The AscTec Falcon 8 with AscTec Trinity technology is the most advanced multicopter for professional aerial imaging in full-HD quality. Our inertial guidance system is unrivalled. Rely on a well-proven and tested multirotor flight system for aerial imaging, industrial inspection, surveying, mapping and monitoring. Now available including new 3x safe autopilot technology: AscTec Trinity. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

Santa Clara, Calif., USA and Hamburg, Germany - October 11, 2016

By Josh Walden,
Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Intel New Technology Group


• Intel is Focused on Continuing to Create Innovative New Technologies and to Lead in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Segment – Especially in the Commercial Drone Space

In the past few months, Intel has been hard at work in the drone space announcing the first consumer drone, the Yuneec Typhoon H with Intel® RealSense™ technology for intelligent obstacle navigation, and the Intel Aero Platform, a platform for developers to build their own drones from the ground up.

Intel is also extending our innovation – with our Drone 100 light shows and through enabling a Volocopter with our drone technology.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-js5zn-I0  

http://www.volocopter.com/index.php/en/  

Intel and multicopters By integrating sensors, computing, and communication technologies from Intel into these aerial devices, they become much smarter and are able to be used by any industry in ways that can truly transform, improve, and even save lives. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

We’ve quickly accelerated our efforts to develop new drone technologies.

Although our technology has already touched drone enthusiasts, developers and global businesses, we look to achieve even more.

Intel is focused on continuing to create innovative new technologies and to lead in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) segment – especially in the commercial space.

In the commercial UAV industry, the AscTec® Falcon 8 drone is available in the European market and continues to be the leading platform for this segment.

Josh Walden is senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s New Technology Group. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

The Falcon 8 offers the best performance and weight-to-payload ratio in the entire market; the highest stability in harsh conditions; easily exchangeable and deeply integrated payloads; best-in-class safety, including unmatched robustness against magnetic field disturbances; high-precision GPS; and one of the world’s largest drone reseller and support networks to properly support your drone business and daily operations.

Today, at the 2016 INTERGEO drone conference in Hamburg, Germany, we are building on the AscTec Falcon 8 system and announcing the release of the Intel Falcon 8+ for North American markets.

http://www.intergeo.de  

Intel Corporation today announced the Intel Falcon 8+ system, an advanced drone with full electronic system redundancy that is designed with safety, ease, performance and precision for the North American markets. The Intel Falcon 8+ is outfitted for industrial inspection, surveying and mapping geared toward professionals and experts. This sophisticated system also includes the Intel Cockpit for ground control and the Intel Powerpack smart battery as the power supply. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

This advanced system includes the Intel Falcon 8+ UAV, Intel Cockpit for ground control, as well as the Intel Powerpack to power the UAV. The Intel Falcon 8+ is our first Intel-branded commercial drone.

With the introduction of the Intel Falcon 8+ system, Intel is setting a new standard for commercial-grade drones, incorporating full electronic system redundancy and automated aerial-sensing solutions with best-in-class onboard sensors.

It is also powered with the triple-redundant AscTec Trinity autopilot.

The system provides detailed images down to millimeter accuracy and gives valuable structural analysis that helps users detect and prevent further damage to infrastructure. Operators will have tremendous opportunities to generate valuable aerial precision data.

Drones are an important computing platform for the future, and Intel is positioning itself at the forefront of this opportunity to provide the compute, sensor, communications and cloud integration for the growing drone ecosystem.


Josh Walden


Josh Walden is senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s New Technology Group.

Intel Corporation on October 11, 2016, announced the Intel Falcon 8+, an advanced drone with full electronic system redundancy that is designed with safety, ease, performance and precision for the North American markets. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

Intel Falcon 8+

• The Intel Falcon 8+ is an advanced, ready-to-fly UAS for professional drone service providers and industries for North American markets.

• This patented V-form octocopter provides full electronic system redundancy, which features redundant batteries, redundant communication between all flight-relevant components and redundant sensing.

• This leading-edge UAV is powered with AscTec® Trinity technology – a triple-redundant autopilot with three redundant inertial measurement units that compensate for external influences like electromagnetic fields or strong winds.

• The UAS has automated aerial-sensing solutions with best-in-class onboard sensors, providing detailed orthography down to millimeter accuracy ground sample distance (GSD). Consistent waypoint automation enables reproducible flights for valuable structural analysis.

• The Intel Falcon 8+ system shares similar features with its predecessor, the AscTec Falcon 8: best performance and weight-to-payload ratio in the entire market; highest stability in harsh conditions; easily exchangeable and deeply integrated payloads; best-in-class safety including unmatched robustness against magnetic field disturbances; and high-precision GPS.

Intel Cockpit, water-resistant user interface, is part of the Intel Falcon 8+ unmanned aerial system. Intel Corporation on October 11, 2016, announced the Intel Falcon 8+, an advanced drone with full electronic system redundancy that is designed with safety, ease, performance and precision for the North American markets. Photo courtesy of Intel Corporation

Intel Cockpit

• The Intel Cockpit is a completely redesigned mobile ground station and features a robust, water-resistant user interface, for use even in harsh outdoor environments.

• With the integrated Intel-based tablet, operators are able to plan and execute highly complex missions with ease.

• The Intel Cockpit integrates independent control and safety features with low-latency digital video link. This supports payloads with up to 1080p resolutions for a stunning live view.

• Incorporates a new, exciting joystick for single-hand flight control, simplifying the user experience and allowing users to focus on the task.


Intel Powerpack

• Intel Powerpack smart batteries power the Intel Falcon 8+ drone and the Intel Cockpit and feature automatic balancing, storage mode, charging and LEDs that display remaining battery life.

• The battery is small enough to meet airline shipping requirements.


Intel is focused on creating innovative new technologies in the UAV segment.

With the Intel Falcon 8+ system, Intel offers a highly reliable, lightweight drone for challenging applications in demanding industries.


„Every mission, every target, every workday a safe business. We promise: AscTec Falcon 8 with AscTec Trinity is delightfully reliable.“
- Jan Stumpf, CEO, Ascending Technologies.


Efficiency:

• Possible savings for your company through immediate usability and exactly reproducible flight routes.

• There is a deeply integrated, automatically identified camera option for any aerial imaging application.

• You control flight system and camera directly with the Mobile Ground Station.

• Real one- and two-man operation through intelligent auto functions and highly precise GPS-based navigation.

• Made in Germany and proven worldwide for over 5 years.


Uniqueness:

• Smallest and lightest flight system for 36 MP images: 2.3 kg (max. take-off weight) – 770 x 820 x 125 mm.

• 360° field of view enabled by patented V-form (propellerless imaging at any time).

• Resistant to magnetic fields.

• Safety through true redundancy in software & hardware.


Added value:

• Using UAVs saves time and budget! Traditional methods are more expensive and sometimes risky.

• The AscTec Falcon 8 operates low-noise, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.

• Manageable material and education costs for flight system, pilot training and licenses.

• Very low personnel costs due to real one-man operation.

• Authorities worldwide know the reliability and safety of our flight systems and will be glad to provide takeoff permissions.

• The high quality of the results as well as the user-friendly software and hardware solutions will increase your productivity.

• Our payload concept enables flexible usage and quick exchange of camera options, depending on your individual requirements.


Marketable & rock solid:

• Some of our customers are market leaders in their segment.

• Leading technical universities, research labs, institutes and companies worldwide use our advanced flight systems to design the future and work with it successfully.

• Rely on our expertise: Since we are pioneers of multirotor technology we provide farsighted and sustainable products, services and consultation.

• Get a clear price advantage through quick, targeted flight missions.

• Connect your company with one of the last visionary future technologies.


Range of application of the AscTec Falcon 8:

• Surveying of objects and ground on the basis of orthographic photos to generate point clouds, volume calculations, digital height and 3D models.

• Industrial inspection of solar parks, wind parks, power lines, engines and plants, buildings and industrial parks. Offshore oil, gas and power plants and utilities – on- and offshore.

• Aerial images & photography: Advertising photography, product photography, real estate photography, landscape photography, up to 360° spherical panoramas, Point-of-Interest (POI) imaging and Circle-of-Interest (COI) imaging.

• Aerial movies & videography: Image, advertising and product spots, music clips, sport & extreme sports footage.

• Monitoring: Condition-analysis and target-analysis to document construction sites, structural monitoring, sound barrier and wall monitoring, excavation documentation, plant and wildlife preservation and conservation, or any kind of first-responder activities in crisis regions.

Intel Falcon 8+ Technical Specification Courtesy of Intel Corporation

The Falcon 8 and Falcon 8+ devices have not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission.
These devices are not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.

Continue to learn more about Intel’s activities in the drone space at
http://www.intel.com/drones


About Intel

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live.

Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971.

This decade, our mission is to create and extend computing technology to connect and enrich the lives of every person on earth.

https://newsroom.intel.com/  


Video
The Making of Drone 100, Intel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-js5zn-I0  


Video
Multicopters Take Flight, Intel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAEy0NltoFQ  


Source: Intel Newsroom

https://newsroom.intel.com/  



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