Sunflower Labs has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver allowing one pilot to operate up to six drones simultaneously. The company has also announced the launch of AI Insights, a new intelligence layer for the Beehive uncrewed aerial system, which is used for security patrols.
The company said the FAA waiver provides a clear regulatory path for larger deployments across commercial, industrial and residential properties. “Because each Beehive drone can fly up to eight hours per day, six simultaneously flying aircraft can support at least 18 deployed systems per pilot.”
AI Insights is a set of intelligent features that acts as a layer for the Beehive system and uses a combination of custom-tuned models deployed in Sunflower Labs’ backend to extract more useful information from drone imagery and footage. The system also analyses the broader scene to provide more complex context. For example, AI Insights can help determine whether people on site appear to be residents, workers, pedestrians, delivery personnel or unknown individuals. These detections can be sent to security teams through descriptive voice alerts.
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