Industrial-grade Multirotors Earn Their Keep.
With all new technologies, there’s a regular evolution that leads from concept to prototype, then from beta test to product release. A lot of things have to go right at just the right time for something to truly become a worldwide success. To go to the next level, that product has to reach a tipping point where it proves itself more than just an enthusiast’s oddity and crosses over to become a viable and reliable standalone device. We are, of course, talking about the rotor drone and the amazingly fast development of a whole range of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multirotors. Paired up with GPS navigation and self stabilization flight controls, efficient motors, and long-lasting battery packs, who can argue that the top of the rotor-drone food chain isn’t a huge success? The future for drone developers and pilots is now ripe for even more expansion and development. After a speedy but relatively involved maturing, which quickly gained the attention of federal-government regulators, today’s marketplace specific to rotor-drone use is quite diverse. Here are just a few of the many new jobs that have been made possible or greatly enhanced by the use of multirotor drones.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Anything designed and built on a truly industrial scale-structures like bridges,dames,factories,and refineries-are vital to our everybody lives.These things are expensive to build and equally so to inspect and make sure they are properly maintained.
This story is from the July/ August 2017 edition of RotorDrone.
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