October 16, 2019 06:30 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917619/skydio-2-dock-drone-self-flying-autonomous-box-dronedeploy-mapping-surveillance
Skydio has a motorized charging box to make its self-flying drone truly autonomous
Skydio makes one of the most incredible drones on the market, and while we haven’t gotten to review the new Skydio 2 yet, the tiny California startup is already setting its ambitions higher than prosumers and videographers. For industrial and commercial entities, it wants to remove humans from the equation entirely, letting them rely on its obstacle-dodging, self-flying technology for automated mapping and surveillance.
To that end, it’s announcing the Skydio 2 Dock, a drone-in-a-box solution that theoretically lets the Skydio 2 fly mission after mission all by itself. As you can see in the video above, it’s got a motorized door and slide-out arm that the drone can land on as well as a built-in charging station for a special version of...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/16/20917619/skydio-2-dock-drone-self-flying-autonomous-box-dronedeploy-mapping-surveillance
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