Robotics in May 2022

May 2022

• 25 May 2022RegulatorDrones

  Black Swan Dronamics · Demo only

  Malta's aviation authority gave Dronamics an EU Light UAS Operator Certificate, which lets it approve its own Black Swan flights across EU countries.

  DroneDJ, 25 May 2022

• 20 May 2022MilestoneDrones

  Wingcopter 198 Wingcopter · Paying customers

  Wingcopter announced a plan with Continental Drones to build a network of 12,000 Wingcopter 198 drones across Africa over five years.

  FreightWaves, 20 May 2022Company-reported

• 19 May 2022MilestoneAging at home

  ElliQ Intuition Robotics · Paying customers

  New York State's Office for the Aging said it would put ElliQ in the homes of over 800 older adults.

  NY State Office for the Aging press release, 19 May 2022

• 17 May 2022MilestoneSelf-driving

  Argo AI Argo AI (backed by Ford and Volkswagen) · Pilot

  Argo began running test cars with no safety driver in Miami and Austin. They carried only Argo employees, not paying riders.

  CNBC, 17 May 2022

• 16 May 2022MilestoneConstruction

  FieldPrinter Dusty Robotics · Paying customers

  Dusty raised $45 million. It said its robots had laid out 25 million square feet in the first three months of 2022, working with builders such as DPR and Swinerton.

  TechCrunch, 16 May 2022Company-reported

• 12 May 2022MilestoneDrones

  Wingcopter 198 Wingcopter · Paying customers

  The US aviation regulator, the FAA, approved the safety standards the Wingcopter 198 must meet, one step toward the type certificate it needs for commercial US deliveries.

  DroneXL, 12 May 2022

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