Drones

First Electric Passenger Drone: Ehang 184 An agricultural drone by Agridrones that can carry up to 25Kg. Certified by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel. A U.S. Air Force Drone - Military applications

This learning resource focuses on the application of drones in science and technologie as Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

## Classification of Drones

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We can describe classify drones in the area of Science and technology as Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A UAV can be defined as aircraft without a human pilot aboard, that could be used with different by the area of application:

* Agricultural drone
* Drone Mapping
* Delivery drone
* Micro air vehicle
* Passenger Drones or Drone Taxis
* Unmanned Combat Aerial vehicle (UCAV), i.e. a UAV that carries aircraft ordnance

Furthermore the drones can be classified by size and technology, that provides constraints and requirements of the application

* Miniature UAV
* Multirotor
* Quadcopter

## Learning Tasks

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* (Agricultural Drones) Analyse the concept of Precision Agriculture and describe in a comparative analysis the pros and cons in comparison to satellite technology (e.g. covering large areas, revisit time for satellites, tailored applications, legal constraints of application, ...)
* (Low-Cost Technology) Analyse the concept of low-cost technology and discuss if this concept is applicable to drones. What are the challenges, requirements and constraints for application in developing countries in term of Sustainability
* (Delivery of Goods) Explain how drones can be used to transport medical samples and drugs in remote areas. What are the requirements and constraints of application of drones for that purpose (range, distance, transport capacities,) and what are the benefits of that purpose?
* (Remote Sensing) Remote sensing can be performed with Satellite Technology and with drones. Compare those two approaches and analyse PROs and CONs of the different approaches!

## Disambiguation

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* Drone is also a male bee from an unfertilized egg
* Drone, a fertile male ant
* Detailled disambiguation - including Art and Music in Wikipedia

## Page Information

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This page was based on the following wikipedia-source page:

* Drone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone
* Datum: 11/17/2018
* Wikipedia2Wikiversity-Converter: https://niebert.github.com/Wikipedia2Wikiversity