Multi-UAV Business Opportunities

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Application Scenarios

  • Flying on private property
    • industrial areas
    • mining industry (build 3D models of mining area)
    • agriculture (counting sheep)
  • Disaster Management
    • contamination monitoring
    • Setting up an ad-hoc communication management
    • Search missions
    • Delivering goods
  • security applications
  • blue light services (police, ambulance, firefighters)

Single UAV vs Multi-UAV

  • probably no large markets for multi-UAVs
  • critical question: cost of multi-UAV system vs. single UAV system

Business Models

  • Toy business
  • Manufacturers are expected to be thinned out in the next few years
  • Service industry in this area is expected to increase
  • Autonomy is necessary to keep personal costs down
  • Pictures from sports events

Regulation

  • different regulations for different countries
  • a business model that works for one country might not be possible in another one
  • work on internationally accepted rules
  • introduction of new rules might kill businesses
  • Need to get goverments on board, e.g. via disaster management applications
  • Need of trade association handling regulation at a level between goverment and individual users

Companies

  • Matternet Transportation using a network of UAVs
  • Carinthian Robotics Air photo service
  • Skybotix Airborne Industrial Inspection
  • Parrot Selling drones (among other products)
  • Skyeye UAV services, e.g. for environmental monitoring
  • Schiebel Unmanned Air Systems for military use
  • Drone Adventures Non-profit organization, collected data is made available to the public