Drone-based inspections are rocketing in popularity. Businesses are employing drones en masse to help analyze the health of their assets. As onboard sensors and hardware improve, the software that …
#073 – All About Drones from The Drawing Board
Hear host Ian Smith answer questions about drones on a podcast instead of always being the one asking them. This week’s episode of CDFM is a syndication of Udacity’s, The …
#072 – Why Ford Is Building Drones with Adi Singh
Why is Ford, a legacy automobile company, building drones? Adi Singh, Principal Scientist for UAV Systems at Ford’s Silicon Valley office, explains all the ways that Ford is researching and …
#071 – Security Drones with Jack Wu, CEO of Nightingale Security
Nightingale Security is a robotic aerial security company – not a traditional drone company. But they do make robotic aerial security platforms (drones) and fleet management software that their clients …
#070 – Fully Autonomous Drones with Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio
Skydio is a very special drone company with a thought-provoking inaugural product. R1, the company’s first drone, costs $2,499, is fully autonomous, and it’s marketed mainly to hobbyists. So why …
#069 – Drone Industry Review: Q1 2018
The drone industry report for Q1 2018, brought to you by Commercial Drones FM. Get briefed on the most important and newsworthy happenings from the previous quarter in the drone …
#068 – DJI’s New Payload SDK with DJI, FLIR, & SLANTRANGE
Today, March 28th, 2018, DJI have announced the availability and launch of their Payload SDK. This is important news for the drone industry since it now means that different sensors, …
#067 – The “Just Drone” Problem with Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen is CEO of Industrial SkyWorks, a Toronto-based drone inspection software and services company. Michael teaches Ian about the “just drone” problem, where if you provide industrial inspection services …
#066 – Drones In A Box with Percepto’s Dor Abuhasira
What is a drone in a box and why is it important? A drone-in-a-box is essentially a drone that lives inside of a box (stay with me here) and the …
#065 – Drone Solution Selling with Topcon’s Dave Henderson
Commercial Drones FM podcast brings you Dave Henderson, Director of Sales, Geospatial Solutions, for Topcon Positioning Systems. This episode covers drone solution selling and an overview of Topcon’s drone hardware …