Voice controlled drones in the security industry
Updated: Jan 13, 2023
Drones have come a long way from being a small remote-controlled copter sent to monitor something hard to reach to a fleet of drones sent to collect data and imagery coupled with artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.
With new laws and regulations increasingly favoring the productive use of drone technologies, we could soon expect drones to be pervading everywhere, from space agencies to traffic monitoring systems.
And now, voice-controlled drones are the next big thing in the security industry.
What Are Voice Control Drones?
Voice-controlled drones are advanced drone systems that provide a novel user interface via voice-controlled commands and output.
Voice-controlled drones have the potential to take the security industry up several notches with two-way voice controls. Don’t be surprised if you soon find drones reacting and responding to your voice commands, just like Siri and Alexa.
How Does Voice Control Work?
While voice control makes handling a drone easier, the underlying technology is quite complex.
The drone machine has to establish a communication channel with the user and be able to intercept voice signals.NLP and advanced AI systems the machine to make sense of human language, so they can understand and react to the messages conveyed.
The drone executes the command, such as capturing data, changing direction, or sending back collected data to the user. Two-way voice communication could enable the drone to talk back to the user just like the speech systems that Alexa and Siri operate.
The Use Of Drones In Security
The impact of voice-controlled drones can be a huge positive on security systems that rely on drone technology. Even new adopters can find it much easier to work with voice-controlled drones as it requires minimal training.
Various security organizations have already deployed drones, and they have proven to be reliable security devices. They are used for various purposes like surveillance, image collection, thermal sensing, recovery and rescue assistance, and more. The scope of drone usage could simply explode when you add voice control to its feature set.
Here are some notable organizations currently using drones to optimize their security and surveillance.
Almost every US state uses drones for security surveillance and data gathering, with California, Texas, and Wisconsin having the smallest Unmanned Air Vehicle (sUAVs) in operation.
The North Dakota Army National Guard has conducted drone missions in its fight against illegal drugs.
The US Customs and Border Protection flew domestic-based drone missions in collaboration with other state and local agencies.
According to a report, there are 853,792 registered aerial drones (https://www.faa.gov/, 2022), of which 40% are used for commercial purposes.
Drones in the US are being used to examine power plants and lines after disasters (www.esri.com, 2020).
The Disaster Incident Response Team of Florida State University uses image and thermal-sensing equipped drones to help with disaster recovery (https://spectrum-ieee-org.cdn.ampproject.org/, 2021).
Benefits Of Using Voice-Controlled Drones
Voice-controlled drones are revolutionizing the security industry. Ask a human drone operator, and they will tell you about all the clunky interfaces they have to deal with. A lot of hardware-comprising keyboards, screens, and joysticks are required to steer drones, which may be hundreds of miles away, up in the air.
Voice control allows for advanced drone operations. It is a sophisticated control that overcomes much of the existing man-machine interface challenges. Here are some ways voice-controlled drones stand to revolutionize the drone industry.
It allows for more advanced drone utilization and quick adaption with minimal training required to operate the drones
Operators won’t have to rely on a desktop-type environment to relay and receive the information.
As these devices are designed to be used by voice, even people who are physically limited are able to control a drone just by speaking.
Voice-controlled drones are efficient in gathering data and providing information to emergency response systems. With voice-based commands, they allow for quick responses during critical rescue missions. They're also easy for first-time users to use!
Voice-controlled drones can be easily set up for routine inspection and equipment monitoring in industrial sites saving a lot of time and surveillance costs.
In addition to voice-controlled drones, the next-generation drone controls could use easier-to-interpret computer displays and agile feedback from the drone to the operator.
A similar model has been patented by Amazon. They patented the smallest drone equipped with voice-control and Alexa. Quite predictably, the drone can respond to voice commands like hover and follow me.
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