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Some unexplored facts about drones

Author: Ankit Jain
by Ankit Jain
Posted: Jul 06, 2017

Drones, also known as the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are now a considerable and extensive constituent in ripening advanced orientation to the technology in near future.

We all are now receptive to the Drone technology and acquainted with the serviceability of the drone, one should also be aware of some less known Drone facts that were acknowledged during the evolution of the Drone technology.

Initially, moving with the evolution of the Drones, they were manufactured in the ISRAEL, USA. Other countries also tried to their hands in manufacturing UAVs but they procrastinate due to meagre technology.

Moving towards the availing of the technology, USA stands out to avail most of it in using drones during military operations, hunting down terrorists and making drone attacks as common military operations and battle technique during middle-east crisis.

The best two models of standard drones are ‘Predator’ and ‘Reaper’ costing 4.5 million dollars - 11 million dollars and 30 million dollars respectively.

US Military is the first to take over the surveillance through the Drone and utilizing it at their best practices making military strategies in pursuance of keeping a better vision of upcoming threat.

As we know the Drones fly at different speeds with the fastest commercial Drone of DJI Phantom at a speed of 72Kmh, The speedy or racing Drones at 120 Km and lastly the latest Drone by Nissan, named G-T-R Drone touch base the speed of 185 Km.

Earlier the Drones are not able to perform a self-task as they are blind with the vision so a Flight Mode is allotted to manage the Drone by itself, as of now we can plan the flight of the Drone by plotting the route for the flight to launch and land.

One of the greatest advancements in drone technology is the autonomous flights and operations. With advanced firmware, sensors and smart devices it has become so convenient to utilize the drone in various operations.

Earlier drones were not much powerful in terms of flight duration due to limitations of the battery power but now there has been a lot of optimization done on battery power and now drones can fly for multiple hours during a flight continuously. They have also become smart enough to know their battery power level and return to the dock to get them recharged.

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Along with bringing various advancements, drone has also brought some drawbacks and concerns in various aspects such as aerial surveillance by drones via police violates the privacy of the citizens and raise many other security concerns. As we know, now a days everyone is inclined towards availing the technology to benefit their business such as construction site owners, farmers, Infrastructure companies, Aerial surveillance, Manufacturing Plants, Surveying and so on, drone is becoming a key device because of its dynamic and powerful impact.

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Canopus Infosystems is an Iso 9001:2008 Certified Company that specializes in providing outsourced web & mobile development and testing services to clients worldwide.

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Author: Ankit Jain

Ankit Jain

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