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* Flying on private property | * Flying on private property | ||
** industrial areas | ** industrial areas | ||
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* blue light services (police, ambulance, firefighters) | * blue light services (police, ambulance, firefighters) | ||
| − | Single UAV vs Multi-UAV | + | ===Single UAV vs Multi-UAV=== |
* probably no large markets for multi-UAVs | * probably no large markets for multi-UAVs | ||
* critical question: cost of multi-UAV system vs. single UAV system | * critical question: cost of multi-UAV system vs. single UAV system | ||
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| + | ===Business Models=== | ||
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| + | * 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 | ||
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| + | ===Regulation=== | ||
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| + | * 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 | ||
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| + | ===Companies=== | ||
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| + | * [http://matternet.us/ Matternet] Transportation using a network of UAVs | ||
| + | * [http://www.carinthian-robotics.com/ Carinthian Robotics] Air photo service | ||
| + | * [http://www.skybotix.com/ Skybotix] Airborne Industrial Inspection | ||
| + | * [http://ardrone2.parrot.com/ Parrot] Selling drones (among other products) | ||
| + | * [http://www.skyeyeproject.com/#!environmental-monitoring/c1bm7 Skyeye] UAV services, e.g. for environmental monitoring | ||
| + | * [http://www.schiebel.net/ Schiebel] Unmanned Air Systems for military use | ||
| + | * [http://www.droneadventures.org/ Drone Adventures] Non-profit organization, collected data is made available to the public | ||
Latest revision as of 09:12, 9 July 2013
Contents
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
