What Happened at DJI Airworks 2020? Drone Industry Challenges and Resilience – DSLRPros Official Blog

Since 2016, Airworks has served as the preeminent annual hub for innovation and growth in the drone industry; bringing together business partners, software developers, and public safety officials to share insights and new advancements.  This year, particular attention was given to drone applications in construction, energy, public safety and agriculture. In an era of change due to COVID-19, DJI decided on hosting Airworks as a digital event this year.

Change, Breakthroughs and Ecosystems: DJI is moving towards a more robust role in drone fleet management in addition to drone production.  Christopher Tuazon, DJI Senior Brand Manager, proclaimed a shift to “create a complete ecosystem of products that go from flight control to flight and fleet management, all the way to data output.”   To further integrate said efforts, DJI partnered with ESRI, the global leader in location intelligence.  Tuazon remarked, “With the new system, drones will deliver live data on top of an enhanced reality model for better coordination between field operators and command centers.” DJI envisions opportunities such as automated and scheduled drone delivery, automated data collection and advanced autonomy.”

These changes support improved data collection for agricultural development, ongoing infrastructure development, or monitoring areas of interest for new development (i.e. social unrest, fires, floods, reforestation, erosion, migratory patterns or other environmental impact).  In many cases this includes greater capabilities for autonomous flight, enhanced obstacle avoidance for more challenging environments, and enhanced communication between other UAV’s and multiple drone controllers.  Currently, specific payloads also utilize DJI Active Track, featuring three modes (trace, profile and spotlight) to stay aware of subjects.

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