The autonomous drones are the future. We tell you the experiments that are being done with this type of drones, come in!
By air and land. The drones have taken an evolutionary leap and it seems that many already see in their technology possible applications for autonomous cars of the future. Drones applied to the new driving systems? Yes, or at least it is what scientists from the Laboratory of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at MIT suggest that they have developed a drone driving system by land and air that could be the future of autonomous driving.
The MIT experiment has shown that this system unites the best of autonomous cars and drones. On the one hand, its flight mode can overcome the obstacles that a car could not and, on the other hand, driving by land saves the battery that a drone spends in the air. The research team started in their project the idea that the ability to fly and drive is useful in environments with many barriers (for example: a city), since flying over obstacles on the ground and driving under aerial obstacles allows to combine the best of both worlds.
Autonomous cars and flying style Back to the future? The MIT system was presented in 8 drones, although it could connect up to 40 drones with wheels. There are still many great technological challenges to face in the race for autonomous cars: road safety, cyber security or the price-technology binomial. And the application of this MIT air-ground combination system is still far from being applied to the transport of human beings, but from MIT they feel "inspired by the potential of a future in which flying cars could offer a fast transport and free of traffic ".
UPS tests deliveries with drones
Are there already drone applications to improve traditional driving experiences? UPS is carrying out tests to facilitate and implement the delivery of goods with drones (the packaging, logistics and product transport sector is one of the areas where the use of drones is the focus). In the case of UPS, the delivery of the package is made through a drone launched from the top of one of its vans. The operation is executed while the driver continues his route to the next delivery. UPS collaborates in this project with Workhorse Group, a developer of drones and electric battery trucks that has designed, in this case, drone and van. The base of the drone is located on the roof of the truck. The drone has a battery that recharges while at the base, has a flight time of 30 minutes and can transport packages of up to 4.5 kg in weight.
This initiative has special relevance for deliveries in rural areas and the reduction of business costs. While the drone carries out the delivery autonomously, the van continues with its planned route. UPS calculates that the reduction of only 1.6 km per driver per day for a year can save the company up to 50 million dollars.
The transport of goods with drones is the future. Japan is devising a master plan that will allow the delivery of packages by unmanned aircraft in the year 2020 and the commercialization of autonomous trucks by the year 2022.
Drones or flying taxis
In the sector of the transport of people with drones have also taken significant steps in recent times. Airbus has revealed that by the end of 2018 they will test a flying taxi prototype called CityAirbus. It is a four-seater electric vehicle specially designed for urban mobility that can take off and land vertically. Driven by four rotors that move thanks to eight 100 kW all-electric engines, it would offer a short flight autonomy and a maximum speed of 120 km / h, so it will be destined to the urban transport service.
In the same line they work in Dubai, which has tested an autonomous drone of the Volocopter company as part of an air taxi service. This drone travels by remote control and guarantees a maximum flight duration of 30 minutes. The unmanned aerial taxi can be requested through an application installed on the smartphone. The test of the taxi-drone was without passengers, during 5 five minutes and at a height of 200 meters. Does it sound like the Uber of heaven?
Airobotics autonomous drones know how to change their batteries
At the beginning of the year we present a similar idea, there is much interest in drones being more autonomous than it seems, or at least be quite independent when it comes to maintenance and loading. Both Dronebox and Airobotics, which we present today, propose ways to load the drone without anyone attending the operation.
The way to get it is quite different, while Dronebox is a kind of garage where the drone sleeps and is wirelessly charged, in Airobotics what we have is a replacement of the battery at the moment, to keep flying in a matter of minutes.
Airobotics is a company based in Tel Aviv, and its system involves both the drone and the battery replacement system, it is an all-in-one. The process is simple to understand: some doors open, the drone parks inside the "base station", and there a robotic arm takes away the used battery and places a new one. These things better in video:
El dron responde al nombre de Optimus 01 y es capaz de cargar con un kilo de peso durante media hora de vuelo, y como habéis visto, cuando necesita más energía va a la base y se carga de forma autónoma.
Sus creadores dicen que el sistema se encuentra en fase beta, pero han conseguido una inversión de 28,5 millones de dólares para llevarlo hasta una fase final
Algo que puede parecer un proceso poco importante, pero para labores de vigilancia y control en zonas donde es pesado ir a cambiar baterías, pasa a ser muy interesante. Por no hablar de la cantidad de cargas que se hacen en un día en un tipo de uso con vuelos prefijados.
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