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Parrot launches drone for construction and surveillance industries

Parrot Business Solutions has unveiled ANAFI Work, a tool for use in the construction, surveillance and public safety sectors. It contains the advanced ANAFI drone that allows professionals to shoot photos and videos of their projects.

It features a 4K HDR video camera and a 21 MP sensor for carrying out tasks such as building and infrastructure inspections.

The camera tilts vertically from -90° to +90 °, and a zoom of 1.5x in 4K and 2.8x in full HD (1080p), enabling close-ups of specific element, remotely.

“With this compact, high-performance 4K drone in their toolkit, professionals can gain a very real efficiency and safety boost, achieving accurate aerial insights with ease,” said Gilles Labossière, the Executive Vice President and COO of the Parrot Group.

ANAFI Work also includes a long-distance controller, four smart batteries with a 25 minute flight time each,  a multi-port USB charger and shoulder bag.

The FreeFlight 6 mobile app, available on both Android and iOS, contain geo-barrier and smart RTH features. ANAFI Work comes with a year’s access to the 3D modeling software, Pix4Dmodel.