Aerial Mapping with Quadcopters and Drones
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- In the quadcopter space, Parrot may be best known for its AR.Drone and mini quads, but they're also behind two initiatives to use unmanned vehicles for aerial mapping. SenseFly and Pix4D are two departments making those vehicles and the 3D mapping software, and we learn about their latest quad at this year's CES.
This video was shot with a Sony PXW-X70 camera, which we're testing. Thanks to B&H for providing us with gear for CES! Check it out here: www.bhphotovide...
Shot by Joey Fameli
Edited by Tom Crenshaw, Circa Digital 
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Amazing what technology they are putting on their quad, the thermal and infrared like cameras are awesome
I can see both these used in search and rescue operations not just for lost hikers/campers but add thermal camera for pinpointing fire hotspots. They just need to increase the flight time from around 30 mins to an hour or two and the range of signal for control and video then the quad would be well suited to search and rescue as it can fly lower than a helicopter without risking lives.
interesting seeing more copter on Tested :) keep it up, and fly safe.
I could see an upgraded version of the fixed- wing aircraft using inferred cameras to map and track a lost person. It could be used by search and rescue personnel on a smaller scale to locate lost casualties. It could save on locating time for locals to operate these instead of waiting for a helicopter to pin- point a lost individuals location.
Can't wait to map my corn field.
Great. It can sense ab-stackles.
Tristemente la tecnología que no sirve para la guerra no avanza, y este dron desde luego es una gran avance táctico para el ejército.
Way cool.
This channel loves Drones...
Who doesn't love drones? =P
UnknownEleven why do you insist on calling them drones, they're quadcopters with cameras'
Riker Wilson well at least I take it as a personal I sult when quads are called drones, its not like I'm spying or anythintm
Riker Wilson MAYBE because the word drone is generally used for unmanned vehicles? Just because it's a drone doesn't mean it's used for spying or anything, might as well do some research before spouting nonsense.
UnknownEleven Actually... drone means autonomous aircraft, something these quadcopters hardly ever are. The military 'drones' are also not drones, but rather UAVs. They are not autonomous.
Totally disagree with giving these to people with no knowledge of flying.
This is why the FAA is clamping down on all FPV flying, because the people with "All the gear and no idea" are buying these and DJIs etc then flying them, losing control, and off they go into the wild blue yonder, to be spotted by a commercial airline pilot in his air space.
Anyone buying this sort of product, should have the skill to fly them manually incase of a malfunction. I'm sure I could fly an A320 commercial jet on Auto pilot until something went wrong. Then what would i do????
The easiest solution is to have a license applied to flying a professional grade quadcopter (say one that can reach a certain height/distance, not the small toy ones) I'm sure any business that wanted to use one of these would see no harm in having the employees licensed and trained to fly one, so they don't have to replace the expensive equipment if it's crashed and at the same time the fliers will have the experience needed to stay out of the air space of the planes. I imagine that would be a benefit to employees too, much like having a forklift/truck driving license is a benefit if someone is looking for work that requires the use of those vehicles.
I forgot Parrot even existed. I think they are venturing in a market that's probably saturated by more professional technologies. I could be wrong though.
I'm not sure why they couldn't take advantage of the multi sensor array to help it avoid trees and other objects. This sounds promising for firefighting and search and rescue applications.
Back in 2 years ago, who'd have thought high-grade recon UAV is commercially available as easy as toys?
Dios quiera se use para fines beneficiosos para el mundo. Ojalá compre la patente Google,
I like the flying ant, it really needs LIDAR for object mapping. I think ultra sonic is pretty old tech.
How much is a LIDAR mapping system cost?
$2k-$3k
Check out diy drones blogs, expensive but if this is not consumer it should have a better range finder than sonar. There was a sonar game called seek n find in the 80's I have and use to find my multirotor.
Hoverbot1TV
You're wrong. A LiDAR system like the Velodyne does cost 3k to 5k however you need a IMU to actually use the Lidar. A proper IMU can cost anywhere from 50k to 500k.
Why you need an IMU and a very accurate georeference? Without it the LiDAR data is simply unreferenced points without any value to it.
The future for drones is photogrammetry. Our company has been working with it for over a year now and it yields incredible results.
love to see a open world zombie or other post-apocalyptic game based on city infrastructure would love to see a 3D mapped world based on tech like these maybe still re textured for better quality but at least the containing original locations of buildings in city's
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I have a parrot drone 2.0 but these are too cool. Too bad they are commercial only :(
i brain hurts! but i got it... i love the look of this thing
Yekshemesh!
wasnt there a game called ReRoll?
Must know how much $$$
batterie-time 10 seconds?
I don't think he heard the first sensor question.
Can someone translate into Engrish?
Parrot presenter is hot!
so they receive an exception to make drones designed for people who are not educated in how to use them properly, but those of us who do know how to use them properly are not allows to fly? FAA logic for you.
+1 They are crazy.
As a FPV pilot for many years i do not believe in this concept. I believe for safety reasons that the "drone pilot should always know how to control a model manually. This is why we se so many accidents and bad flying that ruins model flying for the hobbyist. The one whom started this!!
100% agree. Learn to fly first, then buy one of these. Don't rely on this thing always being autonomous. Things go wrong, and we, the hobbyists, are the ones that are suffering.
Thats a good way to say it! I kinda wish that there never was an RTF platform made...
vazza69 I believe there should be a competency test before these are allowed to be sold. They are so expensive in the first place, there should be a lesson package included in the cost of buying one. Until you pass this test, you cannot have it.
yeah that would be the best and safest way! You really need some knowledge before getting a model!!
vazza69
Well said, while it's great to get more people into the hobby, you need to know what you are doing. If you know how to fly and have built a model yourself then you know exactly how it works and what its limitations are. Having built all my models myself i know all the signs of a failure, and what to do if something was to happen, with an RTF you can't know this.
I heard the drone companies overtook the whole event.
May be an exaggeration, but my understanding is there were over 100 drone companies there this year.
Seems excessive, but then again, I have no need for or interest in one.
I don't understand why so many companies can't get a representative that speaks English better and doesn't have such a hard accent.
How come it's always NATIVE english speakers that complain about accents and not understanding the person, asking for subtitles, etc ?
English is my 3rd language. He has a french accent (I don't speak french). I understood him perfectly. I really don't get how a native speaker doesn't understand him just as well as I do, if not much better.
They are lying through their teeth about being the first and only to do HD live video with various video modes. There are many companies trying to get HD live video ready for consumer level quads and hexacopters.... aside from how their exemption is not remotely useful for anyone at the moment, because 'professional' users will still require written permission to fly for whatever commercial purpose is intended. Regardless of their exemption. The FAA also does not require an exemption for a company to sell autonomous drones or FPV capable drones anyway.
I know the FAA does not seem to want FPV style flying to become even more mainstream than it already is and perhaps they are being pressured by the US government with the whole 'drone' stuff supposed to be for police or military purposes only. But I'm afraid I can't think too highly of Parrot.
he said first to have HD live video, photos and Thermal. As in first to have all three together.
Dubeau_14 Which is equally false. Military UAVs have had these cameras for a good couple of years now, but they are too expensive for consumer grade electronics.
I can see some seriously nefarious applications for this. It looks pretty dangerous in the wrong hands.
Drones need bigger battery's if they want to be more feasible
I believe, in some near future people will come up with some new battery technology, and drones will become very hot topic and useful even for every day use.
You might even have to look back for that. But to the future for a better price.
The problem with bigger batteries is that they weigh more and the quads will need to use more power to lift them, ultimately not extending the battery life that much. Some new advances in battery life is the only way to extend a quads flying time to what people want.
Here comes Google...
Typical spokesperson. Avoiding questions left and right.
"Quadcopters and Drones" Really your going to say quadcopters and drone. What a quad is not a drone? A drone is not a quad?
Norm is nothing but dead weight, he brings the channel down
Your opinion means nothing.
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That fixed wing drone is a joke.
Ikr
What do you know about drones?
It's not a joke. It's built with sturdy but simple materials which means it can easily be repaired. Fixed wings tend to land pretty harshly.
jspr2k5 An EPO foam molded plane with all the mold marks still on the wing, which makes for a very inefficient airfoil with heaps of drag. Not to mention black paint on foam - will melt the first sunny day. For a toy maybe, but for a commercial application, its a joke.
B4its2L8guy
Our fixed wing is black as well. For where I work we rarely get long hot summers, which is when it would be affected. For work in Africa we use a white body. As for the mold marks, it will barely make a difference. We've tested several types of bodies. Foam and plastic. We found out that the flight duration difference between the two bodies is neglectable. However the foam model is much easier to repair which is needed when you're working in the field away from repairshops.