Flock: the world's first Big-Data driven risk analysis tool for drone flights

Flock：世界上第一个大数据驱动的无人机飞行风险分析工具

• 批准号: 102991
• 金额: $ 8.63万
• 依托单位: FLOCK LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=102991
• 关键词: Flock; world; first; Big; Data

The drone industry is growing rapidly; there are an increasing number of use cases for drones, from hobbyists flying in the park, to commercial operations such surveillance, data gathering and parcel delivery. Drones will be a $127 billion industry by 2020. However, drones bring with them a degree of risk; falling out of the sky into congested areas, environmental disturbance and privacy concerns in public spaces, to name a few. There is a growing need for technologies that can identify, quantify and minimise the risk of drone flights. That's exactly what we're building at Flock, and it is the project that this Innovate UK grant will support. Flock is the first software of its kind anywhere in the world: our Artificial Intelligence platform tracks in real time the position of people, vehicles, structures, weather systems and more, calculating the safest possible flight-paths for drones to fly through congested urban environments. Our software is essential for insurers, operators, policy-makers, and UTMs, as it helps to keep the public safe from overhead drones, whilst allowing operators to intelligently schedule and route their flights to minimise risk. Our unique approach is to aggregate multiple data sources and use machine learning and path optimisation algorithms to generate optimal flight paths in real time, allowing operators to quantify and minimise flight risks on the spot. This project brings together world-leading experts to design and build a technology that will become the de-facto standard of drone safety globally, and make the UK a pioneer in drone safety standards.

无人机行业正在迅速增长；无人机的使用案例越来越多，从在公园飞行的爱好者，到监视、数据收集和包裹递送等商业操作。到2020年，无人机将成为一个价值1270亿美元的行业。然而，无人机带来了一定程度的风险；从天空坠落到拥堵地区、环境干扰和公共场所的隐私担忧，仅举几例。人们越来越需要能够识别、量化并将无人机飞行风险降至最低的技术。这正是我们在Flock正在建设的，也是创新英国基金将支持的项目。Flock是世界上第一款此类软件：我们的人工智能平台实时跟踪人、车辆、建筑物、天气系统等的位置，计算无人机在拥堵的城市环境中飞行的最安全的飞行路线。我们的软件对保险公司、运营商、政策制定者和UTM至关重要，因为它有助于确保公众安全免受头顶无人机的攻击，同时允许运营商智能地安排和路线他们的航班，以将风险降至最低。我们独特的方法是聚合多个数据源，并使用机器学习和路径优化算法实时生成最优飞行路线，使运营商能够在现场量化并将飞行风险降至最低。该项目汇集了世界领先的专家，设计和构建了一项技术，该技术将成为全球无人机安全的事实标准，并使英国成为无人机安全标准的先驱。