INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Governments can use the capabilities of drones to speed up the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) without humans getting the risk of
We must put drones to our advantage as this technology offers a unique and safe way to conduct remotely without human-to-human
first, followed by Aerodyne from Malaysia and Cyberhawk from the UK.According to MarketWatch, the market size of commercial drones will grow
to $16.20b in 2025 compared to $2.64b in 2019, at an annual growth rate of 25.4%.The Dubai-headquartered company said that authorities do
it the police or security people, are using drones to cover a wider area of monitoring
are now utilising drones to disseminate messages to encourage residents to stay home and avoid stepping out unless necessary.Rashid said
spray sterilisation liquid or disinfectant in an area where humans do not want to go.(Image credit: FEDS)Measuring body temperature from a
distanceRashid said that they have drones which can carry 16 litres of spraying disinfectant to fumigate large areas without sending people
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, has completed its drone seeding of 6.25 million Ghaf and Samar trees across 25 locations in a
span of few days.The other use case, he said is that drones can help detect new Covid-19 cases as they are equipped with a dual visual and
travel up to one-kilometre radius, allowing for a large area observation in a shorter period
jobs in GCC since inception in 2014
Out of this, 90% are DaaS while 10% is selling the hardware and software
lot of things have to happen before it is to be implemented on a large scale
infrastructure such as where does the drone land if you are in a high-rise building or a safe pod to land in congested places is key, Rashid
said.As the skies are expected to get congested with multiple drones delivering, he said that there is a race to build UTM, which is similar
drone is flying, it should know which are the other drones that are flying around its vicinity.Because of Covid-19, regulators might speed
In future, drones will be connected to the phones too and can go to the local store and buy things to facilitate life
E-commerce firms will be able to deliver things within an hour or two
