Local company on cutting edge of advances in robotics Some of the most exciting new advances in robotics are showing up in drones. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT ADDICTION. >> SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING NEW ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS ARE SHOWING UP IN DRONES. THIS DRONE IS LIKE NOTHING YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE DESIGNED BY CYPHY WORKS IN DANVERS IT'S ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED DRONES OUT THERE. >> WE HAVE TAKEN THAT OUT OF THE EQUATION. YOU TURN IT ON AND SET YOUR ALTITUDE AND THAT IS IT. >> WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS TO GET OUT A WAY TO KEEP A DRONE IN THE AIR TWICE FOR SEVEN. >> THIS DRONE FLIES DAYS AT A TIME AND IT DOES IT WITH A SPECIAL SOURCE WE HAVE. >> THE CEO SAID THE TETHER GIVES THE DRONE BIG ADVANTAGES ESPECIALLY FOR THE MILITARY. >> IT NOT JUST SUPPLIES POWER BUT IT DOES COMMUNICATION SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING JAMMED OR SPOOFED OR INTERCEPTED. >> THE DRONE IS NAMED PARK. THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ALMOST LIMITLESS. IT CAN CARRY FOUR POUNDS AND UTILIZE HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERAS. IT CAN WALK ONTO ME FROM 400 EIGHT UP AND TRACK MY MOVEMENTS, EVEN SWITCHING TO INFRARED WHEN I WALK UNDER A TREE. INFRARED -- EVEN A CELL PHONE RECEIVER CAN BE ADDED. IT CAN ACT LIKE A TOWER WITHOUT A TOWER. >> FOR THE PAST 11 MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DEPLOYING IT GLOBALLY -- MOBILE. >> THEY COULD EVEN LAUNCH FROM A MOVING BOAT. RATING VEHICLES. THEY ARE CONTENDING WITH USUALLY NOT SUNNY DAYS LIKE TODAY. USUALLY ROUGH SEAS. REXAM CAUGHT THE EYE ON SOME OF THE WORLDS TOP VENTURE

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