Intel Reveals New Drone with Autopilot
United
States:
Intel has revealed Yuneec Typhoon H its first ever consumer drone, which is
enabled with company’s RealSense technology which allows obstacle navigation.
Intel has also introduced Falcon 8+ UAV (unnamed aerial vehicle) for commercial
use in the North American market.
“The Falcon 8 offers the best performance and
weight-to-payload ratio in the entire market; the highest stability in harsh
conditions; easily exchangeable and deeply integrated payloads; best-in-class
safety, including unmatched robustness against magnetic field disturbances;
high-precision GPS; and one of the world’s largest drone reseller and support
networks to properly support your drone business and daily operations,” said
senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s New Technology Group, Josh
Walden.
The company’s AscTec Falcon 8
is previously available in the European market for commercial purposes. The
company has also announced the Falcon 8+ drone for North American market, with
features including power pack and ‘Intel Cockpit for ground control’. With the launch
of new Falcon 8+ the company plans to apply automated aerial-sensing and full
electronic system redundancy.
Furthermore, the new Falcon
8+ is capable of transmitting detailed images back to the controller, which
would provide important aerial precision data.
According to a recent report
published by TechSci Research, “Global
Commercial Drone Market By Drone Type,
By Application, By Region, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2015-2021”, over the next decade, rapidly
evolving drone technology is expected to transform the conventional way of
doing business in various sectors. Evolving regulatory policy framework,
increasing commercial applications of drones across various end-use sectors,
coupled with advancements in drone technologies are projected to propel growth
in global commercial drone market in the ensuing years. Over the last five
years, drones were being mainly used in the defense sector across various
countries. However, various advantages such as time reduction, easy maneuverability
and ability to trim down operational costs is increasing usage of commercial
drones in diverse application areas such as precision agriculture, mapping,
photography, surveying, media and entertainment, law enforcement & public
safety, and inspection/monitoring in
energy, mining and infrastructure sectors.
As per TechSci Research, the
company has already launched few drones in other European countries and the
launch of the new model for the commercial market is anticipated to increase
Intel’s penetration in the growing global drone market.