This was done using the DJI A3 fc back in the days 🙂

Thank you for your kind words! The A3 has served us well for a long time but we are currently exploring other options for the future.

The current max delivery range from the Everdrone Airbase is roughly 6 km. That enables us to fly to the incident, deliver the AED, and fly back again with about 30% battery power left to account for any unforeseen events along the way.

@@Everdrone Great work! A question: would you be able to help someone farther away if you were willing to leave the drone stranded?

@@c0xb0x That's one very interesting idea that we are actually exploring. We do not have that possibility today, but it might be an option in the future. Thanks for asking.

There is no paper available unfortunately. The technology is proprietary of Everdrone. Some additional information can however be found here: www.everdrone.com/news/2018/9/13/everdrone-demonstrates-worlds-most-advanced-visual-navigation-system-for-uavs-powered-by-intel-realsense-technology

Unfortunately the system is not yet commercially available. But we are happy to discuss collaborations and pilot testing together with relevant stakeholders.

@@Everdrone Hello, Thank you for your prompt reply to my comment. We are a team of electrical and software engineers currently developing a RPAS/Drones prototype utilizing leading technology/sensors such as RealSense to conduct advanced operations in order to capture both 2D and 3D data for commercial surveying, mapping, inspection services, including buildings and construction projects. Our past project includes a 2D Lidar based mapping device and software capable of converting sophisticated Pointclouds data directly to AutoCad formats. We will be launching our company in the next few months as we are currently in the process of acquiring license for commercial flights here in Alberta, Canada. I’d be happy to connect with you and discuss further in details if you’d be interested. Thank you, Ray

@@raym7707 Right now Everdrone has a strong focus on emergency response, healthcare and logistics. Unfortunately I don't think we are the right partner for you at this time.

No. "Safely" is correct.

Yes, on the lowest level we use ordinary PIDs - several different PIDs for different flight modes actually. The Visual Navigation system gives us information about speed, height, relative position etc. On top of that there is a lot of high-level logic and intelligence as well.

@@Everdrone Thanks you!

Tack för frågan! Vi har sex stycken RealSense-kameror monterade runt omkring drönaren vilket ger oss data som vi kan kombinera ihop till ett 360-graders punktmoln. Därtill har vi en sjunde kamera riktad nedåt. Läs mer på www.everdrone.com/news/2018/3/26/weve-seen-things-you-wouldnt-believe

Tack för svaret, jag lär väl köpa 5 till nu. Hade inte en take på att sätta ihop flera på serie för att få 360. Coolt!

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@staffangreisz3534 at that point why not just go multiple lidars? You can get some killer 3d lidar scans out of 2d lidars with point cloud

@@scottbattaglia8595 to update this old post I got an Livox mid-360 that are so nice to handle.

The drone in this film is equipped with sensors called Intel RealSense that provides depth data and RGB-vision of the drones surrounding. In the film the drone is hovering and landing in a stable manner without any use of GPS. Instead the drone is navigating by use of optical flow technology. In the smaller image in the top right corner you can see how the drone is visually tracking its position in relation to the ground and the landing marker. This technology allows for really precise low-altitude-navigation including take-off and landing. And that is obviously necessary when doing cargo missions for example.

Our visual navigation system is under development and is unfortunately not available to purchase yet. However, we hope to release an Open Beta during second half of 2018. Stay up to date by following our progress at facebook.com/everdrone/