Hector (Haofeng) Xu, after years of studying aviation and aerospace engineering, elected to develop a safer form of helicopter flight following several nerve-wracking experiences in the air. In 2021, he formed Rotor Technologies, Inc., an autonomous helicopter firm dedicated to making the routine missions of small aircraft safer through advanced technology. The company retrofits existing…
In 2019, Haofeng (Hector) Xu, a Ph.D. candidate at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, started learning to fly helicopters; a journey that inspired him to enhance the safety of helicopter flight. By 2021, he had founded an autonomous helicopter company called Rotor Technologies, Inc. Rotor Technologies aims to reduce the fatalities that occur in…
Hector (Haofeng) Xu, a doctorate candidate at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, engaged himself on a mission to make helicopter flights safer, after experiencing the dangers linked with piloting small aircrafts himself. In 2021, Xu initiated the autonomous helicopter company named Rotor Technologies, Inc. The firm refits helicopters with a variety of sensors and…
After a nerve-racking flying experience, aerospace engineer Hector (Haofeng) Xu was inspired to make helicopter flight safer. In 2021, he founded autonomous helicopter company Rotor Technologies, Inc. This company retrofits existing helicopters with sensors and software to automate dangerous flights and prevent pilot accidents. Xu was pursuing his PhD at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and…
In 2019, Haofeng "Hector" Xu, a PhD student in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics with a solid grounding in aviation and aerospace engineering, decided to learn to fly helicopters. Witnessing first-hand the risks associated with piloting, he set out to make helicopter flight safer. In 2021, he founded Rotor Technologies Inc., an autonomous helicopter…
After enduring a few frightening experiences while learning to fly helicopters, aerospace engineering PhD student, Haofeng Xu, was motivated to improve helicopter flight safety. In 2021, Xu founded Rotor Technologies, targeting the dangers prevalent in small private aircraft flights which lead to fatal accidents every year across the U.S.
Rotor Technologies aims to retrofit existing…
Haofeng 'Hector' Xu's PhD studies in aviation and aerospace engineering at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics led him to train as a helicopter pilot. After encountering several near-miss situations, Xu decided to make helicopter flights safer and founded Rotor Technologies, Inc. in 2021. The company is retrofitting existing helicopters with sensors and software to…