无人机改变世界的10种方式
10 ways drones are changing the world

由专筑网李韧，蒋晖编译

最近Dezeen发布了一部18分钟的纪录片，其中描述了无人机对人们生活产生的影响。那么，我们一起来看看无人机改变世界的10种创新形式。

This week Dezeen released Elevation, an 18-minute documentary that explores the impact drones will have on our lives. Here, we take a look at 10 innovative ways drones will change the world.



无人机购物助手 来源：沃尔玛

超市巨头沃尔玛的顾客很快就能够通过电子设备来寻求无人机的帮助。

无人机能够帮助顾客定位商场中的具体商品位置，并且通过商场中央数据库的交叉信息为商品提供参考价格。

Shopping Assistants by Walmart
Customers of supermarket giant Walmart may soon be able to summon assistance from unmanned aerial vehicles using mobile electronic devices.
The vehicles will help locate products in store and advise on prices by crosscheck information stored on the store's central databases.



蜻蜓舰队 来源：PriestmanGoode

PriestmanGoode的城市无人机组名为“蜻蜓舰队”，这只特殊的队伍在Dezeen的纪录片中露过脸。

“蜻蜓舰队”与自动驳船共同合作，驳船作为无人机的充电站和调度中心，无人机则用于包裹的运输，它们一般将包裹放在建筑的屋顶或旁侧地面上。

Dragonfly by PriestmanGoode
PriestmanGoode's fleet of urban delivery drones, called Dragonfly, are featured in Dezeen's documentary.
Working in conjunction with autonomous barges – that act as charging stations and distribution hubs – the drones deliver packages by docking on landing pads placed on the roofs or sides of buildings.



Vahana 来源：Airbus

Airbus出品的电动的士Vahana在2018年2月成功地进行了首飞测试，飞行高度为5米，时间约53秒。

其飞行速度比汽车快两至四倍，机身的高度为2.8米，长度为5.7米，宽度为6.2米，飞行距离约50英里（约80.5公里）。

Vahana by Airbus
Airbus' electric air taxi Vahana, successfully made its first test flight in February 2018, reaching a height of five metres for a duration of 53 seconds.
Anticipating speeds two to four times faster than cars, the full-scale aircraft is 2.8 metres tall, 5.7 metres high and 6.2 metres wide, with a flight range of about 50 miles.



机器小蜜蜂 来源：沃尔玛

商业巨头沃尔玛甚至希望通过机器小蜜蜂来促进农业的发展。

这种飞行机器通过至少2片的旋转叶片进行飞机，“小蜜蜂”可以通过照相机和传感器来定位需要进行花粉传播的植物的具体位置。

Robot bees by Walmart
Walmart is looking to revolutionise farming processes with the use of robotic alternatives to bees.
Taking the form of a multicopter – a type of aerial vehicle that flies using two or more rotating blades – the "bees" would use cameras and sensors to find the locations of crops where they would distribute pollen.



Little Ripper 来源：Westpac

数据显示，一位救生员解救一名落水者需要大概6分钟的时间，而Little Ripper只需要70秒，在某次救援行动中，Little Ripper通过充气式救生舱救助了2名年轻的落水者。

这次救援行动发生澳大利亚新南威尔士，是Little Ripper的首次亮相。

Little Ripper by Westpac
Allegedly achieving in 70 seconds what would have taken a lifeguard at least six minutes, the Little Ripper rescue drone saved two teenage swimmers stuck in a rip current by dropping an inflatable rescue pod.
The rescue, which took place in New South Wales, Australia, was hailed as the first of its kind.



无人机涂鸦 来源：Carlo Ratti

意大利建筑师Carlo Ratti运用无人机进行传统的绘画创作。

Carlo Ratti说：“你可以想象一下，通过无人机，人们可以安全便捷地在公路上、铁路旁、高架桥中进行各式各样的绘画创作，这该是一种多么美好的体验。”

Paint By Drone by Carlo Ratti
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has designed a system that uses flying robots to replicate the traditional printing process.
"Imagine how this could make the realisation of works of public art both easier and safer, in urban contexts as well as the infrastructure level – for example alongside highways, within railway galleries, on bridges and viaducts," said Carlo Ratti.



MantaDroid 来源：新加坡国立大学

MantaDroid可以用于水下生物的探测以及海洋的研究，它可以伪装成不同的样子，从而在水下反射出不同物体的形态与动作。

相较于传统的水下飞行器，MantaDroid则更加小巧，且更易隐藏。

MantaDroid by National University of Singapore
Designed to be used for underwater surveillance and marine biodiversity studies, the MantaDroid mirrors the moves and looks of a mantra ray, to disguising it in aquatic surroundings.
It offers an inconspicuous alternative to conventional underwater vehicles.



Zipline 来源：哈佛大学毕业生、非洲卢旺达政府

Zipline是世界上第一个商业医疗供应品运输系统，主要用于向偏远地区的医护公园运输血液、药物等医疗用品。

通过手机信息的提醒，无人机传送系统可以在几分钟内通过降落伞进行物资的运送，在24小时之内就能完成500次的飞行，每次能够运送1.5公斤的物资。

Zipline by Harvard graduates and the Rwandan Government
The world's first commercial medical supplies drone delivery system, Zipline, is designed to deliver blood, vaccines, and other critical supplies to health workers in remote areas.
Prompted by a mobile phone message, the drones deliver supplies via parachute within minutes; each can fly 500 deliveries in 24 hours, carrying up to 1.5 kilograms at a time.



Franchise Freedom 来源：Studio Drift

在2017年艺术周期间，位于阿姆斯特丹的Studio Drift通过300架无人机来模范迈阿密沙滩上的候鸟。

同样的手法运用在多个项目之中，例如去年火人节中的人造大树艺术装置，该装置在灯光的照耀下熠熠生辉。

Franchise Freedom by Studio Drift
Amsterdam-based Studio Drift choreographed 300 drones to mimic a flock of birds over Miami Beach during 2017 art week.
The studio uses algorithms in much of its work, such as an artificial tree installed at last year's Burning Man festival that illuminated with "light flocks".



无人机施工队 来源：Gramazio Kohler Research

建筑师Ammar Mirjan认为，无人机在施工过程中是很有价值的工具，它能够完成许多曾经无法做到的任务。

Mirjan解释说：“无人机可以环绕现有的建筑飞行，并且完成各项任务，这是我们人类和起重机无法完成的事。”例如，它们可以在空中完成既定的环绕结构体系。

Construction drones by Gramazio Kohler Research
Drones could be a valuable tool in construction, widening the spectrum of what's possible in architecture, according to architect Ammar Mirjan.
"We can fly [drones] through and around existing objects, which a person couldn't do or a crane couldn't do," explains Mirjan. They can be programmed to weave simple tensile structures in the air, for example.

        
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