Copyright Jindivik (1948–1986) Target Drone
Copyright Global Hawk Strategic Reconaissance
Copyright Predator Hunter-Killer
Copyright Hobbyist 'Micro-Drones' Surveillance
Copyright Military 'Micro-Drones' Tactical Reconnaisance
Copyright 'Nano-Drones'
Copyright Drone Swarms
Copyright Submersible Drones ?
Copyright Some Failures First UK law enforcement use Lost in the Mersey River off Liverpool (BBC 2011) First Australian media use Lost off Christmas Island (Corcoran 2012) First US police-owned drone, in Texas Crashed into a police vehicle (Biddle 2012) In South Korea, a drone crashed into its control truck, killing 1, and injuring 2 'remote' pilots (Marks 2012) Micro-drones in CBDs Auckland (Mortimer 2012), Sydney (Kontominas 2013)
Copyright Drones Roger Clarke Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, Canberra Visiting Professor in Computer Science, ANU, Canberra Visiting Professor in Cyberspace Law & Policy, UNSW, Sydney {-E, -I, -RPS, -RBP}.html ANU Summer Scholar Series 27 November 2013
Copyright What Technical Challenges? Scalability of safeguards To achieve low cost, compromise what?
Copyright What Technical Challenges? Scalability of safeguards To achieve low cost, compromise what? How much autonomy? Stability, obstruction-avoidance, flight-path
Copyright What Technical Challenges? Scalability of safeguards To achieve low cost, compromise what? How much autonomy? Stability, obstruction-avoidance, flight-path Reliance on data-feeds, control-feeds Protection of data-feeds, control-feeds Fail-Safe / Fail-Soft means what exactly?
Copyright What Technical Challenges? Scalability of safeguards To achieve low cost, compromise what? How much autonomy? Stability, obstruction-avoidance, flight-path Reliance on data-feeds, control-feeds Protection of data-feeds, control-feeds Fail-Safe / Fail-Soft means what exactly? Fly as a Swarm or Flock, how exactly?
Copyright What Policy Challenges What Uses? What new Risks arise? What existing Risks are significantly exacerbated? Public Safety – accidents, violence Behavioral Privacy What Regulatory Framework applies? Is the regulatory framework appropriate? (large, small, micro, nano, swarms) Is the regulatory framework being adapted?