Computex 2022: Future Drones will be Intel Powered

Aside from its efforts in the computing space and networking segment, Intel has also been dabbling in the drones androbotics infinite of late besides. From showing off its robot spiders and protective wearing apparel concept final twelvemonth, to backing an autonomous wearable drone, the CPU manufacturer is now looking to reinforce its role within this surface area of focus with new technological concepts.

From unveiling the ambitious projection it undertook in November 2022 to fly 100 light-emitting drones simultaneously for an upshot called 'Drone 100', Intel is now very confident it can empower this role of the industry fully with its multiple technological innovations.

The latest efforts for the Drone 100 entrada is to create an improvident show at the Vivid Sydney lights, music, and ideas event. Intel'south back up of this evidence saw its drones putting up the same Beethoven inspired lighting sequence.

Enhancing the show is the project mapping event that Vivid Sydney organisers put together for the Sydney Opera House and visual effects that take been created for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

According to Navin Shenoy, Corporate Vice President and General Kanager for the Client Computing Group of Intel, Intel's office in producing smaller yet powerful processors, enhanced 3D imaging systems, and advanced wireless arrays has given the Santa Clara-based ICT vendor enough of reasons to really hop onto the drone bandwagon.

"Drones will become of import as they take on roles that are less feasible for many to practise. Mapping, aerial photography, and disquisitional work processes - drones will be taking over these functions in the years to come. In fact, by 2022, there will be nearly 7 million drones operating around the world - all of them populating the heaven," Shenoy said.

Right now, the world considers drones as consumer based systems that are generally recreational in nature. That will change every bit new industrial-based drones come off the product line and be deployed for work. Shenoy believes construction sites, area surveillance, and utility direction will brand full use of these new flight-based autonomous platforms.

Equally they are used, of course, more and more data will be generated as well. "They will all exist pushed into the Deject for easy storage and processing. Imagine this - 20GB of data being pushed every minute into data centres. That's huge. No human being is able to generate that much data and then speedily. This is a huge opportunity for the Cyberspace of Things (IoT) to capture, leverage, and improve the latent potential these processes offering," Shenoy added.

Of course, beyond updating the electronics for the drone, the optics have been optimised besides with the latest Intel RealSense camera and sensor offerings. With it, the new Intel empowered drones are able to non but follow its users but besides navigate itself around detected obstacles to avoid any potential collision situations.

These innovations have been packaged into the most advance electronics system Intel has always developed for drones. Shenoy, during his keynote, chosen it the Intel Aero.

"Drones need to operate on a proper industry standard to ensure they are easy to manage, update, and customise. With the Intel Aero board, which we introduced at the recent Intel Developer Forum Shenzen, developers tin can work on a unified standard to build their systems, exist information technology for the air or ground. In having this standard, there would be now a seamless platform that anybody tin work with and create on," Shenoy said.

If anything, what Intel has shown in terms of its drone efforts is nix short of incredible. Undoubtedly, the drones space has gone upwardly a notch equally its time to come is now brighter than it could ever be.