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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by mikepurvis on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:59PM (#17990887)
Does that really benefit from a drone vs a wheeled vehicle with a bunch of fixed cameras on it? I would think a gigantic planar environment is pretty much ideal for an industrial SDV; a lot of things get easier when you're no longer worried about weight— you can carry a full day's worth of batteries, not to mention having higher quality optics and safety lasers.

(disclosure: I work for OTTO Motors, which has customers in this space)

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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by fludlight on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:23PM (#17991548)
Why not both? A large, wheeled vehicle that also carries a small flying drone for the occasional inspection from above.
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by rarrarrarr on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:15AM (#17993845)
This is the approach I've been thinking about recently. The landing pad on the wheeled vehicle could have an inductive charger to recharge the smaller multirotor vehicle(s).
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by elvirs on Friday September 14, 2018 @06:31PM (#17991603)
wheeled vehicle parked in the isles to take a picture of a space on top shelf would be blocking pallet jakcs and other vehicles that need to move between the isles. may be a railed solution hanging from the ceiling would be better.
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by mikepurvis on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:48PM (#17992006)
Rails are a lot of infrastructure to install and maintain. People complain that sticking down magnetic tape is a pain in the butt.
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by hef19898 on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:36AM (#17993409)
Exactlly, also a drone is much more flexible in case you change your layout.
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by rasz on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:03AM (#17993819)
other way, you mound cameras ON pallet jacks and other vehicles
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Re:Airware is shutting down after raising $118M by hef19898 on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:35AM (#17993407)
I could imagine both. In the case I mentioned the warehouse was euipped with highracks up to 13 meters if I remeber well. Also the drone flew during non-working hours, so yeah some ground based solution would work too.
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