In this episode of Did You Bring the Batteries, we welcome Edwin Sanchez from Votix, the groundbreaking platform changing the world of drone automation. Votix is a hardware-agnostic solution that delivers comprehensive drone automation, orchestration and remote operation capabilities. Our discussion covers effective strategies for managing integrated systems, live streaming flight videos to anyone, anywhere, remotely operating drones, risk reduction, and more.  Have questions for the experts? Send your emails to podcasts@rmus.com. This episode's cast includes: Kevin Toderel - General M ..read more

In this episode, we launch the RMUS Autonomy Lab. To mark this special occasion, we speak with two of our Lab partners, Johann Beukes (Levatas) and Scott Nokleby (Ontario Tech University), about drone autonomy and AI applications. Have questions for the experts? Send your emails to podcasts@rmus.com. This episode's cast includes: Kevin Toderel - General Manager, RMUS (host) Johann Beukes - Levatas, Chief AI Officer Scott Nokleby - Ontario Tech University, Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science For more on RMUS visit: YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook ..read more

This week the team is joined by drone media mogul Dawn Zoldi. The Dawn of the drone industry gives our team some tips on how to grow a media empire, what the next big drone trends are, who to keep an eye on, which companies will have the biggest impact on the industry in the short term, and what can be done to control drone traffic when drones become as popular as cars. We also give our thoughts on DJI's new quadcopter the DJI Avata.  Have questions for the experts? Send your emails to podcasts@rmus.com This episode's cast includes: Bryan Calhoun - Podcaster in Command (host), RMUS Fra ..read more

Over the last few months, we briefly mentioned our roadshows across Canada. In Ontario, our open house and trade show took place at our RMUS Canada headquarters, where we hosted a series of inspection and public safety seminars led by various industry experts. In the first of our seminar series, we hear about surveying tools facilitated by industry leader Laurie McBean with Unmanned Aerial Services. Laurie's deep dive into surveying covers the differences between LiDAR and photogrammetry, why you can't get good results from water, and how the key to scanning was actually video games all along ..read more

This week we talk about the unique looking Spirit drone by Ascent AeroSystems, which is hard to describe and define. To help us, we invited Bobby Sakaki from Ascent AeroSystems on the show to discuss the Spirit, which was added to the Blue UAS list in June . We cover the aircraft in detail, including why it was designed the way it was, who could use the Spirit to its maximum potential, alongside many tangents about the drone industry as a whole. Have questions for the experts? Send your emails to podcasts@rmus.com This episode's cast includes: Bryan Calhoun - Podcaster in Command (host), RM ..read more

For the past 16 episodes, the cast of Did You Bring The Batteries?  has gone in-depth on a number of drone products, services and unique use cases (like natural disaster relief or counter-UAS work); however, we had not yet examined the industry as a whole. To correct this knowledge gap, we invited our friend, former DJI guru and current drone researcher, David Benowitz, to discuss the past, present and future of the drone industry.  We go over trends, technology that is shaping the industry today and what the next evolution might look like. David will also be launching the annual Dr ..read more

For the first time in months, Did You Bring The Batteries? (Powered by RMUS), is back at full strength. Now that everyone is back, we talk in detail about the things we saw over the past few months. In this episode, we're joined by a counter-UAS expert who discusses what it is, the challenges involved and why it is so important to the whole UAV industry. We review the new DJI Matrice 30 in more detail now that we had the stick time to really judge it. Also explored is the swarm flight system that allows you control multiple Teal Golden Eagle aircraft simultaneously. Have questions for the exp ..read more

The drone industry is always changing, but how do we change with it? One way we will have to evolve is how we approach training. We found a college that is about to redesign its government-approved training program, and lock it in for the next 5 years. We discussed the students of today, tomorrow and what drone training will look like in the near future. Bryan Calhoun - Podcaster in Command (host), RMUS Kevin Toderel - General Manager, RMUS Canada Ted Strazimiri - Professor, RPAS, Fanshawe College For more on RMUS you can reach us at: YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/rmusuav LinkedIn - ht ..read more

I have made up my abandoned mind, we are talking about abandoned mines this week. With Kevin and Fraser out on roadshow duty, Jacob and I are joined by SRK's Olga Gibbons to discuss the issue of abandoned mines, why they are such a problem and what companies like SRK can do about them with the help of UAVs. We also had Pieter Stockmayer from Flyability visiting our Utah office and he spoke with Jacob about the new hazardous inspection aircraft, the Elios 3.  Bryan Calhoun - Podcaster in Command (host), RMUS Jacob Bradford - Certified Drone Technician, RMUS Olga Gibbons - Rock Mechanics E ..read more

Now that a number of the large scale UAV/RPAS tradeshows have come and gone, the RMUS team has reassembled in our studio to discuss what they saw at the first in-person AUVSI Xponential since COVID started. We also recap our hands-on time with the new Fluke Sensor that can listen for and detect leaks in pipes before they are bad enough for anyone to notice. The upcoming open house happening with all our industry partners at the RMUS Canada's facility, and Dan Cyr with GlobalMedic joins us to explain how they make horrible situations a little better by using drones where natural disasters have ..read more