{"id":24597,"date":"2019-10-30T07:04:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/commercial-drone-expo-returns-to-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T07:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T11:04:18","slug":"commercial-drone-expo-returns-to-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/?p=24597","title":{"rendered":"Commercial drone expo returns to Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Eric\"EricEric Torres, middle, with Innoflight Technology, discusses the Snoopy CL-90 drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto\"Eric\"EricEric Torres, third from left, with Innoflight Technology, discusses his company's line of products during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto\"Shannon\"ShannonShannon Marino, bottom\/left, and Bobby Dean, with PCRG, take a look at Uavita Systems Sarl's Discovery drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto\"Eric\"EricEric Torres, middle, with Innoflight Technology, discusses the Snoopy CL-90 drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto\"Yuri\"YuriYuri Pederiy, third from right, a mission specialist with Uavita Systems Sarl, points out features of the company's Discovery drone to Shannon Marino, with PCRG, during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto <\/p>\n

Hundreds of industry professionals headed to the Westgate this week to check out the latest commercial drone technology and equipment on display at the annual Commercial UAV Expo.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the fifth year for the expo, which covers all things related to the unmanned aerial vehicle industry, and 2,500 professionals gathered at the Las Vegas hotel-casino to visit with more than 200 exhibitors from around the world, according to event organizer Diversified Communications.<\/p>\n

Keynote speakers included NASA Administrator James Bridenstine, who talked about the agency\u2019s investments in aerial vehicles, and Bala Ganesh, UPS vice president of advanced technology, who outlined drone strategy for the shipping giant.<\/p>\n

Bridenstine said NASA has been making investments into aerial vehicles ranging from those legally able to fly under 400 feet, as required by aviation authorities, to \u201cusing all these UAVs in Iraq and Afghanistan\u2026a very different problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ganesh played a brief video showing UPS testing out a new delivery method where a drone rises out of the roof of its signature brown delivery truck. The drone makes a nearby delivery as the driver continues to the next home to drop off a package. Once the drone is finished, it lands on the roof of the delivery truck just as the driver walks back to the vehicle after making a delivery. Ganesh said the service could be useful for drivers operating in rural parts of the country.<\/p>\n

On the exhibit floor, electric aircraft manufacturer Yuneec showcased orange-colored commercial drones and consumer models. Jennifer Moore, senior sales operations and logistics manager for Yuneec, said this year marks the second time the company has exhibited its drones at the trade show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re primarily consumer driven, but in the last couple years we\u2019ve really tried to push hard in the commercial space,\u201d she said. \u201cWe see a lot of opportunities in those markets.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Yuneec\u2019s consumer-driven drone models are carried at Best Buy, Moore said she\u2019s noticed a shift in the market with consumer interest dipping as drone adoption in the commercial sector gains traction.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the floor, a small crowd gathered at Epson America Inc.\u2019s booth, though its latest product wasn\u2019t a drone but the recently launched Moverio Smart glasses.<\/p>\n

The glasses let drone operators see what their drone is viewing, and companies can use them for \u201csee-what-I-see\u201d remote assistance such as field technicians who may need to call a remote expert for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our customers are in the appliance repair space, so when they\u2019re trying to onboard a new technician, instead of shadowing him physically, they just shadow him virtually using this application,\u201d Epson product manager Raunak Deshpande said.<\/p>\n

Contact Subrina Hudson at shudson@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0340. Follow @SubrinaH<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eric Torres, middle, with Innoflight Technology, discusses the Snoopy CL-90 drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphotoEric Torres, third from left, with Innoflight Technology, discusses his company's line of products during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphotoShannon Marino, bottom\/left, and Bobby Dean, with PCRG, take a look at Uavita Systems Sarl's Discovery drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphotoEric Torres, middle, with Innoflight Technology, discusses the Snoopy CL-90 drone during the Commercial UAV Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019, at Westgate, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager\/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphotoYuri Pederiy, third from right, a mission speciali..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdpair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}