Drones and Possibilities of Their Using

Abstract

This article shows the drones and possibilities of their using. First there was discussed construction of the drone, which the most important elements are frame, propellers, engine, system of power the electronic control and communication system. A drone is powered by batteries, which is the major drawback, because it is exhausted after 15 minutes of flight, causing a decrease drone on the ground. The lithium-polymer batteries are used for powering the drones. Then there were compared the military and civilian drones on selected examples. Military drones differ from civil of size and drive. They are bigger and powered by internal combustion engines. Civil drones are driven by electric motors. Next there were shown the possibilities of using the drones. They can be used by the public services (like police, fire brigades, border guards), by army, in industry, for taking photos and filming, in delivering shipments. The article shows the danger connecting with using the drones. The main danger of using the drones is the fall of a drone from a great height, which may be due discharge of the battery, damage caused by weather conditions (low air temperature, precipitation), hitting in an obstacle (tree, building, high-voltage line). Currently a lot of projects related to the development of power for drones are conducted like battery of grapheme, pure lithium anodes, and fuel cells. A very important risks associated with the extensive use of civilian drones is related with privacy and the rights of citizens.

Internet of Things for Current COVID-19 and Future Pandemics: an Exploratory Study

“…Drones are simply aircraft that are flown without any or very little human operation by remote monitoring [38]. In 1849, during a war between Italy and Austria, the first drone, which was a balloon equipped with bombs, was used [39].…”

Aerial robotic technologies for civil engineering: established and emerging practice

“…Commercial UAVs are often small and lightweight, with limited payload (Burgess 2016;DeBell et al 2015;Hern, 2017). Therefore, battery capacity is low, and the UAVs can often only fly for short times (about 15-30min) (e.g., Kardasz et al 2016;Omar and Nehdi 2017;Menouar et al 2017). Given the mobility, this flight time was considered adequate for data acquisition, or if more time was required, performing multiple trips was not a major inconvenience (cf.…”

“…This paper reviews the possible ways that aerial robotic technologies (often in the form of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)) can assist with collecting important data which can be used to better evaluate the performance of civil infrastructure (either single assets or a network of assets) during their construction and service lives. UAVs are used in various military surveillance and reconnaissance applications (e.g., Kardasz et al 2016). Recently, the technology has become available for business and recreational uses (Finn and Wright 2012).…”

Exponential Disruptive Technologies and the Required Skills of Industry 4.0: A Review

“…Drones, frequently called Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) [186] are aircrafts without pilots on board (flying robots) [187,188]. There are three main types of drones: rotary wing, fixed wing and lighter-than-air.…”