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In 2021, Haofeng (Hector) Xu, a student well-versed in aviation and aerospace engineering, established Rotor Technologies Inc., an autonomous helicopter company. This decision rooted from his personal experiences in flying helicopters along with the realization of the life risks pilots undertake daily in the US while operating small aircraft, many of which result in fatalities.…

In 2019, Hector (Haofeng) Xu, a PhD student at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, decided to learn to fly helicopters. After experiencing the hazards of flying small aircraft firsthand, he was motivated to enhance helicopter flight safety. In 2021, he elevated his strong passion for aeronautical safety and started his own autonomous helicopter company…

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…