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Revision as of 14:57, 8 July 2013
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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