Software Development Times wrote an article in reference to how developers should care about the drone industry due to it’s use cases and how that software can advance the hardware significantly. The following is an excerpt from the article.

“The drone industry is emerging in every sector of the economy. Drones are being used to help agriculture, videography, journalism, building inspections, and search-and-rescue missions. But it isn’t just this new piece of technology and hardware that is bringing new opportunities to these industries—it’s software.

Software is the brain of the drone, and without it the technology wouldn’t be able to fly, added Carley Hopkins, product manager for Aeryon Labs, a drone developer and manufacturer. “As [drones] continue to evolve, engineers are being pushed to bring new technology such as obstacle avoidance and computer vision to smaller, lower-cost platforms,” she said.”