Parrot Anafi Ai USA Thermal Drone

Description

Designed for the U.S. Army
Made for enterprise

Parrot Anafi USA is a compact, highly advanced UAS with a three (3) camera payload system (high-zoom RGB, wide-angle RGB and thermal) designed for Public Safety and Industrial Inspection applications.

Technical Specification:

Key features:

• 32x zoom
• 2 21Mp cameras (wide, telephoto)
• FLIR Boson® 320x256 IR camera
• 5-axes hybrid stabilization
• Compact: 228x101x76 mm
• Lightweight: 501 grams
• 32 minutes flying time
• IP53: dust and water resistant
• Discreet: 79 dB at 1 m height
• Speed: 14,7 m/s
• Operating temperature range: -35 °C à 43 °C
• Service ceiling: 6 000 m
• Video: 4K
• Deployed in less than a minute
• Hand-launch
• Hand landing

Conception

• Unfolded (L x l x h) 282x373x84 mm
• Folded (L x l x h) 246x104x82 mm
• Weight 501 g
• Unfolding 55 seconds
• Operating temperature range -35 °C/43 °C
• Protection against solids/liquids IP53
• Compact and lightweight, ANAFI USA weighs in 501 g for a 1.7-liter volume. ANAFI USA can be transported in
  a backpack or a case.

• ANAFI USA is the most compact drone of its category on the enterprise and military segments.
• Unfolds in 3 seconds (Fig. 2: . Its propeller blades system reduces its clutter, contrary to fixed pitch propellers.
• Propeller replacement requires no tool: they just screw in the direction opposite to that of the rotation of motors, without risk of losing small mobile parts.

Ruggedness

• The mechanical structure of ANAFI USA is mainly made of polyamid, reinforced with carbon fiber and streamlined using hollow glass beads.
• ANAFI USA motors are protected from dust, sand and rain by lateral vent-equipped covers, that enable the dispelling of heat.
• Vertical camera and ultrasonar are protected from the rain by a collar which shelters both sensors.
• IPX3 (CEI 60529 norm): rain resistant in IPX3 (10 liters/min) for the time of one battery charge (32 minutes) at least.
• IP5X: dust resistant for at least 32 minutes.
• Damp heat (+40 °C and 93 % hygrometry) for 16 h (NF EN 60068-2-78)
• Dry heat (+50 °C) for 16h (NF EN 60068-2-2)
• Thermal shock: 20 1-hour cycles at -36 °C and +43 °C (NF EN 60068-2-14)
• Extreme temperatures: -20 °C and +70 °C for 4 h (NF EN 60068-2-1 & NF EN 60068-2-2)
• Low temperatures: -36 °C for 16 h (NF EN 60068-2-1)
• 92 flight continuous flight hours at ambient temperature, without mechanical wear
• ANAFI USA is functional after 18 falls (3 on each side) on concrete, from 1 meter high

Propulsion system

• The blades of ANAFI USA’s propellers have been conceived by biomimicry: they are inspired by the knobs of the anterior edge of the pectoral fins of humpback whales.
• Each propeller, consisting in two blades, is simply screwed on.
• From a flight perspective, ANAFI USA outperforms drones which are 1.5 times heavier and twice as cumbersome.
• ANAFI USA motors are powerful (46 W) with a 70 % yield (mechanical power divided by electrical power) when hovering; they have been conceived to optimize the blades’ characteristics on the whole
  flight range.
• ANAFI USA has the best weight/flight time ratio of the industry: its 32 minutes flight time, its low weight (501 g) and the high yield of its conversion chain enable the drone to fly fast (54 km/h) and far (theoretical outreach: 17,4 km at 40,6 km/h).
• Wind resistance: 54 km/h
• Sound power: 79 dB

Imaging

• Triple camera module.

• Continuous 1x to 32x zoom - The focal leap between the wide camera (1x to 5x) and the telephoto camera (5x to 32x) is automatic, which guarantees a continuous zoom.
• HDR - algorithm restores up to 14 EV. The sensor exposes half of the pixels over a long period while the other half are exposed for a shorter period, avoiding artefacts due to movement. Both exposures are then fused to produce an image of the same definition as that native to the sensor (21MP) while optimizing contrast and reducing resolution loss in the finer details of the image.
• Optical unit - g low dispersion aspheric lens architectures (110° and 26° diagonal fields of view, respectively for the wide and tele lenses). The optical units are composed of six lenses optimized to minimize the level of parasitic light while providing a high-resolution image across a vast temperature range (-43 °C to 45 °C).
• Diagonal (DFOV) and Horizontal (HFOV) fields of view - The lens of the wide camera covers the full diagonal of the sensor with a 110° DFOV. It brings a 69° HFOV for the standard video mode, and a 75° HFOV for the standard photo mode.
  The lens of the tele camera covers the full diagonal of the sensor with a 26° DFOV. It brings a 16° HFOV for
  the standard video mode, and a 16° HFOV for the standard photo mode.
• Lossless zoom capabilities - The conception of ANAFI USA’s optical unit enable the drone to achieve 5x lossless zoom in 4K-UHD (3840x2160 px), 10x lossless zoom in Full HD (1920x1080 px) and 15x lossless zoom in HD (1280x720 px). Finally, at 27x zoom, ANAFI USA images still reach DVD quality (720x480 px).
• Angular resolution and discernable details.
• Optical unit manufacturing: Active alignment.
• IR camera unit.
• Two thermographic camera coloring modes.
• Relative mode view of the thermographic of a scene.
• Spot mode.

• Media formats - JPEG, MP4.
• IR/Visible blending.

Security

• Integrity of the software and protection of the droneVertical camera & Time of Flight
• Network connections cyphering
• SD card encryption
• Zero data shared without user consent
• Stereoscopic cameras mounted on a 311° rotating
  gimbal (-107° to +204°) for obstacle avoidance
• AI trajectory optimization system
• Indoor flight

Video streaming

• H264 encoding with RTSP and RTP transmission protocols
• The video stream is compatible with RTP-compatible players, like VLC or mplayer
• 720p, 30 fps, 5 Mbit/s
• Advanced video and streaming functions, for an improved error resilience
• Compatible with the following standards: ISO/IEC 14496-10 AVC / ITU-T H.264, RFC 3550, RFC 2326
• Reduced latency (300 ms glass-to-glass)
• Metadata transmission: telemetry, video metrics

Smart battery

• 3 High Density cells (265 Wh/kg)
• Smart Power Management
• Smart Charging: inbuilt USB-C charger
• Wintering mode: automatic discharge and inactivation to prolong the battery life
• Black Box: inbuilt battery history
• IP53 protection

Flight control and flight modes

• Flight controller - ANAFI USA’s flight controller uses an Ambarella H22 processor, an MPU-6000 Invensense IMU, an AK8963 AKM magnetometer, an UBX-M8030U-BLOX GPS, an ultrasonar, a barometer and a vertical camera. The Parrot flight software gathers data from all sensors to estimate the altitude, the position and the speed of the drone.
• 3-axis gyroscope
• 3-axis accelerometer
• ST Microelectronics LIS2MDL magnetometer
• ST Microelectronics LPS22HB barometer
• U-BLOX UBX-M8030 GPS
• Ultrasonar (height measurement)
• Vertical camera (measuring horizontal speed and height using optical flow)
• Motherboard coating
• Estimation algorithm
• Flight modes and plan

Brand country - USA.