AI in the Sky

Arnaud Thiercelin
• Head of US R&D
• Global head of DJI developer technologies
• Enterprise & Special projects for US
• DJI since 2016

PHANTOM SeriesINSPIRE Series MAVIC Series MATRICE Series
OSMO Series RONIN MX FLIGHT CONTROLLERSSpark

DJI Developer Technologies
iOS Android Linux ROS
Embedded Systems
http://developer.dji.com

DRONE SOLUTIONS FOR
A NEW GENERATION OF WORK

Drone industry in 2018

CONSUMER MARKET

ENTERPRISE MARKET

Challenges

INTEGRATING DRONES INTO SOCIETY
No Infrastructure
Not informed of surrounding airspace
Balance privacy rights
Avoid limiting economic benefits

Lack integrated tracking tools
Difficult to ensure compliance
No standardized operations
Can’t measure value
OPERATING AT SCALE

(AI) Opportunities

Platforms
DATA
CAPTURE
Sensors
Flight
planning
EXECUTION
Act on
insights
DATA
PROCESSING
Onboard
computers
Analytics
software
THE ROLE DRONES PLAY

• Mission Planning
• Mission coordination
• Central control systems
• Automation
END TO END SOLUTIONS
DATA
CAPTURE

• Vertical domain
knowledge
• Real time / Post
processing
• Cloud
• IoT / Edge
END TO END SOLUTIONS
DATA
PROCESSING

• Decision Making
• Integration to
existing systems
• Vertical domain
knowledge
END TO END SOLUTIONS
EXECUTION

DATA
CAPTURE
EXECUTION
DATA
PROCESSING
THE ROLE DRONES PLAY
AI has a place in every step of the pipeline

End Users
Drone Service
Providers
Training &
Education Orgs
Policy Makers
System
Integrators
Channel Partners
Hardware
Developers
Software
Developers