Droning On and On: When We Force the Robots to Take Over the Earth

Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.

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Drones, unmanned aircraft systems and similar robotic devices have been having a never-ending field day to the point that their use with respect to common sense is no longer in play. As a result, legislators have had to step in and create policy to keep their annoying, obnoxious and destructive operators under control. It shouldn’t take laws to tell people not to navigate them near power lines, within busy airspace or invading personal and private areas, but that’s what it’s come to.

Despite these setbacks, there are great applications waiting to be explored--we just need to apply some imagination and careful thought. Armed with the appropriate cameras, sensors and armatures, drones can do wonderful work at inspecting and testing the hard to reach, far away and dangerous. Structures of almost any type can be reviewed. The plotting, planning and inspecting of territories and properties can be done effectively. Fires and emergencies can be responded to, mediated and addressed. Agricultural and environmental impacts can be quickly examined, analyzed and managed. Services and deliveries for underserved populations can be set up. The list goes on.

Tech: Up and Coming
Both the commercial and military sectors are looking forward to the next generation of drone use, with increased development and research into new technologies. Within the near future, there …

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