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Civil and Social Uses of Drones are growing. The dawn of the 21st century brought significant innovation in the field of science and technology. And the sector of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, abbreviated as UAVs, is at the epitome of technological advancement in Aerospace Software and Aeronautical Engineering. However, the non-governmental usage of drones will grow enormously, impacting our lives in extended areas of precision, complexity, and extreme conditions (“The Civil and Social Use of Drones”). We can witness the growth of the world in technology by the excellence in the avionics industry.
The times of our excitement for a flying plane rarely caught by our sights have long gone, and drones are now an everyday reality. The technology is growing cheaper, and more people can buy drones impacting our civil and social lives. However, there are far fewer accounts that comprehensively serve as credible resources. Therefore, my goal for the subject paper is to present coherent literature that outlines the usability of drones and provides data for discussion and research on the Civil and Social Uses of Drones.
Despite of disadvantages of artificial intelligence, drones count as an advantage of artificial intelligence. Drones play an important role in variety of areas, and their applications are growing with the fusion of technology subjects.
The number of drones used for any non-governmental purpose is growing, assisting in security, surveillance, photography, videography, and activities like pesticide spray, fire-extinguishing, and other activities of sensitive nature. Additionally, the burden on the air space and challenges for the traditional notions of security, privacy, safety, ownership, liability, and regulations are increasing (Rao et al. 86). And addition to the non-governmental usage of drones is its personal or recreational use.
UAV operations and image acquisitions are extraordinary and quality-driven with in-flight camera stabilization in extreme conditions. It includes surveying and mapping architectural or geographical landscapes, construction sites, and other infrastructure under the civil usage of drones. Surveyors, engineers, and managers can perform better surveillance, have images with lesser distortion and precise data for better execution and inspections (Shakhatreh et al. 48606).
Drones are now readily available to the agricultural industry. The use of drones in pesticides control and firefighting is another example of the precision, mobility, and technological advancement these UAVs have brought to the evolving lives of people. The drones exterminate pesticides in large fields. For this purpose, precision-agriculture experts mount sprayers on heavy-lift UAVs instead of ordinary ones (Mogili and Deepak 507). And, firefighters use drones equipped with thermal cameras and charged coupled devices (CCD) to reach and extinguish the fire in distant areas in case of a forest fire by finding hotspots or complex in-house fires. These UAVs also help to identify unsafe buildings after the completion of a mission (Yuan et al.).
Drones are now a part of our social life, and we use them in filming our recreational trips or other important events like freelance journalism and video production. Catherine Adam elaborates in her research work on the topics of usage of drones in journalism and the quality of videography, including angle and trajectory, clear point of view, freedom of shooting, and evading typical studio productions (97). She goes further into the subject defining the use of drones in the TV and Film industry.
Covid-19 pandemic exponentially increased the importance of home delivery, and market giants are using drones for home delivery (“Amazon.Com: Prime Air”). Although drones in this niche are new and will evolve with time passing, it shows the growing involvement of drones in our civil and social life.
Conclusion
In the light of all the evidence, we can conclude that the usage of drones in our lives is remarkable, and we can expect an increase in the involvement of drones in our daily life. Drones can help us with the services sector and improve our lives in many different ways. We can control our agricultural farms or construction sites for increased profitability with better evaluations and timely decisions. Factually, there are no limits to the applicability or deployment of drones.