Hey guys, DeepMAV.ai team here.
We have exciting news about our product development progress. We reached a very cool milestone with our Drone Cloud product. We have now completed the MVP version of the Survey service and are making it available to Beta customers.
While this is still an early iteration of our product, interested users can register to be part of our Beta program where they will get free access to the Drone Cloud service during the program and can take advantage of autonomous drone surveying capabilities. To find out more and get access to the Beta program, contact us over email at djankov@deepmav.ai.
Along with the Drone Cloud Survey service, as part of the Beta program we are also distributing the onboard drone software package compatible with PX4-based drone companion computer flight hardware for autonomous survey mission execution.
Here are some of the key features of the Survey service.
Target Management
We now offer the ability to manage survey targets in the Drone Cloud. Targets can be defined as single-point, perimeter or three-dimensional shape targets. Drone Cloud provides the ability to locate and define targets seamlessly on a Google Map in the browser.
Survey Mission Management
We also offer the ability to define and manage survey missions in the cloud. We provide several built-in automated survey patterns, including orbiting, contour, and parallel tracks. All survey missions utilize the RGB drone camera for now, and we plan to support other types of optical sensors in the future. Users can also configure mission parameters such as distance, speed, or data capture rate to customize the autonomous target surveying. Surveys can be conducted by individual drones, drone fleets flying in formation, or drone swarms working and coordinating in a distributed fashion.
Performing Drone Surveys and Reviewing Survey Results
The execution of survey missions is fully autonomous. Survey mission configuration is automatically pushed to the drones when connected to the Drone Cloud. Once drones are armed, they autonomously perform the assigned survey mission. After the mission is complete, survey data is automatically uploaded to the cloud where it can be viewed. The Drone Cloud website allows users to review drone flight trajectories and collected camera images.