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If you have ever flown and piloted any type of drone, you will confirm that it is a really enjoyable experience, however, the functions of these small drones are not limited to the field of entertainment and drones are Days are opening their place in various areas of human life.
Of course, entertainment may be the first application we envision for these gadgets, but thanks to their relative cheapness, low power consumption, high flexibility, speed and simplicity of the technologies used in them, and their availability, we see that every day There is a new use for these toys yesterday. In this article, we intend to review 13 of the most important applications of UAVs.
1. Speed competitions
An unwritten rule states that if a tool is used for gaming or entertainment, it can certainly be used in competition. Using drones as a new excuse to compete is one of the most exciting applications of these flying robots.
These days, several racetracks have been built for drones in different countries of the world, where enthusiasts can show off the speed and maneuverability of drones and, of course, their skills in guiding them.
Undoubtedly, the most attractive quadcopter race is the one in which the pilot has to steer his bird at first sight through a camera mounted on it and a headset. In this way, the person remains like a pilot who will be flying by himself. Undoubtedly, both participating in such competitions and watching them from this angle will be extremely enjoyable and challenging.
۲. Delivery of goods (urban)
After entertainment and photography, the use of drones as a means of transporting and delivering a variety of goods is the most important application for these small robots.
Thanks to their low weight, high speed, excellent maneuverability and low energy consumption, these guided birds have become an ideal option for delivering packages and shipments. UAVs do not get caught in traffic and do not need to follow the winding paths of streets and alleys.
These robots can deliver goods in a city faster than any bicycle, motorcycle or car. So it is no wonder that many startups and large companies around the world are looking to use these small and light postmen in distribution networks.
It should be noted that the first commercialized UAV delivery network in the world capital of Iceland has started operating and now delivers food orders to customers in less than 4 minutes.
3. Delivery of goods (special conditions)
We said that drones can be a very convenient, fast and cost-effective alternative to motor and car couriers in cities. But these flying robots have also been very useful in another type of delivery. It is the delivery of packages to places that will be impossible or very difficult to reach by land.
Regular delivery of medical equipment, medicines or essential food to rugged mountainous areas or remote villages in less developed areas such as Africa are the best examples of such applications.
Zipline is one of the companies that is running such a program. With a $ 25 million investment, the company uses fixed-wing drones (launched from a catapult) to deliver medicine, medical equipment, blood, vaccines and various antidotes to remote villages in Rwanda.
4. Internet sharing
This application is similar to the previous one in some ways. The purpose of this is to bring the facilities to places that can be accessed by the usual expensive or impossible methods. Facebook's "Aquila app" is the most important example of this.
The goal is for wide-body but light UAVs to be able to fly permanently over uncovered areas using solar energy, and to connect to satellites to provide Internet access to those areas.
Currently, the prototype of Facebook drones can fly for 90 days, but to achieve the ultimate goal, these birds must be able to continue to fly over our heads permanently.
5. Maintain security
Although drones sometimes pose a security threat due to flying over their restricted areas, it must be acknowledged that these guided birds, as an observer from the sky, can be of great help in maintaining security in a particular area.
Compare a female patrol drone with a human guard who is supposed to monitor the grounds of an industrial complex or a politically or militarily sensitive area. The drone can patrol the entire area at a much lower cost, higher accuracy and almost no fatigue - and most importantly at a much higher speed.
In addition, it is enough to connect some diagnostic sensors and an artificial intelligence to the camera of this robot to have a full-fledged and intelligent monitoring, control and alert system. Airobotics is one of the most famous names in this market.
6. Illumination display
Definitely one of the most creative applications defined for drones is their group use in aerial lighting displays.
The best examples of this kind of show can be seen at Disneyland. Between the two halves of this year's Super Bowl, one of the most stunning UAV illuminations was performed using 300 flying robots.
To run such programs, a number of drones were equipped with a computer equipped with an intelligent algorithm
