APPLICATIONS OF DRONES
Over the past years, drones have become central to the functions of various businesses and organizations and have managed to pierce through areas where certain industries were either stagnant or lagging behind.
From quick deliveries at rush hour to scanning an unreachable and distant military base, drones are proving to be extremely beneficial in places where man cannot reach or is unable to perform in a timely and efficient manner.
Today, the application areas of drones are beyond limit. The technology is now used for the betterment of mankind. From wildlife conservation to disease control, emergency response, project monitoring to mapping, UAVs are being used in multiple sectors and industries.
Businesses and industries are using drones largely in video and photography but there are many other applications of UAV technology that might surprise you. drones are a multipurpose tool that offers the potential to reimagine some of the most critical ways humanity operates.
Industries and Business widely implementing drones are :
Real Estate (Architecture and construction):
- Drones are on a path to begin influencing the way developers, builders think about location and infrastructure.
- Architectural firms and construction contractors are also benefiting from the use of drones. Much like professionals in real estate, architects can use images and footage of a property to create 3D renderings of the structures they want to build.Structures can be bridges, buildings, commercial complex.
- Drones are also useful not just in construction but also in maintance of the same.Operating and maintaining real estate and infrastructure. involves threat for humans, in cleaning work, fixing damages. Drones are able to perform the same work without any risk to humans.
Moreover, drones are able to complete those tasks more affordably and effectively.
Agriculture sector:
- There is an immense potential for the application of UAVs in the Agriculture industry. UAVs allow farmers to observe their fields from the sky. evidence-based forecasting of farm produce using spatial data collected by the UAV.
- This sky-view can reveal many issues on the farm fields, among which is irrigation related problems, soil variations, fungal and pest infestations.
- Utilizing the information gathered, farmers can provide fast and efficient solutions to detected problems.
- UAVs with thermal imaging cameras enable farmers to monitor their fields. The farmer can check the state of crops in the farm, as well as areas that need urgent attention and make better decisions, improve farm productivity and thereby generate higher profit.
Inspecting (Electric towers, Turbines, chimney, offshore oil & gas, construction and factories, power and hydro plants):
- Drones enable the skyview of electric towers, turbines, wind turbines, chimney of factories, images taken from drones can assist industries and companies to fix defects and errors. We can inspection of areas difficult to access.
- With help of drones we can access areas that pose safety and environmental risk to humans.
Disaster management:
- Drones assist in exhausting fire breakout, especially useful in places which are beyond the scope to firefighters and fire brigade. Fireball-dropping drones are used to extinguish fire.
- They are used to detect fire, monitor post fire condition.
- Drones played a critical role in assessing damage, surveying flooded areas.
- Drones have aided to provide food parcels to people affected by calamities like flood, hurricane, earthquake and other disasters.
Aerial Photography:
- One of the most exciting developments in photography in recent years is the drone – high flying cameras that enable you to capture unique viewpoints.
- These images can be used in tourism sector and those who are passionate about photography.
Drones have gained good hold in various industries and sectors and will continue to evolve in coming years for the betterment of mankind.
