Drone name: Health Sector
Maker: Mishal Al Marzouqi, Saeed Al Nazari
Service: Transport blood for transfusions, mobile pharmacies, and supplies during emergencies
Size: Around 2ft
Altitude: 500m
Max flight speed: 10km/h to 20km/h
Flight duration: up to 40 minutes
Max payload: 10kg
Savings: up to more than 50 per cent of transport time
Drone name: Fully Automated Parking System
Maker: Mohammad Darweesh and team
Service: Monitors parking lots for free spaces and potential violators and penalises then immediately
Size: “One of the smallest”
Weight: 1.2kg
Flight Duration: 25 min
Savings: Saves manpower as it can scan 120 cars per minute using the Salik tag. The 10-hour duty of every parking inspector can be reduced to a 10-minute job by a drone; saves up to Dh170 million per year in personnel salaries
Drone name: Sanad
Maker: Mansour Al Baloushi and team
Service: Can be used in critical life-saving missions, particularly in beach rescues
Size: One of the biggest; exact dimensions not released
Maximum payload: Up to 45kg, but can be modified to carry up to 100kg
Unique features: Capable of lifting drowning people to safety provided they meet the weight requirement
Drone name: Wadi
Maker: Martin Slosarik and team from NYU Abu Dhabi
Service: Collects data from camera traps spread across Wadi Wurayah National Park lots for free spaces and potential violators and penalises then immediately
Size: Wingspan 2.4m
Weight: 2.2kg
Flight Duration: Up to 1.5 hours
Range: Up to 40km
Max payload: 500gm
Savings: Costs Dh1 million to pay rangers to hike the Wadi Wurayah National Park yearly to collect data from camera traps. Deploying this drone that can collect important data can reduce the cost to 1/10th. The drone can also collect salinity and atmospheric data
Drone name: Site Inspection
Maker: Eman Obaid and team
Service: Monitors construction sites for violations
Size: 0.6 metre wide, side-to-side
Weight: 2.5kg
Flight Duration: 20-25 minutes
Range: 15km, height of 1km
Savings: Can save effort in monitoring violations at construction sites, including during mandatory rest periods for summer months
