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110 'Coronavirus (COVID-19)' stories February 2020 - March 2020

U.S. Department of Defense has no plans to use drones to fight coronavirus

Haye Kesteloo Mar 19 2020 - 11:05 am PT

U.S. Department of Defense has no plans to use drones to fight Coronavirus

A few weeks ago we learned that drones are playing a crucial role in fighting the coronavirus outbreak. For instance, we recently saw the Spanish police using drones to urge people to stay home. But even earlier we saw drones being used in China to quickly spray large areas with disinfectants. Today we’ve learned that the U.S. Department of Defense has no plans to use drones to fight the coronavirus.

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Energy Drone + Robotics Summit has been postponed because of Coronavirus

Haye Kesteloo Mar 18 2020 - 10:51 am PT

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Energy Drone + Robotics Summit has been postponed because of Coronavirus

After AUVSI recently postponed the XPonential 2020 event because of the spreading Coronavirus, we now learn about another drone event that is being postponed. In a statement the Energy Drone + Robotics Coalition informs us that their EDR Summit that was supposed to take place at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott in Texas has now been postponed. See the official statement below for more information.

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Drone footage shows the effect COVID-19 has on LA’s traffic

Joshua Spires Mar 18 2020 - 10:09 am PT

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Drone Coronavirus Los Angeles COVID-19 traffic

Drone footage captured last Sunday shows the effect the COVID-19 coronavirus is having on one of Los Angeles‘ biggest problems: traffic. The footage captures an almost empty 110 freeway compared to what would normally be heavy traffic at 9:30 a.m. on a Sunday.

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Spanish police use drones to warn people to not break quarantine

Haye Kesteloo Mar 17 2020 - 10:14 am PT

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Spanish police uses drones to warn people to not break quarantine

We saw this happen a few weeks ago in China, but now the Spanish police are using drones to warn people not to break the quarantine and to stay inside to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.

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Drone footage shows deserted Italian highways near Milan amid Coronavirus lockdown

Haye Kesteloo Mar 17 2020 - 9:41 am PT

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The Guardian News uploaded drone footage to YouTube that shows deserted Italian highways near Milan amid the Coronavirus lockdown.

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Countries use drones and other tech to fight Coronavirus

Haye Kesteloo Mar 10 2020 - 9:51 am PT

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Today the WSJ published an article in which they talk about how various technologies are being used by countries to fight the Coronavirus. Readers of DroneDJ will already know that drones have been used in a number of ways, varying from drones outfitted with loudspeakers to communicate to people to modified DJI Agras T16 aircraft to help spray disinfectants. This article briefly covers how drones are used to spot people who might have the Coronavirus and that a drone carrying 2.5 gallons of disinfectant can spray up to 105,000 square feet, which is about the size of a typical Walmart store.

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DroneDJ PowerVision PowerEgg X technical issue

Why DroneDJ hasn’t reviewed the PowerVision PowerEgg X yet

Joshua Spires Mar 10 2020 - 8:35 am PT

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Late last month we got our hands on PowerVision’s PowerEgg X, and we were excited to get out and test it, unfortunately, due to a technical issue, we weren’t able to. The PowerEgg X was looking like a great drone as it made its appearance at CES this year. The drone was promising competition with its unique ability to land, and take-off on water, and its unique egg shape, of course.

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China uses drones to enforce the world’s largest quarantine to contain coronavirus

Haye Kesteloo Mar 9 2020 - 11:17 am PT

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China uses drones to enforce the world's largest quarantine and contain coronavirus

The Chinese government is using surveying, mapping, and delivery drones to enforce the world’s largest quarantine in order to try to contain the coronavirus. Industrial drones have been modified by government agencies and drone manufacturers to try to keep an estimated 50 million residents indoors across a dozen Chinese cities.

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DJI uses a cotton swab to fight against coronavirus

Joshua Spires Feb 26 2020 - 12:03 pm PT

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DJI engineers have managed to find a simple solution to a problem involving its DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Dual drone. Cotton swabs have allowed the accuracy of the thermal imaging cameras to improve, allowing for the detection of those with coronavirus.

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DJI’s Brendan Schulman talks drones, Coronavirus, Remote ID, and data security

Haye Kesteloo Feb 14 2020 - 5:19 pm PT

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DJI's Brendan Schulman talks drones, Coronavirus, Remote ID and data security

DJI’s Brendan Schulman, vice president of policy and legal affairs, talks about drones, fighting the coronavirus with agricultural drones, the FAA’s NPRM on Remote ID, and data security with Julia Chatterley on CNN.

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DJI pledges $1,5M and uses DJI Agras T16 drones to fight Coronavirus in China

Haye Kesteloo Feb 12 2020 - 6:42 pm PT

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DJI drones are used to fight Coronavirus

We already reported that drones were being used to stop the virus from spreading, but now DJI published an article that informs us that DJI pledged $1,5M on February 4th and uses DJI Agras T16 drones to fight Coronavirus in China.

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Drone delivers wine to couple on quarantined coronavirus cruise ship

Joshua Spires Feb 9 2020 - 9:04 am PT

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An Australian couple stuck on a quarantined cruise ship with cases of coronavirus on board have managed to get wine delivered by drone. The couple’s wine club was more than happy to send wine to the cruise ship via drone, leaving the couple a little bit happier.

Update: We have received confirmation that the claim by the couple was false after they told an Australian radio station.

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Drones in China tell people to put on masks, due to coronavirus

Joshua Spires Feb 1 2020 - 8:43 am PT

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Drones in China are being used to make contact with people spotted walking outside without a face mask on due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus. Coronavirus is spreading through China and slowly around the world so using drones is a safer option than officials talking directly to the people.

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Drones used to disinfect Chinese villages from coronavirus

Joshua Spires Feb 1 2020 - 8:40 am PT

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Drones are being used in Chinese villages to spray disinfectant in response to coronavirus throughout the village, to hopefully make the village a little safer to walk around in. The drones are being used around China and are being converted to help out.

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U.S. Department of Defense has no plans to use drones to fight coronavirus

Energy Drone + Robotics Summit has been postponed because of Coronavirus

Drone footage shows the effect COVID-19 has on LA’s traffic

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Spanish police use drones to warn people to not break quarantine

Drone footage shows deserted Italian highways near Milan amid Coronavirus lockdown

Countries use drones and other tech to fight Coronavirus

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China uses drones to enforce the world’s largest quarantine to contain coronavirus

DJI uses a cotton swab to fight against coronavirus

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DJI’s Brendan Schulman talks drones, Coronavirus, Remote ID, and data security

DJI pledges $1,5M and uses DJI Agras T16 drones to fight Coronavirus in China

Drone delivers wine to couple on quarantined coronavirus cruise ship

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Drones in China tell people to put on masks, due to coronavirus

Drones used to disinfect Chinese villages from coronavirus