What if your shopping were delivered by drones?
Known as Remotely Piloted Air Systems (RPAS) or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), drones have become increasingly present due to a sharp drop in production costs, as a consequence of recent innovations in light-weight materials, on-board computers, batteries and fuel tanks. Since their inception, drones have been developed for military purposes, with the inclusion of weapons in them, as well as for surveillance and policing efforts. Recently, however, other uses have proliferated, in the fields of climate data collection, scientific exploration, 3-D mapping, infrastructure maintenance, logistics and delivery services, professional photography and filmmaking, entertainment, wildlife protection and agriculture. The increasing diversity and affordability of drones will surely lead to their widespread use amongst corporations, governmental institutions and common citizens. Thus, the legal and ethical issues already associated with drones will most likely become more prominent and require the attention of European policy makers.
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- AGRICULTURE, SYLVICULTURE ET PÊCHE
- analyse économique
- atteinte à la sûreté de l'État
- aviation militaire
- avion
- changement technologique
- conséquence économique
- distribution commerciale
- DROIT
- droit de l'Union européenne
- droit pénal
- droits et libertés
- défense
- exploitation de la terre agricole
- impact des technologies de l'information
- information et traitement de l'information
- informatique et traitement des données
- livraison
- politique commerciale
- politique des transports
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGIE ET RECHERCHE
- protection de la vie privée
- protection des données
- RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES
- sécurité aérienne
- technique culturale
- technologie et réglementation technique
- trafic illicite
- transport aérien
- TRANSPORTS
- transports aérien et spatial
- télédétection
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- ÉCHANGES ÉCONOMIQUES ET COMMERCIAUX
- ÉCONOMIE
- ÉDUCATION ET COMMUNICATION
- élaboration du droit de l'UE