will address basic challenge around the
world it will impact people from all
walks of life ranging from an astronaut
and the mission to Mars to a farm in
remote part of Ethiopia who is relying
on subsistence farming this technology
is my greatest passion and it’s called
aerial robot aerial robots will be
fundamental components of our future
society
all of you every one of you sitting here
right now will be in position of aerial
robot soon yeah well most of you seem a
bit skeptical remember in 1902 Lord
Kelvin the famous physicist and one of
the great minds of the time said no
aeroplanes will ever be practically
successful there were some experts were
much more optimistic than Calvin was and
said it could be possible in few million
years yet within a year on the 17th of
December 1903 the Wright brothers
conducted the very first successful
flight test now most of us cannot even
imagine at least intercontinental
transportation without aeroplanes
believe me aerial robots will soon be
do you think this is a toy this is
absolutely not a toy this is a type of
unmanned aerial robot which has a
potential to be used for wide range of
civil applications for example in
agriculture to increase productivity or
in healthcare to take part in
life-saving missions what are unmanned
aerial robots really these are any type
of flying machines without onboard pilot
they come in different shape size for or
type they can be completely autonomous
or they can be piloted from a ground
station this robot is a specific type of
unmanned aerial robot and it’s called
hexacopter because it has six propellers
it can translate rotate in different
directions by changing the speeds of the
propellers in a coordinated manner this
type of robots also have a capability of
vertically taking off and landing so
they don’t need runways like aeroplanes
this makes them extremely appealing for
applications performed in congested
environments such as crowded cities now
more than ever the use of unmanned
aerial robots is extremely essential for
the perpetration of life take for
example agriculture do you know that the
world population in 2050 is estimated to
be nine point seven billion this is an
increase by more than 30%
this means that we have to fit in the
growing population with essentially less
stars force less arable lands than we
have right now
this entails the use of effective and
environmentally friendly technologies
like the aerial acrobats on here your
future life depends on aerial robots the
necessity to innovate in the field of
aerial robotics has also created
opportunities for students and
researchers for example this hexacopter
which is modular which can easily be
assembled and disassembled as you will
see in the next movie has been developed
by a group of second year undergraduate
students of mine
this robot is extremely light all its
mechanical structures have been 3d
printed in our lab the next movie shows
you this extra copter this innovative
hexacopter the first prototype when it
you can think of such unmanned aerial
robots being easily used easily deployed
by different parties such as first
responders like police and firefighters
even field engineers
unmanned aerial robots have many
appealing features they are relatively
cheap the cheapest 10 euros and they
have unbounded workspace and are safe to
operate which makes them easily
deployable in remote and unknown
environment without endangering the
human pilots life for example I operated
an unmanned aerial robot in Australia
while being here in the Netherlands this
was actually the longest
intercontinental Taylor operation of
aerial robots such appealing features of
unmanned aerial robots are the reasons
why in this year alone more than 1
million and man aerial robots have been
sold only in the US according to the
European Union this field has a
potential to create more than 100,000
job opportunities and it will have an
annual economic impact of more than 10
billion euros only in Europe in the next
few years if they have these all
potential applications if they have
these many appealing features aren’t you
all wondering as to why we don’t see
aerial robots everywhere I am as any new
and innovative technology they also face
serious challenge the most serious
challenge that they face right now is
something that involves all of you all
of you here that is the societal
challenge you find aerial robots
extremely cool very interesting but then
when it comes to using them for
day-to-day activities especially in your
busy
we are extremely concerned about safety
security and privacy what if they are
used to violate youth privacy but if
they are used by bad actors a lot of
what ifs these are legitimate concerns
names less hindering the growth
trajectory that our world is in by
slowing down innovation by slowing down
use of technology cannot be an
appropriate solution remember most of
technological innovations are originally
technologies by themselves are not
harmful it is you the choices that you
make can make them harmful so it is up
to you to make the right choice be open
to new and innovative technologies
accept working side by side with aerial
robots adopt new rules and regulations
that makes it easy to use aerial robots
for civilian applications as such you
nowadays it’s normal for all of us to
carry smartphones in the near future it
will be normal for all of us to own
aerial robots in one form or another
main aspects of your future life
for example communication transportation
even health care highly depends on
aerial robots most importantly your
children’s and grandchildren’s very
existence which depends on how well we
use the limited resources that we have
right now extremely depends on new and
innovative technologies like aerial
robots
so let’s embrace aerial robots and use them for the good of mankind