Speaker Info: James has over 15 years ecological experience working within both the academic and consultancy sectors working on a wide range of research and development projects requiring high quality ecological surveys. His skills focus on protected species surveys, Ecological Impact Assessments, Ecological Clerk of Works and GIS. Tracks Ecology also offers a variety of…
Flying a drone in a remote South Atlantic island has its challenges. Ben Sansom will give a talk about the use of drones on the UK Overseas Territory of St Helena and how they are being used to make decisions and to help save the island’s unique habitat. Speaker: Ben Sansom Director, Arctium Ltd Ben…
RUAS, the drone division of Railscape Ltd, and one of the UK’s leading commercial drone service providers, have developed, designed, and patented the UK’s first unmanned aerial precision sprayer (UAPS). The system, designed to deliver pesticides and herbicides via a sprayer attached to a drone, means a gamechanger in managing locations considered hazardous or difficult…
In this CPD session, join James & Jonathan as they explain the fundamentals of performing a professional unmanned aerial LiDAR survey. We will explore Clogworks levels of performance & redundancy and how they affect operations, how to integrate a LiDAR system and highlight how you can ensure you have a “future-proof” platform. Furthermore, we will…
In late December 2022, ARPAS-UK member AutoSpray Systems announced that they had just obtained an Operational Authorisation from the CAA in agriculture. This will enable them to operate drones over 25kgs and to use them to crop spray, tackle invasive species and shade Green Houses. This covers agricultural, forestry and horticultural uses. Andy Sproson, Director…
Swellpro UK, the European sales and service centre for a range of waterproof drones and who operate in Dorset, had a positive product demonstration and meeting with the Barbados National Conservation Committee at the start of September in Richmond Park, London. The drones offer a range of different applications including thermal imaging, mounted mega phones…
7-8 Sep 2022, London We were delighted to meet so many members and key stakeholders, and to share our stand with a few members as well: Richard Gill of Drone Defence, Toby Townrow of Dronevolution and Chris Crockford of Electric Aviation. It was fantastic to see the interaction between them and other exhibitors and visitors,…
How breaking free of Word document templates and Excel spreadsheets will transform your drone operations management and flight planning admin. Overview: Whether you’re a solo operator just starting out or a large Enterprise business with a either a dedicated drone team or a dispersed group of part-time operators – or any size business in-between –…
by ARPAS-UK, in conjunction with Connected Places Catapult Learn about the practicalities of drone operations and how sensor-based drones can provide benefits to your project Surveyors, engineers and built environment professionals are faced with a growing portfolio of advanced technology, including drone-enabled sensors. In this online CPD learning session, Michael May, Operation Director at Flythru,…
In the basement of an engineering building on UK’s campus, there’s a calf replica who goes by the name of Chuck. Chuck has been instrumental in perfecting the machine-learning and UAV-formation-control technology. Photo by: Eric Sanders. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 27, 2020) — It’s a staggering statistic — every year nearly 3 million cows in the U.S. die…