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.

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 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 ...

VEX Robotics, a leader in K-12 STEM education, is proud to feature its first drone product, the VEX AIR Competition Drone, ...

"Our six-axis joystick (XYZ plus rotation around each axis) is so easy to use that even someone with no flight experience or gaming background can now control and fly a drone easily," says co ...

Grad students of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne developed a motion-control, haptic feedback joystick for intuitive drone piloting. By Marco Margaritoff Published Jan 23, 2018 4:49 ...

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 ...

The Skycontroller gives users the ability to use physical joysticks for piloting, and a built-in amplified Wi-Fi radio will allow users to control the Bebop from up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away.

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 ...

FPV drones are very fun, but they can sometimes be intimidating for newbies. Has DJI changed that with the Avata 2 FPV drone?

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.