Intel in the Guinness World Records with 100 drones in flight simultaneously
A light choreography to create a modern fireworks display: the proof given by Intel is impressive, but it is also a test of strength.
Intel has entered the Guinness World Records for the highest number of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial veichles) simultaneously in the air with the flight demonstration of synchronized 100 drones controlled by a small team of people.
In collaboration with the Ars Electronica Futurelab and at Flugplatza Ahrenlohe of Tornesh in Germany, the demonstration took place last November, but the video documentation of the records has been shown for the first-time last week at CES in Las Vegas, at the keynote held by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich.
The 100 drones were controlled by software developed by the same Intel to make a light choreography, like a modern firework, to the tune of Symphony no. 5 of the German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven, played live by a symphony orchestra.
The demonstration, undoubtedly suggestive, is certainly a test of strength for Intel and thus pushing forward the limits of the field and allows you to share with the public the possible applications which allocate the drones, as well as giving evidence of the relative simplicity of control and coordination of these devices.
The industry drone is one of those with the best growth prospects: in recent months, ABI Research estimates that the market for small unmanned jet aircraft could be worth more than $ 8.4 billion in 2018. The company’s market analyzes it provides that the turnover generated by commercial drones will grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of over 51% in the 2014-2019 period. By 2019, the market for commercial drones will be worth five times compared to the hobby and more than double that of drones for military and civil services.
The Santa Clara company, as well as many other companies in the technology sector, is increasingly looking to the market for drones as another ground where it is possible to revive the technologies developed primarily for smartphones, such as imaging technologies high quality and processing of information.
