Drone Automation: An Overview of Recent Progress and Research
N. Venkata Sailaja, T. Hari Priya, G M Yashwanth, V. Vihari, Y. Naveen Reddy, M. Raja Yashaswi, B. Janaki Ram · 2022
The recent techno-trend is frequently including drones one way or the other. These have attracted increasing attention due to usage in communications, photography, agriculture, surveillance and numerous public services and many more vast ranges of applications. But still, there had been a minimal effort of including these automated drones in commercial or general usage. These applications range from greater yet simpler applications such as grocery shopping, pet care taking, and babysitting to sophisticated applications such as surveillance and security.This paper is a direct implication to answering these commercial and general requirements with the help of automated drones. We aim to propose a collaboration between a drone and machine learning so that the drones are automated to move on their own. The IoT device in the drone is loaded with a machine learning algorithm that can identify and distinguish between faces and track them and drone mechanics to make drones move accordingly. Built-in with the power of object recognition and automatic navigation, the drone can follow a distinguishable object, either as a part of surveillance or assistance. With photography and video graphy becoming an integral part of everyone’s lives, this drone can help film sports videos and professional cinematography.