War of Drones: from Fields to Frontlines

In this new episode of Talking Substance host Alina Hrytsenko talks to Valeriy Yakovenko, co-founder of DroneUA, an international system integrator of unmanned solutions. It is one of the most innovative enterprises in Ukraine. Their discussion focuses on drones and robotics, and how new technology affects our lives, both as civilians and on the battlefield.
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Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
00:44 The path from medical doctor to drone developer
07:15 Using drones in agriculture
15:29 The future of robotic warfare
20:27 Drone manufacturing in Ukraine
27:01 Anti-drone robotics, or anti-drone weaponry
30:58 Will robotics minimize human casualties on the battlefield?
36:50 END

[@bc-guy852]

Ukraine IS ALREADY the global leader in drone technology!! And, Ukraine will be "The HUB of Defence Tech in the world" soon! Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava! (Comments are being deleted or censored - again.)

[@bc-guy852]

Ukraine IS ALREADY the global leader in drone technology!! And, Ukraine will be 'The HUB of Defence Tech in the world". Slava Ukraini. Heroyam Slava! (Comments are being deleted or censored - again.)

[@lucchenier6012]

Very informative interview. Learned so much about drones and how they are helping Ukraine to victory!

[@migsvensurfing6310]

Thank you for the insight. Let's never forget the men and the company and the people willing to support with a lot of money to get the Baraktar drones flying for Ukraine. It was a huge step forward. Baraktar wanted to build a factory in Ukraine, did it ever happen ? Did the Ukrainians develop their own so fast that it wasn't nessecary anymore ?

[@shantanusapru]

Ukraine's drone-based military tactics are going to change warfare for ever. They are pioneers in this regard. Slava Ukraini!!!

[@TauNomm]

We can all be supporters of Ukraine. For example, by donating to United24 which funds important drone programmes.

[@DougWedel-wj2jl]

Being on the cutting edge means a crazy amount of innovation. How do you accomplish this? Is it a crazy idea to hire volunteer innovators from around the world who think up and build prototypes of drones? A drone can be any shape and size and made from any material. Imagine setting up design teams of 2 to 20 innovators building and testing drones, one at minimum in every country in the world?

[@rursus8354]

13:25: _"Ukraine is an agricultural powerhouse"_ It should be know (by anyone that reasons properly) that Ukraine is not just that. It was an industrialized state since from the Soviet time that produced tanks, had ironworks factories and produced electrical powers by nuclear plants. Let's rather say an engineering country that turned entrepreneurial at the Maidan Revolution, and had the advantage of a rich agriculture. Ukrainians should reason that Ukrainian membership to EU is as much an advantage for EU as the other way around. Same for NATO.

[@gawkthimm6030]

ok so Imagine a container full of pre-programmed autonomous kamikaze drones set with facial recognition and images of senior political and military leadership as "priority 1", then second priority a pre-set list of coordinates with critical infrastructure as secondary., then put such a container loaded with such drones on a cargo ship that then automatically unleash them just before the ship docks in a harbor.

[@Tbone1492]

I know this one. He's been selling to NY Thruway authority!

[@rursus8354]

24:01: [The risk with private persons creating their own drones] There's no such risk: a drone can make anything from surveillance, to dropping bombs. A soldier will decide what they can use a drone for, and they know their craft. Any machine is to some extent unreliable, only more or less unreliable, and the soldier decides what to use the drone for based on reliability and other factors. Today *_any_* person can construct a drone for say €100 with a soldering iron, electronic components and a few prefabricated circuit boards. The testing and the programming might be the hard part. You only have to learn the craft.

[@Lombardo.diVino.-sd2iv]

Why not upgrade one's English to a digestible degree before venturing in beginner propaganda?

[@bohdanlychacz363]

As an English speaker from birth, their English is probably better than yours comrade.