The ultimate inventory: 2016 drone new products

In the context of global competition, almost all companies have placed new product development in a prominent position in the development strategy, and the UAV field is no exception. Researchers EVTank analysts predict that UAVs will maintain a rapid growth trend in the next few years. By 2020, the annual sales of global drones is expected to reach 4.33 million, and the market size will reach 25.9 billion US dollars.

Today, 2016 is coming to an end, and the good news in the drone field is still going on. In the past year, no matter whether it is in the military field or the civilian field, the new products of drones can be described as endless. Next, let's take a look at some of the new drones that have been born at home and abroad since 2016.

On March 24th, Tianjin Deep Blue Ocean Equipment Technology Co., Ltd. released a series of new underwater drones with a number of independent intellectual property rights in Beijing, which helped China's underwater robot industry enter a new stage of development. The two underwater drones, White Shark MAX and White Shark, are positioned as “enterprise” professional application platforms and “personal” entertainment application platforms to meet different market and scenario applications. Demand, whether it is professional-level diver underwater and underwater search and rescue, aquaculture observation or diving photography and aquarium entertainment experience, "White Shark Brothers" can easily deal with.

On March 5th, DJI Dajiang Innovation held the Elf Phantom4 Media Experience Conference at its Shenzhen Happy Coast flagship store. This is the first time since the global launch of the new drone product was officially unveiled in China. At the experience meeting, Dajiang actually demonstrated many new functions of Elf 4 in the outdoor, such as "smart following", "obstacle perception", "pointing flight" and so on.

On January 6th, at the 2016 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, China Yihang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. released the first manned unmanned aerial vehicle “Yihang 184”, with three figures representing “1 passenger”. , 8 propellers, 4 rotors." The drone has a weight of 200 kilograms, a height of about 1.5 meters, a rated load of 100 kilograms, and an average cruising speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour. It can be used in medium and short-distance transportation.

On April 10th, the world's first productized hydrogen fuel cell multi-rotor drone was released in Shenzhen. The self-developed drone from Shenzhen Corbett Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. has a long life of 273 minutes, which can achieve industrial three-proof including fire, rain and dust. In addition, the drone can still operate normally in a variety of complex environments such as rain and snow, alpine regions, and high temperature fires.

Axis Vidius is a camouflage mini-type drone produced by Axis Drones of the United States. It is 43&TImes; 43&TImes; 25mm and weighs about 200g. It is the world's smallest four-axis drone with camera. Although it is small in size, it is equipped with internal functions and functions. It has a built-in 150mAh lithium battery and can last for 5~7 minutes. At the same time of flight, it can return 420P resolution image to smart device. It is equipped with six-axis gyro stability and intelligent directional controller. Equally; smart devices and remote controls are available.

On August 10th, Borui Space and NVIDIA held a new product launch conference, and released three UAVs equipped with NVIDIA JetsonTX1 embedded platform: Bore Space Industrial-grade UAV BO Bo series UAV universal platform , BO Bo series fire drones and Borui Aifei's consumer-class drone Airobot. It is reported that Borui Space's BO Bo series UAVs use a binocular vision platform, which can realize functions such as defogging and anti-shake, multi-target recognition detection, intelligent tracking, 3D reconstruction and automatic obstacle avoidance, and can pass data collection and intelligence. Analysis, environmental identification, etc., let the drone perform the task autonomously.

The world's smallest HD VR drone has a specification of only 4.3x4.3x2.5 cm, a maximum flight distance of 30 meters, 360-degree rotation, and the ability to transfer recorded video to the matching Aerix. Virtual reality on a headset. And users don't have to worry about drones crashing or breaking things inside the room. They are very small and don't cause any harm.

In July, the Teal drone was released, the world's fastest finished drone with a top speed of more than 70 miles per hour. The drone was actually developed by an 18-year-old Utah developer, George Matus, and is expected to be sold at the end of the year. According to relevant researchers, 3D printing technology has played a crucial role in the development of this high-speed drone.

On September 27th, Dajiang released the latest portable drone MavicPro, which was awarded the title of “the strongest in history” and “black technology” when it was listed. It was highly praised by aircraft enthusiasts and the media. According to reports, in the fully folded state, MavicPro is about the same size as the iPhone6Plus, but the shooting ability is not seen, the flight time can reach 27 minutes.

In November, Dajiang launched the newest member of the industrial-grade UAV product line, the M600Pro. It is reported that the M600Pro kit includes the A3Pro flight controller, which provides three modules of redundancy, and the data based on the three sets of GNSS units enhances the accuracy. DJI said that under the load of 6 kg, the aircraft can still provide up to 16 minutes of battery life.

At the 11th China Air Show, Shanghai Youweisi Intelligent System Co., Ltd. demonstrated the U650 large-scale amphibious drone. At present, the UAVs developed by domestic private enterprises are basically small four-rotor aircraft or small and medium-sized fixed-wing aircraft. There are very few hunters in the field of large-scale UAVs, and the U650 that meets the requirements for landslides and landings has filled the large-scale amphibious A blank in the field of drones. It is understood that U650 mission load up to 100 kg, can be loaded with high-performance optoelectronic pods, AIS and VHF radio, synthetic aperture radar, etc., can more effectively monitor targets in real time, complete a variety of monitoring tasks.

Under the CES2017 Innovation Awards just announced by CES in the United States, the underwater drone "FiFish Flying Fish" has undoubtedly attracted a lot of attention. This product, developed by Fin source technology, is also the world's first underwater drone to enter the consumer market. FiFish Flying Fish is a product for underwater action shooting. It can be advanced at a speed of 2.5 knots at a maximum depth of 100m. With a 180-degree camera head, it can transmit 4K high-definition images from underwater in real time. At the same time, in order to bring an immersive underwater visual experience, "FiFish Flying Fish" adopts VR rendering mode to bring shocking images to users.

On November 21st, an insurance company in the UK conceived a clever solution to solve "light pollution" - lighting drones. The drone is equipped with high-powered floodlights and can receive the use of smartphone users. A Fleetlight drone can track the user's smartphone signal and illuminate them for walking home users. The way home. In addition, Fleetlight uses open source design, and other companies can customize different versions to suit different needs, such as post-disaster use.