Abstract: Robotic blimps, as lighter-than-air aerial platforms, offer extended operational duration and enhanced safety in human–robot interactions due to their buoyant lift. However, achieving robust ...

A massive airship developed by LTA Research was spotted flying over San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge last week. The aircraft, known as Pathfinder 1, is being touted as the world's largest.

"When the Stratomast is flying, all these old satellites are going to be in museums." A new generation of stratospheric balloons and high-altitude uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) could soon connect ...

If you've been in the San Francisco Bay Area recently, you might have spotted a giant airship adrift over the Golden Gate Bridge. It may look like a blimp – like the kind used these days for ...

Earlier this month, two aviation companies you probably don't know much about (yet) brought back to light a flying machine design from so long ago that we've almost forgotten all about it: the ...

Tech billionaire and Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s experimental aircraft, the Pathfinder 1, was spotted flying over San Francisco yesterday, photos show. Pathfinder 1 previously launched in 2023 and ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s back. A large, white “blimp” was spotted flying over San Francisco on Tuesday, the second such sighting in the past month. The aircraft, however, was not in fact a blimp, ...