BT has already made it clear that it expects drones to support many commercial applications in future, with support from the 4G and 5G networks it acquired through its purchase of mobile operator EE.
For example, the operator is leading Project XCelerate, a consortium project that seeks to establish the UK's first commercial drone corridor in open and unrestricted airspace to prove that drones and manned, old-school aviation can safely co-exist.
BT is also engaging in drone trials with enterprises on an individual level, with a recent focus on British ports after it teamed up with Associated British Ports (ABP).
The operator has just announced an automated drone trial at the Port of Southampton in partnership with ABP and RoboK – a venture capital-backed Cambridge University spin-out that says it is building artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer vision algorithms for low-power computing platforms.
The trial demonstrated a drone flying over the port's vehicle inventory lot, with images captured and fed into an AI-supported system to track and analyze vehicle occupancy levels.
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For example, the operator is leading Project XCelerate, a consortium project that seeks to establish the UK's first commercial drone corridor in open and unrestricted airspace to prove that drones and manned, old-school aviation can safely co-exist.
BT is also engaging in drone trials with enterprises on an individual level, with a recent focus on British ports after it teamed up with Associated British Ports (ABP).
The operator has just announced an automated drone trial at the Port of Southampton in partnership with ABP and RoboK – a venture capital-backed Cambridge University spin-out that says it is building artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer vision algorithms for low-power computing platforms.
The trial demonstrated a drone flying over the port's vehicle inventory lot, with images captured and fed into an AI-supported system to track and analyze vehicle occupancy levels.
Continue reading: https://www.lightreading.com/aiautomation/bt-trumpets-drone-trial-at-uk-port-but-without-5g/d/d-id/772350
