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Learn about Drone Technology and how it can improve the way your business operates

Learn about Drone Technologies and understand more the basics of what they can do.

The advances in drone technology and applications are ever expanding. There are a range of different drone types with features and benefits best suited to a wide range of applications and many industries that drones can help improve business operations.

Course Code: BIT207

Course Duration: 100 hours of self paced studies

What is a Drone?

A drone is an unmanned aircraft. They are also referred to as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) and sometimes as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS’s).

What are Drones Used for?

There are many varied uses for drones. Their capabilities are being expanded all the time. They are often used to to undertake activities that might otherwise be more difficult, hazardous or costly, such as:

Remote Sensing
Aerial Surveying
Aerial Videography
Disaster Relief
Applying Hazardous Chemicals
Construction surveying
Geological Exploration
Military, Space, Aquatic and other applications

COURSE CONTENT

Lesson 1: Scope and Nature of Drone Technology

What is a Drone?
History of Drones
Types of Drones
Connectivity
Purpose of a Drone

Lesson 2: Drone Features and Operation

Main Features of Drones
Components
Operation of Drones

Lesson 3: Benefits, Risks and Legalities

Ethical Concerns
Legal Considerations

Lesson 4: Environmental Applications

Land Management
Reforestation
Sustainable Agriculture and Crop Monitoring
Monitoring & Inspection of Renewable Energy Sources, Pipelines, and Oil Rigs
Wildlife Conservation
Transport & Delivery

Lesson 5: Exploratory and Discovery Applications

Drones in Exploration
Oceanic Exploration
Space Exploration
Drones in Mining Applications

Lesson 6: Retail and Service Applications

Drones in Real Estate
Photography
Drones for Online Services
Drones in Security
Drones in Behavioural Economics

Lesson 7: Agronomic and Horticulture Applications

Horticulture
Agronomy
Viticulture
Livestock
Precision Agriculture
Applications

Lesson 8: Construction and Industry Applications

Construction Drones
Mapping and Land Surveys
Data and Scheduling
Track and Inventory Equipment
Progress Reports and Collaboration
Safety and Inspections
Security and Surveillance
Limitations of Drones in Construction

Lesson 9: Telecommunication Applications

Drone Technology in Telecommunications

Course Aims

Discuss the scope and nature of how drones are used.
Discuss features that affect the drone’s purpose and any specific uses.
Explain benefits, risks and concerns surrounding the use of drones in both commercial and private environments.
Discuss how drones are used in environmental research, conservation, and sustainability applications.
Explain significant applications for different types of drones in areas of exploration and discovery.
Discuss how retailers, including online retailers, may use drones in their business and marketing plans.
Explain features of drones used in agriculture and horticulture and how they are used in these industries.
Discuss how drones can be used in the construction industry.
Explain how drones can be used in the telecommunication industry.

Drones in the Trades

Drones have swiftly become a fixture in many trades, including the construction industry. With uses from mapping and surveying through to security, they reduce long-term costs, improve efficiency, and have safety and maintenance applications that can save lives. Indeed, drones have become so useful that drone companies and construction firms are beginning to form partnerships to help drive progress.

A variety of applications for drones in construction are discussed below, but it is important to note that each of these is subject to the legislation of the government area in which the construction site is located. Different countries – even states – will have different legislation around the height at which a drone can fly, drones in urban areas, drone types, and how close drones can be to humans, even when performing inspections.

Construction Drones
Although construction drones may be used for different purposes, they have several key features in common. These include:

thermal sensor
GPS
specialty software
specialty camera
LiDar.

The software is most often for topography and 3D modelling; cameras may have different focal lengths or include infrared and other specialty lenses. A spectrometer may also be useful for checking for radioactivity in a build, depending on the type of build and area.
LiDar

Short for “light detection and ranging”, LiDar is a remote sensing technology that uses laser pulses for measurement, LiDar has swiftly become essential to the construction industry. LiDar is used to determine the distance between objects. It works by sending out a laser pulse and measuring the amount of time it takes for the pulse to reach Object A and travel back again. This process is repeated over and over, and an average taken to get a fairly accurate distance measurement. Repeated laser pulses can also be used to collect image about an object, include topology and other features; when combined with specialised cameras or other tools such as spectrometry, construction drones can help create reasonable visual and materials profiles of objects or areas from a distance. This is especially useful early in the surveying process

Automation

Construction and other trades are increasingly automated. Automation may have begun a long time ago with vehicles, earth moving machines and concrete mixers; but it continues today with robotics, drones and other mechanised applications. A trades person will always need to understand what is to be achieved in their job, but the tools they use and the way the job is achieved will no doubt continue to become increasingly automated.

That means a trades person needs to increasingly understand the new equipment and technologies applied to their work.