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Presented by Noel Sharkey Professor of robotics

Presented by Noel Sharkey Professor of robotics

With a new story about drones every day, it's no wonder these objects are in the spotlight. A drone is usually a flying machine that is remotely controlled, much like a toy plane. Drones are also referred to as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs.

Although the word drone is mostly used for flying devices, there are other kinds of robot vehicles. There are ships and small tanks, as well as robot submarines. And there are now robot cars that drive themselves - some do not even have a steering wheel.

All of these machines are becoming increasingly autonomous and the number of purposes they can be used for is getting greater and greater.

Existing drones range in size from that of a small bird to as big as a civil airliner. Click on each drone to find out more.

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UAVs can offer incredible opportunities, but with new technologies come new ethical challenges.

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Drones are becoming increasingly widespread. Discover the ethical implications of their use and what the future might look like.

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A drone, in a technological context, is an unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASes). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. The aircrafts may be remotely controlled or can fly autonomously through software-controlled flight plans in their embedded systems working in conjunction with onboard sensors and GPS.

In the recent past, UAVs were most often associated with the military, where they were used initially for anti-aircraft target practice, intelligence gathering and then, more controversially, as weapons platforms. Drones are now also used in a wide range of civilian roles ranging from search and rescue, surveillance, traffic monitoring, weather monitoring and firefighting to personal drones and business drone-based photography, as well as videography, agriculture and even delivery services.

History of drone/UAV use cases

The first generally used drone was a full-size retooling of the de Havilland DH82B "Queen Bee" biplane, which was fitted out with a radio and servo-operated controls in the back seat. The plane could be conventionally piloted from the front seat, but, generally, the plane flew unmanned and was shot at by artillery gunners in training. The term drone dates to this initial use, a play on the "Queen Bee" nomenclature.

In late 2012, Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine, retired to dedicate himself to his drones company, 3D Robotics Inc. The company, which started off specializing in hobbyist personal drones, now markets its solutions to photography and film companies, construction, utilities and telecom businesses, and public safety companies, among others.

In late 2013, Amazon was one of the first organizations to announce a plan to use commercial drones for delivery activities. Others have since followed suit; for example, in September 2016, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University began a test with Project Wing, a unit of Google owner Alphabet Inc., to make deliveries, starting with burritos produced at a local Chipotle restaurant.

Other common drone applications include drone surveillance and drone journalism, as unmanned aircraft systems can often access locations that would be impossible for a human to get to.

Drone education is also expanding; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, long a training ground for the aviation industry, now offers a Bachelor of Science in Unmanned Systems Applications, a Master of Science in Unmanned Systems and an undergraduate minor in Unmanned Aerial Systems.

Drones in the enterprise

A 2016 Business Insider BI Intelligence report forecasted the growth of enterprise drone use to outpace the consumer drone sector in both shipments and revenues by 2021, reaching 29 million shipments worldwide.

The integration of drones and internet of things technology has created numerous enterprise use cases; drones working with on-ground IoT sensor networks can help agricultural companies monitor land and crops, energy companies survey power lines and operational equipment, and insurance companies monitor properties for claims and/or policies.

A 2015 experiment in Austin, Texas, showed how drones can potentially "connect the dots" using IoT. A security tech company teamed up with a drone startup to hunt for ZigBee beacons to try to provide an overview of what IoT networks were present in residential and business areas of the city. The companies reported that the results were quick and instructive.

From logistics to agriculture to security, unmanned aerial vehicles and IoT are frequently part of the same discussion; offering a component in ubiquitous connectivity and interactivity.

Drones and security

The rapid adoption of drones has sparked complaints and concerns. From a privacy standpoint, drones have been used by voyeurs and paparazzi to obtain images of individuals in their homes or other locations once assumed to be private. Drones have also been deployed in areas deemed to be potentially unsafe, such as urban areas and near airports.

Growth in commercial and personal drones has also created numerous safety concerns, namely midair collisions and loss of control.

Specific concerns about drones flying too close to commercial aircraft prompted calls for regulation, answered in the U.S. by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA has implemented a set of unmanned aircraft rules (Part 107), placing limits on autonomous or semi-autonomous drone operation. Specifically, the FAA mandates, among other things:

Unmanned aircraft must remain within visual line-of-sight of the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls of the small UAS or, alternately, within VLOS of the visual observer

Drones must at all times remain close enough to the remote pilot in command and the person manipulating the flight controls for those people to be capable of seeing the aircraft unaided by any device other than corrective lenses

UAVs may not operate over anyone not directly participating in the operation, under a covered structure or inside a covered stationary vehicle

Daylight-only operations, or civil twilight (30 minutes before official sunrise to 30 minutes after official sunset, local time) with appropriate anti-collision lighting

Must yield right of way to other aircraft

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Henry Bradlow holds an RC controller and a horribly cracked Moto X, but he's only gripping these devices in case something goes wrong with his demo. When Bradlow, the CTO and co-founder of Lily Robotics, gives the go sign, Nghia Ho, the company's computer vision engineer, flings a drone straight up into the air. It rises, and then immediately begins to fall. For a split second, it appears as though this 3D-printed prototype with a camera attached is about to shatter into a thousand pieces. But just as the drone starts to descend, Lily's four rotors flick on. The machine steadies itself in mid-air, then rises about twenty feet and hangs there, awaiting instructions.

Bradlow never once touched the controller, or his phone. That's the whole point of Lily, the first product from Lily Robotics, a five-person company co-founded by a couple of recent Berkeley grads with funding from Silicon Valley heavy-hitters like Ron Conway. Lily is a self-flying drone that is always following you, following a certain set of commands. It follows a small circular tracker, which you can have in your pocket or on your boat. With one tap of the tracker, Lily can execute some nifty camera moves, all while staying focused on you. The camera inside, Bradlow says, is roughly equivalent to the GoPro Hero 3: It can shoot 1080p video, or 720p up to 120 frames per second-there's some tech inside that will detect when you hit a jump while snowboarding and automatically kick the camera into slow-mo. It'll also shoot 12-megapixel stills and it can make a cool 360-degree panorama. It can fly 25 miles per hour, is totally waterproof, lasts up to 20 minutes on a charge, and has range up to 100 feet. Bradlow says it could move faster and have more range, but the point isn't to map agricultural landscapes-it's to take pictures, or have the Lily chase you down the slopes while you carve some powder.

It's a drone, sure, but mostly it's a flying camera. And at $499 if you pre-order (or $999 after), it's a pretty expensive one too. You can tweak the default settings using either the companion app or the small tracker, but you don't have to know a thing to get it to work. You can't take over the piloting if you want to-there is no manual mode.

It's not the future of drones; it's more like the future of the point-and-shoot.

The prototype Bradlow and Ho were demonstrating in a meadow in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park was primitive. It's too big, for one thing. Bradlow really wants to build a Lily you can carry in your pocket and pull out to take video as easily as you might reach for your phone. There was also a quirk in the firmware that screwed up the height sensors and briefly left the Lily flying a couple of inches off the ground and shooting video mostly of grass. And the app is a website right now, a complicated IP address and a bunch of HTML buttons.
But Lily does work: you hold it in your hand and tap Take Off, or just toss it up into the air, and it floats up and hovers above you. I took a spin, tapping Follow in the app, and Lily chased after Ho as he ran away with the tracker in his hand. I hit Spiral and the Lily spun in a wide circle around Ho, the camera trained on him. The whole time, live video streamed to my phone. It looked good, certainly better than I could have done myself.

Lily's not a DJI competitor, and it's not trying to take down the super-powered Solo from 3D Robotics. It's not complicated, and in a couple of years it won't be expensive either. It's not the future of drones; it's more like the future of the point-and-shoot. And it can get shots your selfie stick couldn't even imagine.

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Throw This Camera Drone in the Air and It Flies Itself

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The popularity of non-military drones has skyrocketed in recent years. It is now possible to get your hands on an easy-to-fly drone with an HD camera for less than $300 and it is only going to get more affordable. One thing is sure, that drones are here to stay, but what can we do with them?

Here is a list of 50 things that you can do with a drone. This might inspire some of you, maybe to start your next business or just to have some fun or to make a positive contribution to the society.

1. Take a drone selfie - what could be more satisfying to post on Facebook, than a selfie taken with a drone (a dronefie?).

2. Spy on the hot girl next door - it probably is borderline illegal in most countries, but then so is spying without a drone.

3. Race/ challenge your friends - Maybe drone racing will become a popular sport in the future, and then there's always the possibility of having drone wars aka Robot Wars 2.0. The TBS Gemini is one such example of a racing drone.

4. Wedding photography - Although commercial use of drones is not yet legal, wedding photography looks to me like a very likely future use for drones and a great money making opportunity.

5. Be a Paparazzi - Who says you need a car to chase celebrities down these days ( à la GTA V). Celebrity pictures can pay well, so if you are a paparazzi, why not use a drone to get an exclusive photo.

6. Drone Air Show - Much cheaper and safer than the real size Hornets and F-22s, so we might see drones introduced to the Chicago Air and Water show sometime in the future.

7. Disaster relief - Imagine using drones to deliver clean water and food to hurricane affected areas both in the developed and developing world. In case of another Hurricane Katrina, the government could call on amateur flyers to help out with the effort.

8. Search & Rescue - There is also serious potential here. Drones have already proved themselves useful in search and rescue operations. Even with lower flight times, they are bound to be cost effective over using a helicopter. Drones, equipped with HD cameras could locate people after a Tsunami or after a flood.

9. Film live events - Drones filming have already made an appearance at the Sochi Winter Games. Cheaper and safer to film marathons and races from the air compared to a helicopter, and more versatile than a boom truck. There's also going to be less damage if a drone comes down crashing compared to a full sized helicopter.

10. Walk your dog - With GPS and pre-programmable flight routes coming as standard nowadays, this could become a serious business opportunity. In a way this would defeat the purpose of dog walking, but if you are pressured for time, why not.

11. Temporary cell towers and WiFi - Facebook have already begun working on building WiFi drones for areas where internet access is otherwise limited. Drones could also be used to create temporary cell towers after a disaster or in areas of high cell usage e.g. Times Square on New Year's Eve

12. Wildlife monitoring - This could be a cheap way of monitoring animals over a wide area. It would require less staff and be environmentally friendly as well, provided the animals don't mind the quadcopter noise.

13. Mail and parcel delivery - Whilst this may be a few years or even a decade away, it certainly looks like drones will be used to deliver parcels in the future

14. Journalism - Riots, floods, regional conflicts could all be captured for the evening news from the safety of an office, whilst letting the drone take all the risk.

15. Agriculture - Both for monitoring crops in ways never possible before and for drone controlled pesticide, or fertiliser use, in a process known as precision agriculture.

16. Aerial mapping - An improvement to Google maps satellite view is perhaps coming up sooner than you think. Drone aerial mapping can also be used in forestry, natural resource management and planning disaster relief. Some companies have started offering this service. You can now also list your own company in our drone hire business directory and advertise your commercial drone service to the world.

17. Home helper - Drones could become your next best friend, helping you lift and carry things for you at home or in the garden.

18. Take holiday photos - What could be more memorable and middle class than showcasing your holiday photos with a twist; all FPV (first person view) and from above, take by your own little drone.

19. Advertising - Ever seen those airplanes dragging around a long banner at high altitude? You will certainly save money and time by advertising on a drone flown banner instead.

20. Security - The average 911 response time is about 10 minutes (source). What if the police could get a drone to your house in 1-2 minutes instead. This could reassure you or capture the suspect on camera before he/ she escapes.

21. Deliver your food - Takeaways? A start up in Germany is already trying to deliver your kebab in less than 10 minutes. Domino Pizzas also have their own drone version that can carry up to two large pizzas within a 4 mile radius.

22. Transport people - Another German company has developed a 16 propeller Volocopter (VC200) that can fly for up to 20 minutes. Drones could soon be an alternative to jetpacks...

23. Smuggle contraband across the border, or in prison - Drug dealers may get creative in the future and adopt this technology to get their drugs across the border. A hexacopter drone was already used to smuggle drugs into a South Carolina maximum security prison.

24. Film amazing videos - Some of the most breathtaking videos this year were filmed by drones. Whilst this potential was reserved for those who could afford to take a helicopter in the air to capture the shots, it is now possible to capture 1080p videos with a budget less than $1,000. With a slightly higher budget (about $1,200 for a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone), you can now capture drone footage in breathtaking 4K video! If you offer aerial video drone services, then check out our listings page where you can advertise your commercial drone business.

25. Help real estate agents - Various companies have already popped up across the US offering aerial photography to real estate agents, again, replacing the need for an expensive helicopter. Check out the drone hire companies that offer aerial real estate photography this service in your area.

26. Whale Watching - Drones like the Insitu Integrator are already being used to monitor whales off the coast of Australia.

27. Inspect gas/ oil pipelines and oil rigs - BP is the first oil company to have received approval from the FAA to use a drone to monitor its pipeline network in Alaska. As oil rig companies are fined for any kind of oil leaks into the sea, unmanned aerial vehicles could be used to monitor these using infrared cameras. ( source)

28. Shoot commercials - From cars to trainers, drones have a huge potential and are likely to dominate anything video related in the near future.

29. Law enforcement - Thermal security cameras can be added to quadcopters and hexacopters, that would help in hostage situations, riots or to search for suspects. Drones may also be used as enforcement in car chases to monitor the situation from above, instead of scrambling a helicopter.

30. Deliver medicines - Teams at Harvard and MIT were funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop an easy to fly drone that could be used to delivery vaccines and medication to hard to reach places. ( source)

31. Hunt pigs at night - A very entrepreneurial firm in Louisiana is using a drone with thermal camera attached to it for tracking pigs that may be attaching crops at night. The drone transmits live video footage to the hunter on the ground wearing night vision goggles who then takes them out. (source)

32. Track you while exercising - No running partner? Get a drone instead. AirDog, the autonomous flying drone will follow whoever is wearing the special tracker bracelet.

33. Inspect roads and bridges - Someone has to inspect the 4 million miles of highways present in the US. Armed with high definition cameras and live video feeds, drones are going to replace manual inspectors in a matter of years whilst keeping them safe (and probably without a job).

34. Wildlife research - Endangered species can be difficult to find and study. The Raven A is a drone used by the United States Geological Survey organisation to study the endangered animals such as the sandhill crane and the Sumatran orang-utans. ( source)

35. Atmospheric research - NASA is working on an UAV that they can launch into the ozone layer to better understand how it works. ( source)

36. Examine rooftop damages - You can't make inspections any safer following storm damage than by using a flying multicopter to take all the pictures for you.

37. Spying on your daughter's date - Probably borderline illegal, if you find a way of preventing your daughter and her date from noticing the loud flying drone nearby, you can ensure she keeps safe.

38. Secret crush Valentine's cards - Valentine's day and you have a secret crush. You could deliver your card/ message or present straight to her backyard from the air and hope her parents don't notice.

39. Watch your son playing sport from home - You could use your drone as your personal live TV camera. Simply hover it over the pitch to get a bird's eye view and watch your son play from the comfort of your own home.

40. Drop a load of confetti - Throwing confetti around is so 1980s. I'm sure someone will figure out a drone gimbal that you can fill with confetti and release on command.

41. Wildfire monitoring - A network of drone equipped with infra red cameras can be used to form a live map of where the fire hotspots are and use it to most efficiently deploy resources. They may also be used for detecting fires in early stages when they could be more easily extinguished.

42. Environmental Compliance - A drone was used to discover that a meat packing plant was draining blood straight into a river. The authorities in Texas were alerted immediately and they took action straight away.

43. Beer delivery - Have you ever been dying for an ice cold beer whilst out at a music festival or concert? A company in South Africa is testing an app that lets people order beer delivered by a drone in less than 5 minutes. The drone flies to the GPS indicated by the phone and drops the beer can, with a parachute attached to it.

44. 3D Mapping - I know I've mentioned mapping already, but not 3D mapping. Pix4D introduced the concept at a TED talk last year. The software creates 3D maps from drone aerial photos.

45. Personal fan - Pretty basic, but the propellers create a fair amount of current. Positioned properly, the drone could act as your personal portable and hands free fan on a hot day.

46. Chase tornadoes - The Tempest is a UAV that can get reasonably close to a tornado. It is equipped with air pressure, moisture, temperature, and wind speed sensors. The Tempest was able to fly for 44 minutes in a supercell thunderstorm last year, transmitting priceless information to researchers on the ground. ( source)

47. Waterboy - Literally, drones could deliver refreshments not only to athletes but also to spectators in a stadium who could order what they want from their smartphone.

48. Save Lives - A medical student in Australia made a demonstration of a drone delivering a defibrillator in the field after dialling for emergency. At the same time, the drone could provide 2 way communication for giving instructions and could even sport an LED screen showing how to perform the manoeuvres.

49. Virtual tours - Drones with 360 degree cameras that you can control by yourself in any part of the world allow you to get visually immersed without actually having to travel there. Imagine instantly traveling to Hawaii or The Caribbean.

50. Entertain - Finally, let's not forget what is probably the most common use nowadays. Drone hobbyists love flying them for the entertainment factor and for uploading cool videos and photos on to Facebook and Instagram.

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The popularity of non-military drones has skyrocketed in recent years. It is now possible to get your hands on an easy-to-fly drone with an HD camera for less than $300 and it is only going to get more affordable. One thing is sure, that drones are here to stay, but what can we do with them?

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A man has admitted illegally flying drones over professional football matches and London landmarks.

Nigel Wilson admitted nine breaches of taking video over football grounds and tourist attractions last year.

Wilson, from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, was originally accused of 17 breaches of the Air Navigation Order but some charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence.

He was fined £1,800 at Westminster Magistrates' Court.

It was the first case in England of a person being prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service for using drones after a police-led operation.

Wilson, 42, was accused by Scotland Yard of flying the aircraft unmanned and "failing to maintain direct visual contact".

The charges he admitted included flying the drone on:

September 16 - Liverpool v Ludogorets FC at Anfield

September 23 - Derby County v Reading at iPro Stadium, Derby

September 27 - Palace of Westminster, London

September 27 - Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium, London

October 9 - Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace and north bank of the River Thames in London

October 18 - Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur at Etihad Stadium, Manchester

The court heard police horses were startled by Wilson's device as it flew over a Champions League group stage game between Liverpool and Bulgarian visitors Ludogorets at Anfield.

He was also twice arrested in London and had his drones confiscated.

Ignored safety warnings

District Judge Quentin Purdy told Wilson, a security guard, he had put the public at risk by flying the drones over busy, built-up areas.

He said: "At each and every one of these places an accident could have occurred simply by a gust of wind or something of that nature taking it out of your control.

"In each and every case you knew what you were doing. Several times you were warned by police, who seized drones from you, and on numerous occasions by people posting on your YouTube channel.

"It was the height of arrogance in terms of public safety."

Wilson, a father-of-two, shot the videos using three unmanned aircraft and uploaded them to his YouTube channel, PV2+ Adventures.

Susan Bryant, defending, described Wilson as a "hobbyist", adding: "It was something he put a great amount of time into in terms of improving his skill."
The law on drones - Air Navigation Order 2009
Operators of any small unmanned surveillance aircraft must not fly them over or within 150 metres of any congested area, over or within 150 metres of an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 people or within 50 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the user's control, unless they have obtained permission from the Civil Aviation Authority.

Users must also maintain direct visual contact with a drone throughout its flight path so they can avoid collisions with people and buildings.
Civil Aviation Authority

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A man has admitted illegally flying drones over professional football matches and London landmarks. Nigel Wilson admitted nine breaches of taking video over football grounds and tourist attractions last year. Wilson, from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, was originally accused of 17 breaches of the Air Navigation Order but some charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence.

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Fifty drones controlled at once in record-breaking swarm

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Saatchi & Saatchi | New Directors' Showcase

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"drones can effect the creation (from that video) of installations. the interactivity of sight or piloting a drone

imagine if a person can fly a drone, and the movement is tracked, and the pattern is made into a sort of data visualisation" - Jevon

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One of the big selling points of drones is that they can get to areas that aren't exactly safe or accessible by humans. That's why watching quadrocopters assembling a rope bridge that's sturdy enough for a person to walk across is so damned awesome -- it immediately calls to mind a real-world use scenario that probably all of us can relate to. The video below was filmed at RTH Zurich Flying Machine Arena in Switzerland, and, according to the YouTube description, aside from the scaffolding on either side of the bridge, the structure is "entirely realized by flying machines." Every knot and braid in the 7.4 meter (just over 24 feet) bridge was tied by the UAVs using Dyneema rope. As Robohub tells it, the material has a low weight-to-strength ratio that makes it pretty great for aerial construction uses.

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One of the big selling points of drones is that they can get to areas that aren't exactly safe or accessible by humans. That's why watching quadrocopters assembling a rope bridge that's sturdy enough for a person to walk across is so damned awesome -- it immediately calls to mind a real-world use scenario that probably all of us can relate to.