According to reports, Sony is showing off some of it’s UAV lineup, all part of its recently announced Aerosense joint venture. Unfortunately, that means these drones will only be used to service business customers, so you’ll have to look elsewhere if you want to fly something like it. The drone also has GPS, Wi-Fi and an inertial navigation system. It also has a high-speed data transfer module that uses Sony’s TransferJet technology. The video shows the drone take off and land vertically like a helicopter.
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On the heavier side, but packing a bit more punch, is the AS-DT01-E, a 15-pound UAV capable of carrying up to 6.6 pounds of payload and operating over two hours on a fully-charged battery, Computerworld reported.
Potential applications include photographing agricultural land, mining sites and mountainous areas to check for damage after a storm.
Sony in collaboration with ZMP Inc, a robotics company based in Tokyo has released videos of two prototype drones, designed to survey and inspect areas that are otherwise hard to access.
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Sony, whose Xperia smartphones have failed to gain market share, is looking to find another use for its mobile phone and digital camera technologies in the nascent drone market. Aerosense’s CTO is Kotaro Sabe, who worked on the electronics maker’s Aibo robot dog and Qrio humanoid robot, both of which were shelved when Sony shut down its entertainment robot business about 10 years ago.
