Is there a pilot in the drone?

The answer is "Yes!", and even two!  Pascal Zunino, engineer educated at the Grenoble INP (French Polytechnic Institute) and Fabien Paganucci, a graduate in microtechniques and holder of a CAD/CAM CAMAO (Computer Aided Architectural Design) degree.
Their drone won the first ex-eaquo prize of an international competition in 2005, and attracted the biggest player...  The two partners then decided to create Novadem to act as a "base camp from which they could launch their project, to make sure that their invention takes off successfully.  Pascal Zunino is at the controls …
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