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What is Drone ?
What is Drone ? If you just hear of it, it might not so clear what it mean ? But if see a couple of pictures or couple of video clips, you would quickly catch what it is. However, some people like me :) may feel uneasy to start anything without any formal (or at least semi-formal) definition. The original meaning before we have this kind of technical stuff is 'Male Bee'. To me, the male bee well presents the fundamental features of the drone we will talk about. Think of how a Bee flies and hovers in the air.
Personally to me, the following definition from drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV) sound best fit (I would recomment you to read the full page of the link. It is short, but well summarized history of the origin of the drone). A drone, in a technological context, is an unmanned aircraft. Drones are more formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or unmanned aircraft systems (UASes). Essentially, a drone is a flying robot. However, in many cases the definition keep changing as technology evolves and sometimes it changes so broadly to the point where even the originial inventor haven't intended. I think the definition of Drone is following the same path and now you would see a lot of drones which would not fit to the original definition. I would recommend you to go through some of video clips in the Reference section and build up your own impression of drones
Basic Properties/Features of Drone
Like the definition, the basic property of a Drone is hard to be described because those properties would change as technology evolves. I am just to trying to write down some of the common properties or features of a drone as follows (as of the end of 2016). If you want to develop / design a drone whether as a hobby or as a job, you would need to consider these features in mind and need some knowledge on technlogies related to these topics.
Major Application of Drone
I think the application of Drone can only be limited by your imagination. It can be applied for almost any purpose, but what I can see as of now (as of the end of 2016)
Reference
[1] drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV) [2] Drones 101 [3] Drone On: the Future of UAV Over the US [5] TU Delft - Ambulance Drone [6] The Battle To Develop USA's First Delivery Drone [7] Delivery Drones | DHL steals UPS thunder [8] Top 5 HUMAN TRANSPORT Drones [10] STEMworks Curriculum: CAD UAV Design Module [11] Getting started with drones
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