The controller consists of a 7-in joystick sitting atop a base unit with a few extra buttons and dials dotted around it. A phone holder juts out the side to give a drone's-eye view of the action.

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Dragon Lab have developed an intuitive hand-based teleoperation system that allows ...

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 ...

A South Korean start-up company has developed a thumb joystick that allows users to fly a drone with one hand, replacing the traditional two-handed joystick. The "Shift" controller, produced by ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

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 ...

iPhone-controlled drone. One 'iPhone-controlled drone' story January 2015. See All Stories. iPhone; ... That means you don’t need the traditional, clunky dual joystick drone controller.

His drones can be controlled with smartphones and will fly a preordained route that the user simply ... If you want to fly, it comes with a joystick. Knock yourself out. Me, I want the video. I ...