Part 2: SKYFChain – Applications of SKYF Drone
SKYF is a new drone designed by Russian researchers and is considered the hulk of the quadcopter world. With its definite advantages over the current market drone solutions, it is assumed to have a major impact on many of the segments in the logistics world.
This article will highlight these segments and how SKYF drone will be an advantage.
Infrastructure Segment – estimated at $45 Billion
It is predicted that drones can provide reliable data at each phase of the construction process.
Preconstruction stage: during this stage, the drones can improve the quality and speed of the design process by providing better field data.
Contract Valuation stage: Drones can collect data that can be used to create Digital Terrain Models (DTMs)
Construction phase: Drones can quickly survey sites and gather precise data for progress reports. Testing is also being conducted to utilize drones for painting and window cleaning purposes or to do jobs at certain heights, thus reducing risks of death and injury.
Completion phase of construction: Drones can be used to assess environmental impacts of the final work and use that information for reporting purposes.
Stock-taking and Inventory management: utilizing drones for inventory assessments helps reduce cost at the same time speed up the entire process. This also provides very detailed information about the assets. Another advantage of drones is that it can reach or access places that are difficult to reach at a workplace, thus reducing risking human lives.
Maintain and repair infrastructure: Drones are expected to diagnose problems such as cracks on tarmac roads, bridges and buildings and also help repair them. In the future, it is expected to merge 3D printing technology with the drone technology to maintain and repair infrastructure.
Agriculture segment – estimated at $32 Billion
Drones offer a large variety of crop monitoring possibilities at lower costs. It can be utilized at every step of the crop lifecycle starting from soil analysis to seed planting or even in choosing the right harvesting moment.
Soil Analysis – 3D maps can be produced by drones to plan seed planting patterns.
Field monitoring – Drones can be utilized for monitoring the field to ensure and keep the plants alive and healthy.
Crop spraying – Drones can be used to spray the correct amount of liquid from the right distance, modulating spraying in real time for even coverage.
Crop disease detection – SKYF drones can conduct high-resolution imagery of crop disease detection. It can spray pesticides and desiccants for soya, corn, etc. These drones can also be used in orchards and vineyards to protect against frost and cherry drying.
Pest control – Again drones can be used to provide aerial application of chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers.
Planting of seeding, precipitation management, fire prevention and extinguishing are other areas of application.
Transport segment – estimated at $13 Billion
Drones are the future of this industry simply because of its efficiency, accessibility and low operating costs.
Within e-commerce, time of delivery is paramount when choosing a carrier. Drones enable fast delivery to a specific predefined point.
Medical logistics: Delivering medical supplies to the remote rural area has always been a challenge which can be easily solved by utilizing drones. Another fantastic application would be to use drones as a flying defibrillator. A patient can summon a drone with a heart attack symptom. These devices can reach the location with high speed, locate, identity and also perform automatic defibrillation.
Food delivery: Delivering frozen food, ready-to-eat dishes, groceries to remote, difficult to access places is primarily considered for application of drone technology.
Mining – estimated at $4 Billion
Drones can replace humans in dangerous and monotonous jobs in mining. They are cost effective and quick, easier to navigate and causes less pollution. In open-cast mining, PwC identifies four main areas of drone application:
Planning, extract support, environmental protection, and reporting.
Drones can be used to quickly map areas, optimize hauling routes and provide control information.
Drones can be used to take soil samples for Deposit analysis.
Drones can detect soil erosion, track changes in vegetation, search for defects in mining infrastructure.
Monitor production process.
Security segment – estimated at $10 Billion
Drones can cover large and complicated to reach areas, thus reducing staff numbers and costs. These are better than stationary cameras too as one cannot “step out of site.” Drones can be of great help in places like airports or ports. They can also provide pictures and documentation that helps in data analysis or to identify risks.
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