Session

In fields such as critical infrastructure and disaster response, a high level of confidentiality is now required for the data that drones handle. The key here is the technical challenge of how to implement "Sovereign AI"—which protects data sovereignty—in resource-constrained edge environments. In this session, CTO Sugaki and Ito, head of software development, take the stage from Prodrone, a company that has developed everything from airframes to systems end-to-end since its founding in 2015. We share the realities of next-generation drone development revealed through the "co-design of hardware and software" that is essential to building drones, covering the behind-the-scenes of software development, recent trends, and the outlook for drone development going forward.