Mapping The World In 3D (Partnership of Autodesk, Sony and 3D Robotics)

3D Robotics Partners with Sony on a Drone That Can Map the World in 3D

The competition to capture big industrial customers is heating up

Ben Popper | March 7, 2016

The drone business is booming, and companies which manufacture these aerial robots are increasingly trying to produce units that can straddle the divide between the consumer and enterprise market. 3D Robotics, one of the biggest US drone makers, announced this morning that it is partnering with Autodesk and Sony to create a high end version of its Solo drone. The new unit can scan a location — a construction site in progress or bridge that needs inspection — and upload a 3D model or map to the cloud from the air, allowing those files to quickly get into the hands of offsite engineers or managers.
Up till now the Solo drone worked with cameras from GoPro. Today it announced that the new Sony UMC-R10C, a camera that will be officially unveiled at NAB in April, will integrate with the enterprise edition of the Solo.

This drone can map the world in 3D. Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/3057582/fast-feed/this-drone-can-map-the-world-in-3d

<more at http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/7/11172874/3d-robotics-solo-drone-sony-autodesk-partnership-3d-modeling; related links and articles; http://inthefold.autodesk.com/in_the_fold/2016/03/3d-robotics-autodesk-forge-new-frontier-.html (3D ROBOTICS & Autodesk FORGE New Frontier. March 7, 2016) and http://forge.autodesk.com/ (Autodesk. FORGE website)>