Parrot Repurposes Consumer Models for Commercial Market

French drone producer Parrot has taken an attention-grabbing sideways step into the business market this week. The firm has introduced that two of its newest shopper drones are being repurposed to fulfill the wants of pros in agriculture, mapping and inspection, for industries starting from development to actual property.

Parrot introduced that greater than a 3rd of its drone division was being laid off in the beginning of the yr as a part of a reorganization. Although its shopper drones have remained widespread regardless of fierce competitors from American and Asian opponents, CEO Henri Seydoux has determined to shift – like many operators within the drone business have been doing – in direction of business services.

But Parrot is in a stronger place than most to make the pivot. Since 2012 the corporate has been steadily buying business drone startups and stakes within the likes of AIRINOV, MicaSense, Pix4D and senseFly.

Now is the time for its easy-to-use shopper drones and its main business know-how to come back collectively.

Mapping with the Parrot Disco

Parrot’s new skilled vary of end-to-end packages embody upgraded variations of the corporate’s shopper drones and software program licenses. They’ve been designed to be put to work straight off the shelf.

Many of our readers shall be accustomed to the Parrot Bebop 2 and the spectacular Parrot Disco. The firm is repurposing each to swimsuit business operations.

The Bebop 2 will get an improve

bebop 2 pro modeling

The Bebop Pro package deal can be utilized with Pix4D for aerial modeling.

The Bebop 2 will are available in two packages:

  • Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling

Targeted at professionals, reminiscent of actual property brokers, architects, craftsmen and property insurance coverage brokers. This package deal will enable them to simply create promotional movies or interactive 3D fashions for quotes and website supervision.

The Parrot Bebop-Pro 3D Modeling pack features a Parrot Bebop 2 drone, a Parrot Skycontroller 2 distant management, the Pix4Dcapture app to routinely seize aerial pictures and a Pix4Dmodel software program package deal to course of pictures and create 3D fashions.

It shall be out there in June 2017 for $1,100 + tax.

The thermal mannequin will present a toolkit for inspection and thermal detection corporations, roofers, plumbers, constructing staff and firefighters.

Availability and pricing to be introduced.

parrot bebop commercial modelling

Parrot Bebop Pro: 3D-Modeling

Disco revival for the business market

parrot disco agriculture

The Parrot Disco can now be used for precision agriculture.

The Parrot Disco is being repurposed as an all-in-one mapping resolution for precision agriculture. The mounted drone is easy to launch and has a flight time that far outstrips any multi-rotor drone available on the market. It shall be out there with a number of apps and attachments to fulfill the evolving wants of farmers.

parrot multi-spectral sensor

Parrot’s Sequoia attachment: A miniature multi-spectral imagery resolution.

In conjunction with the brand new software program and choices, the Parrot Disco can now autonomously produce an correct map full with seen and invisible multispectral pictures of crops. Nearly 200 acres may be lined in half an hour. This package deal will value $5,000 when it’s out there in June – not unhealthy for the business market.

Taking the most effective of the most effective from the Parrot ecosystem

Speaking completely to DroneLife at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017 in Dallas, Chris Roberts, VP and managing director of Parrot defined that the brand new Professional packages will act as a bridge between their shopper and business merchandise. As nicely as offering an entire resolution for people, small and medium-sized enterprises, they’re making the shopping for course of simpler.

“It’s about bringing the best of the best from the Parrot ecosystem,” stated Roberts. “What we are doing is taking the proven consumer drone, making slight modifications and embedding a high-precision sensor. By adding the post-analysis software we can provide everything that you need to get going for a multi-purpose work tool.”

Malek Murison is a contract author and editor with a ardour for tech developments and innovation.
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