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Aciel Geomatics supply the surveying community with
support and products, the Aibot X6 and its integrated
orange propeller guards is its main UAV. This Matrice 600 Pro is fitted with a YellowScan Mapper
LiDAR system that costs around R1,7 million. You can
upgrade to the lighter Surveyor LiDAR system for R2,8
million. United Drone Holdings showed its full suite of UAVs.
The company works closely with anti-poaching organisa-
tions and has spread into Africa, most notably intervening
in elephant/human contact in Kenya. Although there are some riffs on classic designs, the
general form of UAVs used by local ROCs resemble
closely what is available to the consumer.DJI’s Matrice
600 Pro is the
preferred drone
for most com-
mercial opera-
tors, seen here
equipped with
thermal optics. Sean Reitz is a former medical industry
entrepreneur and now CEO of United Drone
Holdings. Drone Con is his vision of a meeting
space for all the commercial UAV players.