Bry: Skydio drones can be summoned via Axon body camera button
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Adam Bry, CEO of Skydio, describes the company's product integration with public safety technology company Axon.
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“So, you know, the drone can fly to the location of a body camera, so an officer can just push a button on their body camera. If they're in trouble, they'll summon a drone to get there, and then after it lands, it'll upload the footage to Axon's evidence.com product, which stores all the body camera footage, so the drone footage sits right alongside the body camera footage.”
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