Optimus Drone and Air Base in an Urban Environment (Credit: Airobotics)
Airobotics Deploys Optimus Urban Drone Infrastructure in UAE
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
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Israeli drone manufacturer aero robotics announced that it is providing additional drone systems and services to UAE government agencies for the deployment of large fleets powered by Airobotics. Optimus Urban Drone Infrastructure.
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The customer previously placed its first system and service orders at the Dubai Expo. In doing so, Airobotics conducted thousands of autonomous drone flights under harsh environmental conditions in populated areas.
Designed to serve as a network of smart drones connected to city control centers, the Airobotics system serves as the municipal infrastructure to provide a variety of automated data solutions. The primary purpose of the deployed urban drone infrastructure is to reduce the response time of security and rescue forces to emergencies, support law enforcement and homeland security operations, and streamline local government services. Airobotics is also looking into drone parcel delivery and other smart city applications for infrastructure.
The company believes the Optimus Urban Drone infrastructure will be deployed broadly across this particular UAE city over the next few years, with two systems already deployed, bringing the total to four with the completion of this new deal. increase.
Airobotics, which operates in several countries, including the United Arab Emirates, plans to work with other customers to establish a permanent infrastructure that will rely on a fleet of autonomous drones that can act as an intelligence task force. is standing This infrastructure is designed for urban environments and strategic facilities that require immediate security, surveillance, and emergency response. Each system features automated battery exchange, automatic loading and placement of the appropriate sensors for each designated mission, and a smart airbase that provides up to 80 square kilometers of coverage around the airbase. Drones can be launched for longer and more complex missions, with flights monitored by remote operators in command and control centers.
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