Uavia, a Drone Monitoring Technology Company completed its first round of financing from Airbus Ventures, Sofimac Innovation, Bpifrance, and a pool of entrepreneurs and business stakeholders. "The financing round allows us to reinforce our capabilities and our technical teams to further develop our technological advance. We're also scaling our commercial operations to serve industrial sectors on which we observe a global traction," says Clement Christomanos, CEO and co-founder of Uavia. Its robotic platform allows the users to connect their drones and robots to the cloud through any mobile-IP network available. This platform will also allow the multiple users to control the fleets of drones and robots while having their data processed, analyzed and shared in real time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator franchise painted a dystopian picture of the robotic future In the James Cameron blockbuster The Terminator and its follow up sequels, the world was ruled by machines. Flying robots patrolled the skies even as land-based vehicles with minds of their own trundled along on the ground below. But thankfully, instead of trying to wipe out humanity, these drones may possibly soon be an indispensable component of our lives: building skyscrapers using 3D printing technology; transporting cargo across town; crop spraying; or helping find people trapped in buildings. Lockheed Martin's K-Max is a full size, unmanned helicopter, capable of both autonomous and remote-controlled operations. Previously deployed in combat zones, it is now increasingly being used for civilian applications, from fire fighting, to heavy lifting and oil drilling.

In the James Cameron blockbuster The Terminator and its follow up sequels, the world was ruled by machines. Flying robots patrolled the skies while land-based vehicles with minds of their own trundled along on the ground below. But thankfully, instead of trying to wipe out humanity, these drones could soon be an indispensable component of our lives: building skyscrapers using 3D printing technology; transporting cargo across town; crop spraying; or helping find people trapped in buildings. Lockheed Martin's K-Max is a full size, unmanned helicopter, capable of both autonomous and remote-controlled operations. Previously deployed in combat zones, it is now increasingly being used for civilian applications, from fire fighting, to heavy lifting and oil drilling.

While we normal folk can operate drones merely within direct line-of-sight, the military can control a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) over Afghanistan from the other side of the world. Now, French company UAVIA is bringing that more advanced approach to the civilian world. With UAVIA's technology, users can operate a drone remotely via the Web. The vehicle is given its instructions via a 4G internet connection that also sends back an HD video feed from the onboard camera. If the signal cuts out the drone can either continue its pre-planned flight or make a safe landing automatically.