Working with flying and floating surveying robots
Digitization 4.0 is on everyone's lips today and you get the impression that something new is emerging. In fact, many professional groups have anticipated this development for years and are already taking advantage of it. The digital world, the "Internet of Things" is today the basis for many applications of daily life such as a navigation system, a line information system, a city guide or even a flight planning system for drones and measuring robots. Even a digital city map is a digital masterpiece and a great help in everyday life. The "Smartphone" tool is the engine behind this technology and is slowly replacing the PC.
Digitization in the field of surveying has been your regular place for years. But helping us to catch the buzzword "Surveying 4.0" in the minds of a broader user base should be the right thing for us. But there are also new fields of activity for the surveying industry if we consistently think through and promote the use of our digital data, for example with regard to the topic of "surveying robots". The use of digital data, is the basis for a functioning survey robot, no matter he swims, flies or drives.
The use of new algorithms from the automotive industry, keyword autonomous driving and object recognition, and from the 3D film industry enables us, that the camera becomes the measuring system and the corresponding recording systems in the surveying area for the autonomous acquisition of digital data can be used. The advantages of this technology are obvious. We reduce the expensive sales force by up to 90% and also the office staff is moved to independently working computers, which work primarily unattended or at night. By the way, we get a much better detail of the results and a higher accuracy. However, it is essential to adhere to certain rules of the game, such as the "Flying Surveyor" workflow.
