DRONE Berlin 2016 Exhibition

Demonstration & Presentation

UAV´s, specifically drones, have seen in the recent past a tremendous growth in acceptance and use cases, mostly due to the fact of their improved availability, increase ease of use and interoperability with specific sensors. As of today, the majority of applications are dedicated to optical inspections, be it as simple as wireless camera systems for FPV and visual defect identification to thermal and hyperspectral imaging. Albeit these (hyper)visual sensors have already opened up a vast field of applications, like bridge or windmill inspection, thermal insulation verification and crop growth analysis, the use cases for drones are way from being exhausted.

Novel sensor, powerful microcomputers and integrated analysis software allow to match position and sensor data to a multi-domain mapping, offering a high degree of autonomy to future drone usage scenarios. Among these sensors, we can see miniaturized radar and ultrasonic sensor, improved (and smaller, more lightweight) hyperspectral image sensors, detectors for air condition and quality and hazardous substances (CBRN) and a range of other non-visual sensors, which allow for an extremely mobile deployment of inspection and analysis methods right now unachieveable with conventional means.

Our workshop at DRONE Berlin will give insight in current developments of sensors, energy supply concepts and suitable sensor fusion methods which will enable future use cases for a much broader application of drone usage.