The most potential of UAVs in Smart City are Mapping, monitoring and data collection and Improving damage assessments and the quality of disaster management.

Some previous examples of using UAVs in humanitarian missions, (FSD report, 2016):

• Flood mapping and flood risks models through high-resolution images for risk reduction;
• Delivering essential items to hard access locations in disaster management;
• Medical delivery during a disaster;
• High-resolution images of the post-earthquake survey, damage assessments, fire and rescue services, camp management and real-time information.

However, there are problems with the current regulations and rules about the UAVs, (Stocker et al., 2017):

• The lack of awareness about the privacy rules;
• The lack of awareness about the data protection rules;
• The gaps in the current laws and regulations.

Therefore, beside improving the technologies of UAVs and using in Smart City platforms, it is better to improve the regulations and rules about the UAVs.

Regards,

Pirouz

Dear Talal,

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The most potential of UAVs in Smart City are Mapping, monitoring and data collection and Improving damage assessments and the quality of disaster management.

Some previous examples of using UAVs in humanitarian missions, (FSD report, 2016):

• Flood mapping and flood risks models through high-resolution images for risk reduction;
• Delivering essential items to hard access locations in disaster management;
• Medical delivery during a disaster;
• High-resolution images of the post-earthquake survey, damage assessments, fire and rescue services, camp management and real-time information.

However, there are problems with the current regulations and rules about the UAVs, (Stocker et al., 2017):

• The lack of awareness about the privacy rules;
• The lack of awareness about the data protection rules;
• The gaps in the current laws and regulations.

Therefore, beside improving the technologies of UAVs and using in Smart City platforms, it is better to improve the regulations and rules about the UAVs.

Regards,

Pirouz

This is very difficult to say as the intrinsic intelligence in an IoT based cognitive systems will be already very high and the question is what an UAV will be able to add. The only contribution will come from the transport of physical goods - the set of descriptive information will already be complete from the system inherent sensors. To determine the contribution better it would be necessary to know the domain of the cognitive systems. The potential in a cognitive health care environment is different from a cognitive entertainment or production system.

Thanks everyone for sharing your insights. I agree that regulations are required for UAVs and its effectiveness of its usage is dependent the system. However, I reckon there are many opportunities to use UAVs for aiding cognitive systems that require a thorough study. Please email me if you want to contribute in such study https://www.researchgate.net/project/Cognitive-Internet-of-Things-2