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Enhancing sky safety with autonomous helicopters.

In 2019, Haofeng (Hector) Xu, a PhD student at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, began learning to fly helicopters. His experiences with various risks in the cockpit led to his motivation to make helicopter flight safer. Subsequently, in 2021, he established Rotor Technologies, Inc. This autonomous helicopter company aims to retrofit existing helicopters with…

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More secure airspace through autonomous helicopters.

In late 2019, Hector (Haofeng) Xu, whilst pursuing his PhD in MIT’s aeronautics and astronautics department, took to learning to fly helicopters. After some near misses, he was inspired to make helicopter flight safer. This would be the foundation for his autonomous helicopter company, Rotor Technologies, Inc., established in 2021. The aim was to mitigate…

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Improving safety in the sky with autonomous helicopters.

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.…

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Enhanced safety in the sky with autonomous helicopters.

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…

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Improving aviation safety with autonomous helicopters.

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…

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Enhanced safety in the sky through autonomous helicopters.

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…

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Sky safety enhanced by autonomous helicopters.

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…

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