The Applications of UAVs – Other Uses For Drones

Drone technology has already been in use by defense organizations and private tech-savvy users for a long time now. But the advantages of this new technology extends way beyond these sectors alone. With the increasing availability of drone cameras, many previously risky and high-salaried jobs in the commercial field have also become ripe for displacement by drone technology in several countries. Here are some areas where drone technology can seem like a permanent fixture in the workforce.

Driving. As the roads are becoming more robotic-automated, there will be increased opportunities to reduce drivers’ injuries due to vehicle collisions. Many cities have already adopted autonomous car programs that function with the assistance of on-board processing systems and lasers in order to avoid traffic mishaps. Soon, self-driving trucks will be on the streets alongside their human-driven counterparts. This transition is already happening in many countries.

Surveying the land without the aid of a human expert is a seemingly brilliant idea. However, it might not be so easy to survey underground caves and formations, which are considered as potential drone locations. Today, an increasing number of companies are introducing aerial vehicles equipped with artificial intelligence, weather conditions, and the like, to conduct such Surveys on behalf of clients. By employing the services of such drones, companies are able to save both time and money in conducting such Surveys on their own.

Medicine. The armed forces have been utilizing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in carrying out operations in a variety of health care settings. One such use is during operations for extracting organs from living donors. The UAVs can operate autonomously from the comfort of the patient’s home and deliver the organ directly to the hospital or surgical site, saving precious time and energy for the surgeons and other health care professionals involved in the process.

Agriculture. Many farmers across the globe have been utilizing UAVs (or unmanned aerial vehicles) to help them monitor their fields and get a closer look at their crops. By using aerial vehicles to hover over the crops and monitoring them through video and still cameras, farmers are able to save money on pest control, as well as being able to better identify the problems that they face such as spores or bugs that they did not see before because of their lack of physical presence. As technology improves and more farmers turn to UAVs to protect their crops from the vagaries of nature, we can expect this to become a more common practice, leading to less work for humans.

As seen above, there are a number of different applications of drone technology. From medicine and agriculture to even protecting our neighborhoods from threats of nature, there are numerous ways that remotely-piloted aerial vehicles can be used. Because of the relative affordability of UAVs today, everyone has a chance to experience the joys of this new form of technology. Drones will only continue to grow in popularity as more people begin to use them for everything from hobby to business.