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According to drone maker, Chris Anderson (CEO of 3D Robotics), who was speaking at the InterDrone convention, the drones are part of the Internet of Things. He made some good points about the following aspects:

• 'Unattended sensors'

  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones as we often call them, should be thought of as "unattended sensors," Anderson says.

  They are sensors connected to the Internet that pass data to the cloud. Ultimately, you can "almost forget about the device," he said.

• Smartphones

Smartphones are what made drones possible.

"Once you're connected to the smartphone, you're also connected to the cloud,". So, these devices can be constructed as connected devices "from the start."

• Satellites

Anderson says that drones' function can be thought as remote sensors compared to satellites. "We're going to see drones dominate remote sensing, not satellites," he says.

"Two-thirds of the planet is under cloud at any one time," he said. "That means satellites can't see two-thirds of the planet." Drones operate below the clouds. If you want to get consistent shots over a period, drones are the way to go, he thinks.

Therefore the drones (UAVs) are part of the Internet of Things, because they role is as a sensor.

Source: Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says

See also video of Chris Anderson Future of Drones Keynote at InterDrone.

The IoT-GSI (The Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things) doesn't mention any stance on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), however they defined the IoT as "the infrastructure of the information society." (ITU-T Y.2060). So any physical device embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity^wiki with their support of communication capabilities^ITU which allows to be sensed and/or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure (interactively or autonomously) is part of the Internet of Things.

Further more, according to ITU-T Y.2060 recommendation which clarifies the concept and scope of the IoT, the minimum requirement of the device in the IoT is their support of communication capabilities^T-REC-Y.2060, especially the one with capabilities of data-carrying, data-capturing and sensing (e.g. detect and measure information of the surrounding enironment and convert it into digital signals) which flying drones obviously does that.

As Chris Anderson, drone maker (CEO of 3D Robotics) said at the recent InterDrone convention, that flying drones (as we often call them), should be thought of as "unattended sensors" (sensors connected to the Internet that pass data to the cloud). Especially when you're connected to the smartphone, you're also connected to the cloud, so these devices are designed to be connected "from the start". They role is basically as a sensors, therefore in his opinion they are part of the Internet of Things infrastructure.

^{Source: Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says. (Drones Keynote video at InterDrone).}

According to drone maker, 3D Robotics' chief Chris Anderson, who was speaking at the InterDrone convention, the drones are part of the Internet of Things. He made some good points about the following aspects:

• 'Unattended sensors'

  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones as we often call them, should be thought of as "unattended sensors," Anderson says.

  They are sensors connected to the Internet that pass data to the cloud. Ultimately, you can "almost forget about the device," he said.

• Smartphones

Smartphones are what made drones possible.

"Once you're connected to the smartphone, you're also connected to the cloud,". So, these devices can be constructed as connected devices "from the start."

• Satellites

Anderson says that drones' function can be thought as remote sensors compared to satellites. "We're going to see drones dominate remote sensing, not satellites," he says.

"Two-thirds of the planet is under cloud at any one time," he said. "That means satellites can't see two-thirds of the planet." Drones operate below the clouds. If you want to get consistent shots over a period, drones are the way to go, he thinks.

Therefore they're part of the Internet of Things.

Source: Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says

According to drone maker, Chris Anderson (CEO of 3D Robotics), who was speaking at the InterDrone convention, the drones are part of the Internet of Things. He made some good points about the following aspects:

• 'Unattended sensors'

  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones as we often call them, should be thought of as "unattended sensors," Anderson says.

  They are sensors connected to the Internet that pass data to the cloud. Ultimately, you can "almost forget about the device," he said.

• Smartphones

Smartphones are what made drones possible.

"Once you're connected to the smartphone, you're also connected to the cloud,". So, these devices can be constructed as connected devices "from the start."

• Satellites

Anderson says that drones' function can be thought as remote sensors compared to satellites. "We're going to see drones dominate remote sensing, not satellites," he says.

"Two-thirds of the planet is under cloud at any one time," he said. "That means satellites can't see two-thirds of the planet." Drones operate below the clouds. If you want to get consistent shots over a period, drones are the way to go, he thinks.

Therefore the drones (UAVs) are part of the Internet of Things, because they role is as a sensor.

Source: Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says

See also video of Chris Anderson Future of Drones Keynote at InterDrone.

Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says.

According to drone maker, 3D Robotics' chief Chris Anderson, who was speaking at the InterDrone convention, the drones are part of the Internet of Things. He made some good points about the following aspects:

• 'Unattended sensors'

  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones as we often call them, should be thought of as "unattended sensors," Anderson says.

  They are sensors connected to the Internet that pass data to the cloud. Ultimately, you can "almost forget about the device," he said.

• Smartphones

Smartphones are what made drones possible.

"Once you're connected to the smartphone, you're also connected to the cloud,". So, these devices can be constructed as connected devices "from the start."

• Satellites

Anderson says that drones' function can be thought as remote sensors compared to satellites. "We're going to see drones dominate remote sensing, not satellites," he says.

"Two-thirds of the planet is under cloud at any one time," he said. "That means satellites can't see two-thirds of the planet." Drones operate below the clouds. If you want to get consistent shots over a period, drones are the way to go, he thinks.

Therefore they're part of the Internet of Things.

Source: Drones are part of the Internet of Things, drone maker says