GPS World, January 2017

UAV LAUNCHPAD JANUARY 2017 WWW GPSWORLD COM GPS WORLD 43 1 SMART DRONE WITH DUALSCREEN CONTROLLER CONTROLLER INSPIRED BY SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS The Evolve drone has a dual screen remote controller empowering users with industry grade features and functionality The remote controller is a smart pilot system SPS that combines all required functions for amateur and professional users flying and filming needs under a single interface Functioning as a 7 inch viewfinder and a 5 inch multi touch control panel the foldable dual screen has minimal buttons and sticks providing an intuitive experience Both screens are luminously visible and operable in direct sunlight The controller features a 64 bit quad core CPU a dedicated GPU 4GB DDR3 RAM and Android OS inside It comes with a GPS module inertial measurement unit sensors Micro SD card slot USB port and micro HDMI out port allowing comprehensive extendibility such as additional storage FPV goggles and VR headsets XDynamics www xdynamics com 2 SURVEY GRADE UAS ALSO COMES IN SOLAR POWERED VERSION FOR EXTENDED FLIGHT TIME The Bramor ppX long endurance small UAS has an all composite blendedwing body system capable of flying for 35 hours Also available is the variant Bramor ppX LRS long range solar version developed in conjunction with Sunnyvale California thin film solar cell company Alta Devices The ppX LRS can fly up to 55 hours Both versions can carry an array of advanced sensors for remote sensing aero photogrammetry surveying and agricultural mapping as well as intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance missions The new ppX is complemented with a C3P command control communications and planning software package for mission planning and flight control enabling situational awareness and intuitive systems control It also has an online fleet management and maintenance support system that will enable current users and operators to share technical data and mission profile and performance parameters advice Sensors available range from visible light to multispectral hyperspectral and advanced gas laser sensors capable of detecting 005 ppm of methane gas in the air above the areas of interest where leaks could develop C ASTRAL Aerospace www c astral com 3 AR GLASSES THREE COMPANIES WORK TO IMPROVE THE AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE HiScene Inuitive and Heptagon have teamed up on HiScenes next generation of augmented reality AR glasses HiAR Glasses incorporate Inuitives NU3000 computer vision processor and Heptagons advanced illumination The companies worked together to develop a complete solution for advanced 3D depth sensing and AR VR applications that delivers excellent performance even in changing light conditions and outdoors The glasses AR operating system provides stereoscopic interactivity 3D gesture perception intelligent speech recognition natural image recognition and inertial measurement unit IMU displayed with an improved 3D graphical user interface HiScene www hiscene com 4 FLYING CAMERA SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING EMBEDDED IN AIR FRAME The Inspire 2 improves on the Inspire 1 with a new image processing system embedded into the airframe the CineCore 20 It records up to 52K in CinemaDNG RAW Apple ProRes and other formats It flies from 0 to 50 mph 80 kph in 5 seconds reaches 58 mph 94 kph and has a maximum descent speed of 9 m s A dual battery system prolongs the flight time to 27 minutes with an X4S while self heating technology allows it to fly in low temperatures DJIs Flight Autonomy provides two directions of obstacle avoidance and sensor redundancy Increased intelligence adds multiple intelligent flight modes including Spotlight Pro giving single pilots the ability to create complex dramatic shots An upgraded video transmission system is capable of dual signal frequency and dual channel streaming video from an onboard first person view camera and the main camera simultaneously for better pilot and camera operator collaboration DJI dji com 1 4 2 3