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Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas 2018.
In the past few years, remotely piloted air systems and unmanned air systems – commonly called ‘drones’ or ‘multicopters’ – have become widely popular. A relative lack of regulation until recently has meant that drones are still a controversial if exciting new technology, and society is undecided how best to deal with the challenges they pose. But will the danger of excessive regulation and the attention given to a new technology when problems arise mean we never get those benefits? How do we deal with concerns about safety and ethics, while ensuring we create an environment that allows the exciting promise of this technology to be implemented? Will a wider mood of risk-aversion keep drones firmly on the ground?
SPEAKERS
Dr Owen McAree
Dr Sophie Robinson
Alastair Muir
Donald Clark
CHAIR: Timandra Harkness
Our partners for this session were NATS.
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Listen to the debate from the Battle of Ideas 2018.
In the past few years, remotely piloted air systems and unmanned air systems – commonly called ‘drones’ or ‘multicopters’ – have become widely popular. A relative lack of regulation until recently has meant that drones are still a controversial if exciting new technology, and society is undecided how best to deal with the challenges they pose. But will the danger of excessive regulation and the attention given to a new technology when problems arise mean we never get those benefits? How do we deal with concerns about safety and ethics, while ensuring we create an environment that allows the exciting promise of this technology to be implemented? Will a wider mood of risk-aversion keep drones firmly on the ground?
SPEAKERS
Dr Owen McAree
Dr Sophie Robinson
Alastair Muir
Donald Clark
CHAIR: Timandra Harkness
Our partners for this session were NATS.

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