Accurate classification of UAVs

The accurate classification of UAVs, it seems that overnight, UAVs from the enigmatic military equipment into a high-grade toys. This change benefits from the popularity of UAV technology in recent years. Among the numerous UAV products, there are not only portable aerial photography UAVs that are ready to fly, but also professional UAVs with hundreds of thousands.

The first is the difference in carrying equipment

It is easy to distinguish the two from the equipment carried. Generally speaking, most of the consumer UAVs are equipped with cameras and cameras. According to the need will be equipped with pan tilt and picture transmission station.

Industrial UAVs usually carry a variety of professional detection equipment, such as thermal infrared camera, hyperspectral camera, lidar, atmospheric detector and so on. However, many industrial UAVs also carry optical cameras. Therefore, the two cannot be completely distinguished only from the equipment carried.

Secondly, the user objects are different

Consumer UAVs are mostly aimed at ordinary consumers or aviation enthusiasts, emphasizing the portability and easy operation of the aircraft, and users are usually sensitive to the price. Industrial UAV is mainly for industry users to optimize customized production, emphasizing the integrity of the solution. Because most of them are customized production, the output is generally small and the price is generally high.

Finally, the use of different conditions

This is the biggest difference between the two, but it is often overlooked. Similar to other consumer electronics products, the main function of consumer UAV is to meet the entertainment needs of consumers. Therefore, most of the consumer UAVs are used as flying cameras. It is required that the difficulty of using is as low as possible, and the frequency and occasion of use are similar to those of traditional model aircraft.

Industrial UAV mainly serves in the daily work of all walks of life, as an efficient and convenient auxiliary means to replace the original tools. Therefore, the use environment is not only complex and changeable, but also requires the UAV itself to have certain protective measures to reduce its own damage and associated damage caused by accidents.

Taking the electric power line patrol UAV as an example, it is required that the UAV should have as long navigation time as possible, as far as possible communication distance, and it is also required to have enough reliability to meet the repeated use over the years, and it is also required to optimize the UAV for various dangers in line inspection.

These are the characteristics of UAV gradually formed in the process of evolution and improvement since it entered the professional field. It is also the biggest difference with the consumer UAV.

At present, UAV technology is still in the state of sustainable development, various types of UAVs are blooming, but the good and the bad are mixed. We can see not only the "aerial UAV" with a toy shell of open source self driving, but also the "industrial UAV" made up of commodity racks equipped with professional equipment.

As the users of UAV, we still need to polish our eyes and learn more relevant knowledge before we can accurately select the products we need.