“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.”
— Chris Grosser.
Hello everybody. My name is Dan Brinlee and this is the first blog I’ve ever attempted. I am currently pursuing my Masters in Unmanned Services through Embry-Riddle. As a requirement to help introduce me to the connected world, my current unmanned services class is truly my first real connection to unmanned vehicles. Prior to this, I had only loaded one model of them into a Chinook Helicopter and delivered them in Iraq. My intent of creating this blog is to document some of the things I learn throughout this term and hopefully to learn from others through responses that open my eyes to other purposes and functions of unmanned systems.
Unmanned systems to me, prior to the first two weeks of this course, consisted entirely of piloted or automatic vehicles: e.g. remote-controlled planes, deep water submersibles, drones used in combat, my wife’s Tesla, etc. After just two weeks, I’ve been introduced to hundreds of other uses, purposes, and functions. Autonomous (entirely independent of humans) vehicles are clearly the future in almost every domain. This is an extremely exciting class for me and I’m looking forward to learning a lot more.
Unmanned Vehicles: Exploring all Frontiers 