Anzu Robotics, an emerging U.S.-based commercial drone manufacturer, announces its entrance into the drone market with the launch of two enterprise aerial platforms: Raptor and Raptor T.
According to reporting by TechRadar.com, in a one-time deal for its new Raptor series (not an ongoing DJI partnership) Anzu Robotics has built Raptor and Raptor T upon the popular and capable DJI Mavic 3E platform.
TechRadar also reports that Anzu is manufacturing its drones in Malaysia (with operations based in Austin, Texas), representing a new solution that potentially satisfies geopolitical and cyber security concerns.
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The software driving the drones is entirely developed in the United States through a collaboration with Aloft Technologies, Inc., a Syracuse, New York, firm well known in the commercial drone market.
Anzu itself is owned and operated by American citizens and offers US support, service, and, most importantly, hosts all data on domestic servers.
The Raptor series combines enterprise grade hardware with domestic, secure and capable software, offering commercial use across a wide range of applications. It will be particulary interesting to see if DroneDeploy and other third-party flight planning and data management software companies release integrations with Anzu.
“These platforms meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and innovation,” said Randall Warnas, CEO of Anzu Robotics. Warnas is the former CEO of Autel Robotics.
The Raptor-series platforms boast the following imaging features, alongside a solid 45-minute flight time (per battery) and 9-mile range (well beyond a single operator’s unaided visual line of sight):
- Raptor-series drones carry a high-resolution visual inspection platform with a 4/3-inch 20mp wide, and 1/2-inch 12mp CMOS cameras. Together they offer hybrid zoom capabilities up to 56x.
- The Raptor T (Thermal) combines 1/2-inch 48mp and 12mp cameras with a 640 x 512 high-resolution LWIR thermal imaging payload.
Learn more at anzurobotics.com.
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