Big news today as we launch the Garuda Robotics Academy and announce a partnership with the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) to support the training of professional drone pilots in Singapore.

We had the opportunity to share our vision for the role of drones and data in a Smart Nation. Garuda Robotics was represented by CTO Jiin Joo on an AI and Robotics panel aptly entitled “Robots in Action”. Drones and other robots are ready to be deployed in the field and get real work done, especially when it comes to dull, dirty, dangerous and demeaning jobs that people should not have to take on.

We had the opportunity to host a group of conference delegates from the 2017 edition of Invest ASEAN and share our experience developing and deploying solutions for the agriculture industry in ASEAN.

Whether you’re a hobbyist or a professional drone operator, the concept of a no-fly-zone is something you would have encountered pretty early on. NFZs are found around airports for obvious reasons of airspace safety, but they also cover military installations and other sensitive zones where privacy is an issue.

Back in November 2016, a film crew spent the day with our Chief Pilot Nicholas Hon as he went about his work, as part of a Singapore Ministry of Education video series on interesting jobs in Singapore. We’re glad to share the final result!

Accenture purchased one of our inspection robot systems for a permanent display at their IOT Center of Excellence to engage operators of industrial plants who constantly deal with corrosion of pipes and other fittings.

Our CTO Jiin Joo was live on FB with Kevin McSpadden from e27!  

The Garuda Robotics HQ was transformed into a film set today, as the Little Red Ants Creative Studio spent the day with our Chief Pilot Nicholas and operations team for a Singapore Ministry of Education video series profiling interesting jobs of the future.

Our CEO Mark was on a Channel NewsAsia panel this morning to discuss challenges faced by SMEs in the current economic climate.

Software Development Engineer Nicholas Ng returned to his alma mater to deliver a presentation at the NTU Open Source Society’s TGIFHacks seminar on “Open Source Drones”.

In his opening keynote for the CSR and Social Innovators Forum 2016, DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam mentioned Garuda DragonFly as an example an innovative solution that was co-created by a public agency and a private company working together.

Garuda Robotics is partnering Arete M, a Singaporean provider of dedicated 4G LTE networks, to develop a drone system that leverages LTE for fast, reliable data transmission.

Our CEO Mark took the stage at TEDxINSEADSingapore on 14 November 2015 to talk about “Drones as Infrastructure”.