Autonomous Solutions, Engineering without Compromise.

Oxford, England
Joined July 2015
🔔STORK STM is our autonomous heavy-lift parafoil winged UAV; a future solution for delivering logistics and resupply within harsh environments. Our mule vehicle X1 took to the skies demonstrating several successful flights. Take a watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=ySjxO-rl…
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It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We offer our deepest condolences to the British Royal Family and remember her service to the nation and Commonwealth for more than seven decades. Thank you for everything, Ma’am.
"Animals have evolved over time to require more and more intelligence to cope with the aerial environment." 🐦⚙️💡 For CNN's #TechForGood, we meet Adrian Thomas of @AnimalDynamics_. He looks to animals for inspiration to improve engineering designs. edition.cnn.com/specials/wor…
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We've kicked off our lunchtime drone flying club for employees, a great way to encourage the learnings of a new skill whilst having a lot of fun! Teams and leader boards will be set up in the future so it's going to get competitive... Who's going to be on top?
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Take a flight around our expo room here at the Animal Dynamic's Head Office, featuring many of our ongoing projects. Soon to be the site of our upcoming staff drone flying club, plans for a racecourse have commenced - Ready, Steady, Fly! #drones #uavs #engineering
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Today marks the 118th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. Our very own Adrian Thomas shares his views on what the urban air mobility market could learn from Wilbur and Orville Wright in 2021 and beyond. Read more in ADVANCE here: bit.ly/3q6cIPH
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We are delighted to have partnered with @Learnerbly, a workplace learning platform, to empower our people to accelerate their career growth. If you are interested in joining us, head over to our Careers page bit.ly/3EcK2KY to find out what opportunities we have.
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We are delighted to have Iain Wallace (@the_accidental) on board with us!
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Today we welcome Iain Wallace (@the_accidental) to the Animal Dynamics family! As our new Chief Engineer Autonomy, Wallace will be responsible for developing an industry leading perception system. Read more about Wallace’s appointment here: bit.ly/3l870M9
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Our new Chief of the Office of Airworthiness, Andrew Masters, will be responsible for complete end-to-end Airworthiness and Certification. Find out more about his role here: bit.ly/3gWa8bB
Thanks to Wayne Fessey for covering our latest news in ADVANCE (@ADSgroupUK), announcing Andrew Masters as our new Chief of the Office of Airworthiness. You can read more about Andrew’s appointment here: bit.ly/2XZeDvf
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We are delighted to announce that Andrew Masters has joined us as Chief of the Office of Airworthiness. Welcome to the Animal Dynamics Team, Andrew! You can read more about Andrew’s appointment here: bit.ly/3jfcGCS
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Animal Dynamics is proud to have an extraordinary group of women as part of our team, whose efforts & contributions are valued every day. To celebrate INWED, we took the opportunity to get together and share our stories about women who inspire us #INWED21 #engineeringheroes
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Cyber security is becoming increasingly critical and the terminology around trojans, ransomware and viruses is not entirely accidental – biology has suffered similar issues since cells first evolved. lnkd.in/djHXqX2 #cybersecurity #nature #funfactfriday
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Fortunately for us, heartburn is just an expression, but many migrating birds aren’t so lucky. Read more about how these unlikely endurance athletes find the energy to travel the world on the strictest of energy budgets: lnkd.in/d-k_u3P #funfactfriday
Animal Dynamics’ CSO, Professor Adrian Thomas, explains the bizarre story of how the idea that bumblebees can’t fly took off, and why it’s been grounded by modern research: lnkd.in/d9vCMY8 #funfactfriday #nature #engineeringdesign
Happy World Bee Day! From appearances alone, you may wonder how a bumblebee is able to fly at all! So how do they manage to generate enough force to lift their body and fly? tinyurl.com/sz8cjdey #worldbeeday #bioinspired #bioinspiredengineering #wearehiring
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Great news for a different @ProjectStork
We are thrilled to announce that we have a total of 18 eggs across 4 nests! We've another 3 nests here at Knepp to keep an eye on... its going to be a busy season! @kneppsafaris @DurrellWildlife @CotsWildTweets @RoyDennisWF @CharlieBurrell_ @isabella_tree @lucyinthewild
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The Park is proudly involved in one of the UK’s most ambitious #rewilding programmes – @ProjectStork. To celebrate #WorldStorkDay, we thought we'd share some never-seen-before footage filmed at the Park during last year's #Stork breeding season: facebook.com/cotswoldwildlif…
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