Application scenarios are becoming increasingly diverse. Drones lead the low-altitude economy to "spread their wings and fly high"

The functions are becoming more and more powerful and the application scenarios are becoming increasingly rich.

Drones lead the low-altitude economy to "spread its wings and fly high"

　　Our reporter Liu Youting

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　　In recent years, drone application scenarios have become increasingly diverse, ranging from logistics, transportation, emergency response to plant protection, surveying and mapping, and from consumer-grade drones to industrial-grade drones. In particular, the large-scale application of consumer drones not only drives the development of consumer applications, but also affects the market, constantly creating new application demands. The integrated development of drones and various industries has promoted the diversification of "low-altitude economy +" scenarios.

　　"It was delivered 11 minutes after payment, on time and quickly. The drone meal pick-up point is right downstairs in the dormitory, which can save a lot of time." Recently, the first route of Meituan drones at Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School started sailing. The school Student Li Meng said it was convenient after experiencing it. It is reported that drones can currently deliver nearly 100 types of goods, complementing the existing business ecosystem on campus.

　　Logistics, transportation, emergency response, plant protection, surveying and mapping... UAV application scenarios are becoming increasingly diverse, promoting the development of low-altitude economic industries. "From agricultural scenes to power workers patrolling lines, emergency relief material distribution, data collection, etc., the low-altitude economic industry has penetrated into all kinds of industries and improved production efficiency." Liu Libo, executive secretary-general of South China Low-altitude Economic Committee of the China Communications Association, believes , in the long run, the low-altitude economic industry is a trillion-level track.

　　Drones are becoming more and more powerful

　　"The development of the domestic drone industry can be divided into three stages. From the early 2000 to 2010, it was the initial development stage, which transformed from model aircraft toys to consumer-grade and industrial-grade civilian drones; from 2010 to 2019, industrial-grade civilian drones Humans and machines are developing rapidly; from the end of 2019 to the present, they are moving towards high-speed and high-quality development." Yang Jincai, president of the Shenzhen UAV Industry Association, told a reporter from the Workers' Daily.

　　In Yang Jincai's view, the early stage of the development of the drone industry is a stage of barbaric growth, and it develops rapidly driven by the preferences of entrepreneurs and market demand. "This is a good thing. Enterprise development requires a certain degree of freedom."

　　Zhang Xiaonan, senior corporate strategy director and spokesperson of DJI, said that DJI launched a new era of consumer drones with the release of the Phantom 1 in 2012, allowing more ordinary consumers to get started and fly. In 2016, Mavic Pro, the world's first foldable drone, was released, further reducing the size of consumer-grade drones to the size of mineral water bottles, bringing drones to more application scenarios, and the functions of drones are also becoming more and more popular. powerful.

　　Shenzhen Daotong Intelligent Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Daotong Intelligence), established in 2014, has been committed to obstacle avoidance technology. Obstacle avoidance technology means safety for drones. "In the past, the threshold for flying drones was high and relied heavily on pilot technology." said Liu Guozheng, Marketing Director of Daotong Intelligence.

　　The EVO generation product released by Daotong Intelligence in 2018 is the company's first foldable portable drone, which can achieve front and rear two-way obstacle avoidance; the EVO II series of drones released in 2020 can achieve omnidirectional obstacle avoidance; 2023 The EVO Max series of drones released in 2017 adopts multi-source sensor fusion perception technology of "binocular fisheye vision + millimeter wave radar". It is one of the few drone products in the industry that has all-weather wire-level obstacle avoidance and avoidance capabilities.

　　Promote the diversification of "low-altitude economy +" scenarios

　　When you are hungry, ordering an "airplane meal" and taking a "fly" to work may become a reality.

　　Zhang Xiaonan introduced that the large-scale application of consumer drones not only drives the development of consumer applications, but also affects the market, constantly creating new application demands. The integrated development of drones and various industries has promoted the diversification of "low-altitude economy +" scenarios.

　　Taking the energy industry as an example, DJI provides industry-level solutions that integrate drone flight platforms, diversified payloads, professional software, after-sales services and flight training. Through the inspection application of drones, the inefficient and dangerous operation problem of relying on people to hike to the bottom of the tower and watch through telescopes has been solved.

　　In the field of forest inspection, Daotong Intelligent's Arowana drone assists the Shenzhen Dapeng Emergency Bureau to carry out rapid inspection and monitoring of mountain forests, obtain accurate information on forest resources, and promptly discover hidden forest fire hazards, poaching and logging and other illegal activities.

　　Liu Guozheng said that UAVs are small in size and light in weight, and can be carried by individual soldiers, reducing the complexity of forest resource surveys, felling area planning and supervision. At the same time, autonomous patrols in key areas are realized, and the images are synchronously transmitted back to ground personnel and headquarters to ensure timely detection of temperature abnormalities and fire hazards. In addition, it can also cooperate with the command center to conduct remote command and deployment decisions.

　　Favorable policies help industries take off

　　In 2023, Shenzhen will open 77 new drone logistics routes, bringing a total of 156 drone routes; it will fly 610,000 cargo drones, ranking first in the country; and it will establish 89 drone docking stations.

　　Why did the drone industry and low-altitude economy take off in Shenzhen? "You can install a drone without leaving Shenzhen or Nanshan. This is the advantage of industrial agglomeration." Yang Jincai pointed out that Shenzhen's drone industry chain is very complete, which reduces corporate costs and improves competitiveness.

　　Nanshan District has formed a certain scale of low-altitude industrial ecology. Data shows that the total output value of the drone industry in the district will exceed 55 billion yuan in 2022, accounting for about 50% of the country and 73% of the city; there are more than 150 companies in the chain, and leading drone companies are gathered together.

　　The frequent emergence of favorable policies is also an important reason for the rapid development of the drone industry. In 2023, Shenzhen will implement the "20 Low-altitude Economy Regulations", promote the introduction of the country's first low-altitude economic industry promotion regulations, and accelerate the creation of a "low-altitude city". When the Meituan drone team expanded its application scenarios in Shenzhen, it received strong support from the local government. The currently expanded scenarios cover public service scenarios such as municipal parks, tourist attractions, and social health hospitals.

　　"Shenzhen has introduced 20 measures for the high-quality development of the low-altitude economy to encourage technological innovation and expand flight application scenarios. It also encourages districts to formulate district-level supporting policies to provide all-round support for industry development. In addition, based on Shenzhen's complete wireless In the entire human-machine industry chain, our intelligent manufacturing center has also been successfully put into operation in September 2023. In the process, we have received support from the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau and the Longhua District Government." said Yan Yan, head of public affairs for Meituan UAVs .

　　The continuous innovation efforts of many companies are the internal factors for the take-off of the drone industry. "Investment in R&D is the basis for polishing a good product. The amount of investment directly determines whether the product is reliable and easy to use. Over the years, Daotong Intelligent has invested hugely in R&D, more than 1.5 billion yuan, and scientific researchers account for 60% of non-production employees." Liu Guozheng said. (Worker Daily)