO THE TEST. To test their wearable drone controller, the researchers asked 39 volunteers to complete a real (not virtual) drone course using either the wearable or a standard joystick.

Fans of Parrot's AR.Drone quadcopter have been anticipating the arrival of the AR.Drone 3.0 for the past couple of years, but it now looks like the next major addition to the French company's ...

The joystick to the left, spring-loaded only horizontally,is the throttle for ascent, descent, speed, and direction; its trimcomprises switches K1 and K2 to its right. Also visible are ...