Fluidity Founder, an M.D. and NASA Veteran, Designs One-Handed Drone Controller
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Parazynski founded Fluidity two years ago after having worked with controllers during his time as an astronaut at the International Space Station and physician at Houston Methodist Research Institute, where he used the DaVinci Surgical robots system.The space agency has led efforts, along with the Federal Aviation Administration, to develop and help to commercialize technologies to safely manage air traffic that will increasingly include drones.Epperson founded Vigilant in Oklahoma City, OK, two years ago after commercializing a NASA technology that aims to create a “detect and avoid” system for drones.Epperson says he’s raised a couple of million dollars from individual investors, has a new partnership with sensor makers, and hopes to expand into medical device delivery.“As the market matures, more value will migrate to software, especially for turnkey solutions that improve UAS operations by enhancing detect-and-avoid systems, enabling analytics, and assisting with navigation in areas where drones cannot rely on a GPS signal,” the firm said.
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