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it would be neat to mount some sort of weather proof container on a tree with a solar panel that it could go into, so then it's like a bird. could imagine some shared spec and network of these so they can charge, lying in wait.


Then it can disturb the birds around. Doesn't sound that great to me, we are already pretty good at removing their trees.


> lying in wait

What are they waiting for?


Sounds like the setup for a Scifi novel.

"The drones lie in wait silently. The sun dips over the horizon. A lone IR led comes to life on the robots face. It is done waiting. It's prey is beckoning."


Take a look at the Ukraine conflict to see the future of adversarial drone tech. Most of the public stuff is FPV but I think it's extremely likely that there's also semi- or fully-autonomous units flying too.


For the stationary cameras to sense persistent movement that wants another camera angle on it. Skydio's focusing on the security/surveillance market and sells docking stations like GP is thinking.


Perhaps they could substitute for stationary security cameras. When incidents occur, you could track the target. Entertaining sci-fi.


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They have industrial models for that. It is so futuristic.

https://enterprise.dji.com/dock




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