{"id":1296,"date":"2014-12-01T09:52:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T17:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/droneanalyst.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2017-01-04T10:26:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:26:33","slug":"drones-are-the-future-of-iot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/droneanalyst.com\/2014\/12\/01\/drones-are-the-future-of-iot\/'","title":{"rendered":"Why Drones Are the Future of the Internet of Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if you could talk to a drone?\u00a0 No, seriously.\u00a0 You can already <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/ILJfUjzeeuY\" target=\"_blank\">talk to a locomotive<\/a>, so why not talk to a drone?<\/p>\n<p>For those of you following the technology, you already know that unmanned aircraft systems (a.k.a. drones) are finding their way into <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_of_Things\" target=\"_blank\">Internet of Things<\/a> (IoT) implementations. IoT applications are typically composed of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A sensor \u201cat rest,\u201d e.g., on a highway or a bridge or a thermostat that gathers input (like weather conditions or seismic activity)<\/li>\n<li>A connection (via the Internet) between the sensor and a back-end data collection infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>A back-end data collection infrastructure that\u2019s commonly based in the cloud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So why do I claim that drones the future of IoT? For one, drone technology is evolving very rapidly. Drones are already beginning to efficiently replace the connected sensors at rest with one device that is:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>deployable to different locations<\/li>\n<li>capable of carrying flexible payloads<\/li>\n<li>re-programmable in mission<\/li>\n<li>able to measure just about anything, anywhere<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To illustrate the trend and these capabilities, I\u2019ll highlight the developments of several companies. But first \u2013 so that we are all on the same page &#8211; let\u2019s look at what I mean when I talk about drones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A New Kind of Drone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All drones are not equal. Some like the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk\" target=\"_blank\">Global Hawk<\/a> are very complex systems that are connected to satellites and are only the purview of the military. Others like the Parrot <a href=\"http:\/\/ardrone2.parrot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A.R. Drone<\/a> are mass-produced hobby aircraft that you can control with your mobile device.\u00a0 But a class of drones in the middle combines the capabilities of both complex and mass-produced systems and is specifically designed for commercial purposes. These drones weight less than 55 lbs. and are classified by regulatory entities as small unmanned aircraft systems or sUAS. \u00a0We don\u2019t see their ubiquitous use in the U.S. quite yet, but in countries like England, Australia, and France, you will find them operating in energy, mining, mapping, and surveying companies &#8211; and quite a few government agencies like those responsible for transportation and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial drones are truly \u2018unmanned aircraft systems\u2019.\u00a0 They are not just remote controlled aircraft.\u00a0 They require many things in order to run, like avionics, ground control stations, communication systems, data collection and processing software, and of course GPS for geo-referencing. There\u2019s more, but you get the idea. These are multifaceted complex vehicles whose mission is to fly sensors and collect data.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial drones are also connected devices. So they are \u2018things in motion\u2019. Most are accessible or controllable over the Internet, and the data they collect is pushed to various cloud services. Some drones are beginning to carry on-board processors as well and are now part of the growing trend of <a href=\"http:\/\/whatis.techtarget.com\/definition\/fog-computing-fogging\" target=\"_blank\">fog computing<\/a> devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deploy a Fleet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, if a commercial drone is a connected device, then shouldn\u2019t you be able to \u2018talk to a drone\u2019?\u00a0 And shouldn\u2019t you be able to &#8211; from your smartphone in California \u2013control a drone in, say, France?<\/p>\n<p>You can.\u00a0 And it\u2019s because companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dronedeploy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DroneDeploy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ugcs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">U|g|CS<\/a> have figured out how to make addressable drone management platforms that control multiple drones from anywhere on any device.\u00a0 DroneDeploy does it by marrying a simple 4G telemetry device to a drone\u2019s avionics.\u00a0 This enables real-time data transmission, processing, and sharing. With this kind of hardware and software combination, you can plan missions (launch, go to point A, then point B, then to point C, etc.) in a browser, upload them to a drone anywhere, press start, and away it goes.\u00a0 You could do that with a fleet and monitor them all in flight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flexible payloads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So one of things commercial users want is the ability to mount different sensors such as thermal imaging, UV or multispectral cameras, sniffers, and microphones to sUAS. <a href=\"http:\/\/precisionhawk.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PrecisionHawk<\/a> figured out early on how to offer an array of sensors that are hot swappable and just snap into place. The cool thing about their aircraft is that the body itself is made of circuit boards and processors.\u00a0 They\u2019re hardened of course on the outside, but it\u2019s an example of the innovation happening in the commercial drone industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reprogrammable in mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, not only can you deploy these anywhere, but they are reprogrammable while on a mission.\u00a0 Let\u2019s say you wanted to create a 3D map for a construction project and you programmed it to run its mission but in the middle you noticed something odd (because you are looking through the camera in real-time on your laptop or smart-phone). With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sensefly.com\/operations\/flight-planning-control.html\" target=\"_blank\">SenseFly\u2019s drone software<\/a>, you simply point to that area on the map, and you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>divert the drone<\/li>\n<li>command it to perform another function in that area<\/li>\n<li>then resume and complete its first mission<\/li>\n<li>then come home and land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Measure just about anything<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every day, you can read about how measurement sensors are getting smaller and lighter. Such is the case with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eBUCGxZq_xg\" target=\"_blank\">LiDAR<\/a>, which allows you to capture minute details and measurements.\u00a0 Because these units have been heavy up to now, there have been only three choices if you wanted these sensors to measure something:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They had to be stationary<\/li>\n<li>They could be roving (stationary on a truck or SUV)<\/li>\n<li>They could be carried on a manned aircraft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stationary is the most accurate but lacks the significance of an aerial perspective.\u00a0 You can get good results from aircraft, but not as good as from a drone.\u00a0 With a drone can get close to the object \u2013 and as I mentioned they can be deployable on-demand. LiDAR manufacturers like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riegl.com\/products\/uasuav-scanning\/new-riegl-ricopter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Riegl<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/velodynelidar.com\/lidar\/lidar.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Velodyne<\/a> get this, and we now see offered in the <a title=\"GIS: The Biggest Little Drone Market in the World\" href=\"http:\/\/droneanalyst.com\/2014\/10\/28\/gis-biggest-little-drone-market-world\/\">GIS market<\/a> new high-performance, remotely piloted aircraft system for unmanned laser scanning, like those from <a href=\"http:\/\/phoenix-aerial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Aerial Systems<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabresurvey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sabre Systems<\/a>. These airborne platforms provide full mechanical and electrical integration of sensor system components into aircraft fuselage.<\/p>\n<p>LiDAR data models are huge, but as more low-cost in-memory computing becomes available, service providers are storing the models in the cloud and then updating them to reveal changes over time. Of course, it\u2019s the analytics on top of that that provides the real insights &#8211; insights like structural integrity and predictive failures.\u00a0 Soon, multiple infrastructure sensors &#8211; like those found on bridges and highways &#8211; will be obsolete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are only beginning to find out how drones can be used to replace multiple sensors, and hopefully I\u2019ve successfully convinced you of how drones play into the future of the Internet of Things.\u00a0 Surely this technology will push the bounds of how we can measure and analyze \u2018things at rest\u2019 and \u2018things in motion\u2019 and how they can interact with both of them.<\/p>\n<p>You can find a companion SlideShare presentation to this post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/ColinSnow\/why-drones-are-the-future-of-iot\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic. Feel free to comment or write me at <a href=\"mailto:colin@droneanalyst.com\">colin@droneanalyst.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Image credit: Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if you could talk to a drone?\u00a0 No, seriously.\u00a0 You can already talk to a locomotive, so why not talk to a drone? For those of you following the technology, you already know that unmanned aircraft systems (a.k.a. drones) are finding their way into Internet of Things (IoT) implementations. 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