Multi-UAV Business Opportunities

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