New research finds that autonomous vehicles can gain most of the benefits of adaptive route planning with only a few course corrections For an autonomous drone searching for a missing person, new information can change the mission. An image or sensor reading may suggest that the aircraft should search somewhere else. But how often does the drone need to reconsider its … [Read more...] about Smarter Drone Searches May Require Less Replanning, Not More
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SkyeBrowse Adds Crash Analysis Tools and Drone-Based Crowd Counts
New features bring vehicle damage measurements, collision review and estimated headcounts into the company’s mapping platform. SkyeBrowse has introduced tools for reviewing vehicle crashes and estimating crowd size from drone images. The update adds Impact, a multi-vehicle collision review tool, and brings Crowd Counter to the SkyeBrowse Flight App on the DJI RC Pro. It also … [Read more...] about SkyeBrowse Adds Crash Analysis Tools and Drone-Based Crowd Counts
Can Your Drone Program Survive Success? Why Simplicity Matters at Scale
SkyeBrowse CEO Bobby Ouyang says growing drone programs face a new challenge: making sophisticated capabilities simple enough to use across an organization. For many organizations, launching a drone program is no longer the hardest part. The bigger challenge may come after the program proves its value. A police department might begin with a few trained drone pilots. A … [Read more...] about Can Your Drone Program Survive Success? Why Simplicity Matters at Scale
Don’t Miss Mike Moulton on the Public Safety Drone Review, August 4
Join us Tuesday, August 4 at 3 p.m. ET for the next edition of the Public Safety Drone Review, presented by DRONELIFE and DRONERESPONDERS. Register here for the free webcast. Hosted by DRONELIFE Editor in Chief Miriam McNabb, DRONERESPONDERS Director Charles Werner, and public safety aviation expert Mike O'Shea, the monthly livestream brings together leaders from across the … [Read more...] about Don’t Miss Mike Moulton on the Public Safety Drone Review, August 4
Fort Worth Takes a Vendor-Neutral Approach to Building Its DFR Program
Fort Worth PD ‘test drives’ vendors’ DFR systems By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill As police departments across the country are increasingly adding drones as first responder programs to their arsenal of law enforcement tools, each agency has to make decisions as to what set of DFR systems will best fit the needs of their particular community. The Fort Worth Police … [Read more...] about Fort Worth Takes a Vendor-Neutral Approach to Building Its DFR Program
