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Comments (37)
Undisclosed #1
Aptonomy says their service with be "100% FAA compliant" when they launch...
How so?
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Ari Erenthal
10/27/16 04:21pm
I just talked to our drone specialist here, and he says all the specs here are perfectly plausible with existing, off the shelf technology (other than the on-board analytics that will identify a subject, which he couldn't comment on). The only limitations he could think of is the range, which is going to be a max of 4.3 miles from the base station, and the fact that base stations can interfere with each other if you're going to be using more than one at a time.
He also says that the that drone operator groups and drone manufacturers have been lobbying the FCC to allow autonomous flights, and that the drone community fully expects the FCC to issue new guidelines on non VLOS flight quite soon. It wasn't very long ago that the FCC apparently took the position that all drone flights were illegal unless the operator was licensed, after all.
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Craig Kodish
Very insightful Ari. For the "drone doubters" out there citing current regulation as a limiting factor for future success, I would consider how quickly deregulation can occur and then shock industries. Recall the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
Although $120K in seed funding probably won't finance an effort to yield regulation changes in Washington, I sure wouldn't mind the big boys like Amazon, Google, and GoPro spending their lobbying dollars to promote my agenda.
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Mike Dotson
One gotcha in this scenario is when the 'bad guy' has a gun.
This thing is slow enough to offer a nice target and YouTube has plenty of videos of drones getting shot out of the sky.
The operator will need to keep the drone moving quickly like they do in the 'drone races' to help mitigate this issue.
The 'robots' that are also discussed in this thread also have the same sort of problem.
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Mihail Pivtoraiko
Mike, good point, fully agree with you. While of course it's infinitely better they shoot at a drone, rather than an on-site guard, the legal consequences would probably be lighter, should they get caught.
This and other preventative measures are designed to stop the bulk of the attacks. However, responding to a heavily armed, sophisticated intruder would require additional resources, including law enforcement. An Aptonomy UAS could be a valuable tool to provide situational awareness to the authorities, perhaps at the risk of losing the vehicle.
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Meghan Uhl
One gotcha in this scenario is when the 'bad guy' has a gun.
This thing is slow enough to offer a nice target and YouTube has plenty of videos of drones getting shot out of the sky.
This particular "gotcha" is not just a risk to the UAV but also to live guards &/or traditional camera systems on a site. Bottom line is that you're not going to achieve 100% protection to any site against theft, vandalism or death by bullet. The goal is to create an environment of protection that will deter &/or capture the bulk of the bad guys. For those that bring a gun & commit "murder" of the drone, guard or camera, at least the last thing the drone or traditional camera did before its demise was capture the bad guys image and send it to the cloud or monitoring station. A dead live guard takes that image to the grave with them so bringing the shooter to justice is much more difficult for PD. Deploying video technology of any kind is a compliment to live guards and provides more safety & security for the guards as well as the customers assets.
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Undisclosed #3
Perhaps DJI should attached a cable to feed power constantly to the drone along with a 12 pound load. Then let the drone run continuously in various hi and low temperatures/weather so the over all lifespan can be calculated.
Perhaps you already have a mobile base charging station (flat bed truck) so you can deploy anywhere.
Will DJI develop a butane/battery hybrid drone? (est. 3 hour flight time).
Is there a tow drone? Configured to go out and retrieve a fallen drone?
What if a drone was equipped with a fuselage of paint and programmed to "heat sink" all active cameras with IR? It can fly around a facility and paint the cameras FOV. Perhaps the use of IR on the drone can give it the ability seek and destroy cameras that do not have IR. You can send in 3-5 drones to a facility and knock out 20-30 perimeter cameras. (always a bad guy, I know).
Perhaps one could make "The Owl" a drone that can intercept and disable any of the DJI type drones in flight. Perhaps jam and rebroadcast the GPS signal so the drone is attracted to the Owl. Then drop a nylon spider web onto that said drone.
Perhaps just thinking about drones is fun! Good Luck Aptonomy I am sure within a decade drones will reign...they already do.
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