The company estimates that drones could*replace $127 billion worth of existing business services and labor by 2020.*Drones are already helping in*boosting crop yields, verifying insurance claims, and filming movies but the potential is endless.*Piotr Romanowski – PwC Advisory Leader commented in the report:
Drone technology is only now entering commercial use beyond recreational or experimental applications. This is driven by a combination of technological development, creation of regulatory frameworks and growing awareness and readiness of companies to adopt drone powered solutions in their daily operations. The range of potential use cases across industries is broad and their economics compelling.
The study shows that using drone technologies in existing business processes is allowing companies to create new business, operating models and save costs.*For example, a human inspection of a wind turbine costs*$1,500 and it’s very dangerous to perform. Drone-based inspection would be at least 50% cheaper*according to*SkySpecs, a startup that provides drone inspections for infrastructure companies.
Each industry has diverse needs, and requires different types of drone solutions, sensors and functionalities. Some of them value flight speed and payload capacity, while others wish to concentrate on solutions delivering high-quality, real-time data in a cost-effective way.*Construction companies, for example,*are testing drones equipped with*3D printers to produce on site-replacement parts for damaged elements of buildings.
Take a look at the report. It’s free and it’s a great read.
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