The Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) industry is taking rapid strides into a future where artificial intelligence would be ubiquitous. The Draganflyer X6 from Draganfly Innovations is a fully functional miniature unmanned electric powered helicopter. It is unique for the fact that it incorporates an auto-descend feature. Whenever the radio link fails, the UAV doesn’t crash like its contemporaries. Instead, it glides down and lands itself. The Draganflyer X6 is operated with a handheld controller and offers video surveillance in four different camera modes—1080p HD video camera, 10.1 MP still camera, low light video camera and thermal imaging video camera. The remotely operated helicopter has been designed primarily for commercial/industrial aerial video and photography. However, the flexibility it offers makes it useful for security and reconnaissance, inspection, damage assessment, research, real estate promotion and advertising as well.
The Draganflyer X6 doesn’t remind you of the conventional helicopter owing to its weird design. It uses six main horizontal rotor blades for the thrust. Its autonomous flying abilities are also earning intelligent UAV rave reviews. It can hold its position without human interference when the user switches to its GPS hold mode. The video being recorded can be viewed through the 2.8” color OLED touchscreen on the controller, which also offers telemetry and flight data. The 11 sensor UAV is reliable and portable as well. For all you know, this might just be a glimpse into what the future holds for us.
