Helicopters and planes are steered by joystick-like controllers, so why aren’t drones? Fluidity Technologies is working on just such a controller, with the FT Aviator now on Kickstarter.

Sadly, controlling these flying contraptions remains an unrefined art - that's where a new six-axis joystick comes in, giving you all the dextrous control you need in the palm of a single hand.

It makes sense that a pilot would come up with a way to use an aircraft-style joystick to control drones. Fluidity Aviator aims to be a better way to fly your drone, eliminating the need to use ...

Grad students of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne developed a motion-control, haptic feedback joystick for intuitive drone piloting.

Now, camera maker Insta360 is launching its first drone, under a new drone company, to serve that exact demand. It’s called ...

With this information, the researchers created a wearable drone controller that could relay the user's movements to an actual drone — essentially, they built a wearable joystick.

Most controllers are still two-handed devices that look like they're for gaming. Former doctor-turned-astronaut Scott Parazynski has developed a new drone controller that looks like a joystick.

The Antigravity A1 has just been announced, and these are the main things potential buyers need to be aware of, including ...

MotionPilot has created a prototype, and plans to launch it to market complete with a drone, joystick and FPV goggles by the end of 2018 (initially without the haptic feedback).

Researchers in Switzerland have discovered that using your torso to control a drone is far more effective than using a joystick.