From flying toys to flying taxis

Wright, Steve

Abstract

Quads, UAVs, Drones: call them what you will. One thing is clear: power, communications and control technologies have converged to cause a breakthrough in capability and cost, and create a new industry. The usage envelope is now expanding into safety-critical applications, to the extent that automatically piloted personal-transport systems are being proposed. This talk examines the vast gulf that must be bridged between systems in the consumer drones that we see everywhere, and those for conventional aircraft. Why are they so cheap and so easy to operate, whilst conventional aircraft so expensive and demanding? How to cross that bridge?

Citation

Wright, S. (2017, July). From flying toys to flying taxis. Presented at Future Transport World Conference, Cologne, Germany

• Presentation Conference Type: Lecture
• Conference Name: Future Transport World Conference
• Conference Location: Cologne, Germany
• Start Date: Jul 4, 2017
• End Date: Jul 5, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Jul 4, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 7, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Drones Manned
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/884554
• Publisher URL: http://www.ukintpress-conferences.com
• Related Public URLs: http://www.ukintpress-conferences.com/proceedings/?conference_id=295
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Future Transport World Conference