Drone utilization in Various Fields

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or drones known as an unmanned aerial vehicle that is controlled remotely by humans as a pilot, or through a program that has been determined. Inception, Drone only be used for the field of security and defense for the purposes of surveillance or supervision as well as to transport weapons such as missiles or bombs. As it grows, its use was not confined to these things. Drone has now also been used for various needs and more diverse fields.


Security and military

Although Drone much merit in terms of 'keeping' security in some areas. Its use had drawn protests from civilians in America as it relates to violations of individual privacy. The American government really had initiated a program to use the drones to monitor the internal security of the possible threats, especially after the events of his era World Trade Center in 2001.

In the military, the use of armed drones were first used in the Balkan wars, and since then its use is increasing dramatically, especially in times of strife in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan by CIA agents. Although having several advantages in its use, the use of armed drones are also drawn protests from various circles. In 2002, demonstrators and activists protesting the use of drones in a battle because it proved more make civilians as victims.

Delivery service

Utilization of drones for shuttle service can be started triggered by several parties in order to facilitate the reach of their products to consumers. The most popular is the Amazon by introducing one of its services, namely Prime Air. Although still awaiting approval from the FAA (Federation of American Aviation), but the service is eventually expected to become a trend in the future.

In addition to Amazon, Dominos Pizza also been showing a short video to introduce DomiCopter, a small drone that would deliver pizza orders to consumers. However, similar to the Amazon service, video is still a draft and has not really happened.

Research or exploration field

Many studies or research that requires the help of drones to monitor various objects. A team of scientists working in Indonesia have used drones to study the movement and behavior of the Sumatran orangutan above the tree tops. With Drone, the cost of which is used less and scientists can more easily monitor from a distance. Besides the orangutans also be disturbed by the presence Drone. In Ottawa, Canada, Drone also be used to repel a bunch of wild geese along the beach at Petrie Island. It aims to reduce the number of wild geese populations because it is already too intrusive environment.

agriculture

If the first farmers flush or spray pesticides or other agricultural land by helicopter. With Drone, they could do so at a cost that is cheaper and more easily controlled so that the result is more optimal.

Photography and cinematography

Drone utilization also penetrated the world of photography and cinematography. For them, a combination of cameras and drones able to produce beautiful images with viewpoints that are difficult to reach. In fact, many communities now have a special photography enthusiasts using the Drone. Dronestagram (www.dronestagr.am), a site that could be considered as' instagram' its drone users, even once held a competition that utilize these technologies. At that time one of the works of the participants by name capungaero won a photo contest using drones to display an image of an eagle Cool visibility.

Especially in the field of cinematography, Holywood being petitioned to the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for approval of permits to use drones for commercial purposes. One of the reasons they are the technology is expected to replace the helicopters and their pilots when taking certain scenes so as to reduce the cost and reduce the risk in case of an accident in humans.

Unlike in America, in the rest of the world, Drone has utilized the filmmakers, advertisers, through a variety of sporting events. For example, Drone has been used to cover the 2014 Winter Olympics event held in Sochi, Russia, in February. Using a camera mounted on a drone makes retrieval more flexible and easier from the standpoint that are difficult to reach. Drone used to take pictures in a sport that is difficult to reach such as skiing and snowboarding branch.