Not necessarily "creepy" IMHO, only it would most probably cost a zillion dollars to do seemingly the same things a set of cameras would (maybe less false alarms?).
It seems to me like an outdoor version of the Ring Security Drone (Ring Always Home Cam), video:
How would this deal with strong winds and torrential rain? Probably not good.
They have a video of it flying in a "snowstorm" that's just mild snowfall and hardly any wind.
Also, this thing itself would be a target for thieves. I don't see how this would be beneficial. Static or PTZ cams are easier and more weatherproof.
And yeah creepy. Although not as much as a manually controlled one I guess. As far as I understand this thing icky reacts to motion detected by it's "sunflowers"
In response to the comments of the form "just install PTZ cameras", I have done an installation like this for a modest-sized site, and it is extremely difficult and time consuming (+ expensive) to install enough cameras to cover the site if you want any chance of actually recognising a face or a numberplate. If all you want to know is: "blob detected at rear gate", it's of course a lot easier, but then you might as well use a PIR sensor.
The problem is mapping a 3D space, where a 'perp' can often face in any direction, onto a series of 2D planes. PTZ cameras only help if they are meticulously programmed to track movement or respond to motion events from other sources, or you have a skilled operator 24x7.
It's even harder if the system needs to work well at night, since it requires either IR or visible light illumination.
I don't know how well this drone+sensors setup would work, but can definitely imagine there is a subset of the market where this would be better than fixed cameras, perhaps a large property where there are multiple entrances and exits, and lots of potential targets. e.g. a farm, where there are long easily traversed boundaries between the property and neighbouring properties.
>perhaps a large property where there are multiple entrances and exits, and lots of potential targets. e.g. a farm, where there are long easily traversed boundaries between the property and neighbouring properties.
Not so large, given that (per specs) [1] each sunflower has ~8 m, range and the bee has 300 m transmission range.
Btw you need to bring a power cable to each sunflower, seemingly in "clusters" of 7.
Interesting observation, yes, power might restrict the deployment as much as running e.g. cat5 to a fixed camera install. A decent PTZ can easily see over that kind of range - some of this stuff can see for km in the distance:
I think lidar might make a nice improvement here. Given that iphone 13's have it built in now, I suspect that this technology will start to make it into security systems soon enough...
Perhaps this is only creepy for people who live in close proximity to those who implement these. I'd be lying if I said I would be perfectly okay with a next door neighbor deploying this. However, I image this being very useful & reasonable for anyone with more than an acre of land.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 58.2 ms ] threadNot necessarily "creepy" IMHO, only it would most probably cost a zillion dollars to do seemingly the same things a set of cameras would (maybe less false alarms?).
It seems to me like an outdoor version of the Ring Security Drone (Ring Always Home Cam), video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2jFN_QEcS4
That opening mechanism of the "Hive" looks really nice, though.
They have a video of it flying in a "snowstorm" that's just mild snowfall and hardly any wind.
Also, this thing itself would be a target for thieves. I don't see how this would be beneficial. Static or PTZ cams are easier and more weatherproof.
And yeah creepy. Although not as much as a manually controlled one I guess. As far as I understand this thing icky reacts to motion detected by it's "sunflowers"
Why just have sensors and cameras covering the entire property when you can have that as well as real time air surveilence.
The problem is mapping a 3D space, where a 'perp' can often face in any direction, onto a series of 2D planes. PTZ cameras only help if they are meticulously programmed to track movement or respond to motion events from other sources, or you have a skilled operator 24x7.
It's even harder if the system needs to work well at night, since it requires either IR or visible light illumination.
I don't know how well this drone+sensors setup would work, but can definitely imagine there is a subset of the market where this would be better than fixed cameras, perhaps a large property where there are multiple entrances and exits, and lots of potential targets. e.g. a farm, where there are long easily traversed boundaries between the property and neighbouring properties.
Not so large, given that (per specs) [1] each sunflower has ~8 m, range and the bee has 300 m transmission range.
Btw you need to bring a power cable to each sunflower, seemingly in "clusters" of 7.
[1] https://www.sunflower-labs.com/specs
https://youtu.be/bqQIu9zwxKI?t=28
https://ouster.com/blog/making-security-systems-more-accurat...
[1]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7L1aZzLz1Q