TECHNOLOGY

A view from the air

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles and drones in the mining industry is growing at warp speed. What can we do with them now, and what does the future hold for this technology? Donna Schmidt reports

Donna Schmidt
senseFly’s eBee Plus survey drone is a large coverage photogrammetric mapping system featuring RTK/PPK upgradeability

senseFly’s eBee Plus survey drone is a large coverage photogrammetric mapping system featuring RTK/PPK upgradeability

One official dictionary definition for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) includes that the units be "piloted by remote control or on-board computers" and operated autonomously....

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