Drones are the newest airborne craze to infiltrate the skies. The military is the most noteworthy entity to explore the immense potential of using an unmanned aircraft. History traces the first official unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), back to the V-1 rockets (doodle bugs) of the Second World War.
The idea of a flying vehicle that could cruise over enemy territory without risking a pilot has been the primary focus of drone development. However, as these little flying remote controlled mini-robots have been perfected, they have been spotted trolling the skies over major sporting events. Here’s how drones are making their way into the world of sports.
Slippery Slopes
One of the first remarkable ideas to use a drone to produce never before seen camera footage of a …show more content…
By using drones, the television crews could manipulate cameras overtop the steep slopes, where previously the only available spots were from balloons or blimps high over the mountaintop. With little miniature flying robot cameras, the visual perfection was like nothing the sports viewing world had ever witnessed.
Back, Back, Back, Gone!
One of the lost visuals of watching baseball games on television is the course that a baseball takes when it’s launched deep into the outfield. Spectators at the ballpark can watch the easily watch the trajectory, but fans watching at home on the television rarely see fly balls that travel in the air.
The real time excitement of a spectacular home run is lost to the televised audience. That is, until drones were strategically flown around the stadium, each equipped with a highly sensitive camera lens to pick up and follow the arc of a baseball batted towards the sky. While the technological aspects of the cameras themselves need some fine-tuning, the ability for drones to track airborne baseballs is
The idea of a flying vehicle that could cruise over enemy territory without risking a pilot has been the primary focus of drone development. However, as these little flying remote controlled mini-robots have been perfected, they have been spotted trolling the skies over major sporting events. Here’s how drones are making their way into the world of sports.
Slippery Slopes
One of the first remarkable ideas to use a drone to produce never before seen camera footage of a …show more content…
By using drones, the television crews could manipulate cameras overtop the steep slopes, where previously the only available spots were from balloons or blimps high over the mountaintop. With little miniature flying robot cameras, the visual perfection was like nothing the sports viewing world had ever witnessed.
Back, Back, Back, Gone!
One of the lost visuals of watching baseball games on television is the course that a baseball takes when it’s launched deep into the outfield. Spectators at the ballpark can watch the easily watch the trajectory, but fans watching at home on the television rarely see fly balls that travel in the air.
The real time excitement of a spectacular home run is lost to the televised audience. That is, until drones were strategically flown around the stadium, each equipped with a highly sensitive camera lens to pick up and follow the arc of a baseball batted towards the sky. While the technological aspects of the cameras themselves need some fine-tuning, the ability for drones to track airborne baseballs is