AI can help address challenges in integrating drones into society by providing opportunities in mission planning, coordination, control systems, and automation. AI has a role to play in every step of the drone data capture, processing, and execution pipeline. This includes tasks like vertical domain knowledge, real-time and post-processing analytics, decision making, and integrating insights into existing systems. By leveraging AI, drones can operate at scale and provide end-to-end solutions for industries.

1. AI in the Sky

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

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

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

6. DRONE SOLUTIONS FOR
A NEW GENERATION OF WORK

7. Drone industry in 2018

8. CONSUMER MARKET

9. ENTERPRISE MARKET

10. Challenges

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

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

13. (AI) Opportunities

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

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

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

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

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

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