At the TechCrunch Disrupt event, UAVIA, a French company announced world’s first remote-controlled commercial drones running on Ubuntu OS. Company also demonstrated the drone in hardware alley. This drone is basically running on Canonical’s Snappy Ubuntu Core operating system which was developed for embedded and IoT (Internet of Things) devices.
UAVIA claims that Snappy Ubuntu is the perfect operating system for drones because it unlocks the full potential of flying devices making autonomous flights. UAVIA also thinks that Ubuntu is the key to helping drones progress towards becoming autonomous. This is the reason they built the entire system on Ubuntu. You can read more about Ubuntu on IOT devices here.
“For drones to become mainstream, we need more of them to become autonomous and we need to facilitate their maintenance,” says Maarten Ectors, Vice President Internet of Things at UAVIA. “Ubuntu Core is key to unlocking the full drone potential. It brings onboard intelligence to help drones progress towards autonomous flight thanks to sense and avoid technologies.”
To make its drones more usable, UAVIA has developed an in-house cloud control technology to effectively manage the remote surveillance by drones without human intervention. It makes it possible to collect and analyze aerial data in real time. Best thing is that you can control the drones direct from browser. So, there is no limitation of range. Drones use 3G/4G LTE networks to connect to internet.
UAVIA believes that drone market will surely explode in near future because it has capability to become a core device for inspection, surveillance or technical monitoring on industrial sites.
You can see more details on its official website.
