Drones have been a huge helping hand when it come to making tasks that before took long hours and a lot of man power, into tasks that now take a few minutes with one drone. Construction is one of the best examples I give to people who ask about drones. Before drones, construction workers sometimes had to scale very high heights to look and inspect things like electric towers, factories, or even windmills. Now with the use of drone technology, there is no risk during these inspections, and we can still receive pin-point accuracy data. Drones also help with preventative measures making sure that electric lines and other construction pipes are working properly while keeping a safe distance and keeping out of harms way.
When it comes to flying drones, our main purpose and mission is always keeping people safe. I like working with drones because I want to help people, and keeping people safe is part of that. Search and Rescue has been a huge part of drones since thermal camera payloads have been around. Last semester I did a research project on drones and search and rescue which went really well! I tested out different scenarios comparing people searching for people and drones searching for people, and the drones found the target faster almost ever time. There are several studies and instances where drones have found missing people that were lost for multiple days that were already covered by search parties and even dogs! Drones are good for all types of environments, being able to see under snowdrifts, to spotting people lost in the woods when there isn't much light, to helping guide firefighters out of a sticky situation.
Mapping is a huge part of drone technology that a lot of people don't know about. You can map out almost anything and examine it with 3D technology! Something cool that you can map is a flooded area of land! You can map the area before rainfall and after rainfall and compare the difference. You can also map out golf courses, wooded areas, a plot of land you plan to build on, and basically anything! You can receive a lot of different types of data, depending on the mapping that you do.
Transportation. From our drone, to your front door. Drones are soon going to be delivering every day packages to the public! Amazon, Google, FedEx, and many other transportation experts are investing in drone technology to take their business to the next level. Drones can find a way to transport anything that you need carried where you cant actually get to.
Drones have been advancing agriculture in ways unimaginable. Mapping out fields that have flooded and looking at data that drones can collect in crucial in getting the best outcome from a specific crop. Drones have even been used to spread pesticides that are harmful for humans to be around, once again removing humans from harms way. There is plenty of other data that drones can get on a field as well, using different sensors and cameras.
Cinematography has always been used drones to help get that amazing shot. Drones have been being used in the movie industry for awhile now, enhancing shots, and making camera work easy for crews. With special drone tracking systems, you can get fluid, high quality video for movies. Drones make that impossible shot from 10 years ago, just one flight away.
As you can see there are many amazing uses for these tools that the average person just doesn't know about. I wanted a simple visual that people could look at to really tell what kinda of applications drones have. Drones have been making life easier and safe for humans since they have really been used as tools, and they will only continue to make life better!
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