Agriculture use of drones is one of the biggest areas of growth, says the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), a drone trade association. Yamaha's 9-foot long Rmax autonomous helicopter can carry a 62-pound payload and spray 2 acres of farmland in 6 minutes.
The Motion Picture Association of America and the National Football League have both petitioned the FAA to loosen rules on commercial drone use ahead of 2015. Both want to use the technology reduce production costs that sometimes require renting helicopters and using mammoth skybooms for getting top-down shots.
The video camera above is mounted on the film production company Kaspi's octocopter.
Austrian drone maker Schiebel was recently pitching its 10-foot long drone Camcopter drone to TV broadcasters. Schiebel says its drones can be a cost effective alternative to owning a helicopter. According to an article posted on Gigaom, Schiebel was showing off its Camcopter S-100 at a meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters looking for customers earlier this year.
In 2011, Grand Junction, Colorado's Presbyterian church suffered a devastating fire that caused extensive structural damage. When a firefighter fell through a wooden floor while battling the smoldering remains of the blaze officials pulled remaining fire crews out of the church and called for drone support. The local sheriff department used a Draganflyer x6 UAV helicopter style drone outfitted with thermal infrared camera to pinpoint hot spots to soak with water.
In 2011, Grand Junction, Colorado's Presbyterian church suffered a devastating fire that caused extensive structural damage. When a firefighter fell through a wooden floor while battling the smoldering remains of the blaze officials pulled remaining fire crews out of the church and called for drone support. The local sheriff department used a Draganflyer x6 UAV helicopter style drone outfitted with thermal infrared camera to pinpoint hot spots to soak with water.
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