Multi-UAV Business Opportunities
From Self-Organization Wiki
- 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
