Bry: Skydio drones respond to 911 calls in most major cities
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Adam Bry is the CEO of Skydio. He discusses the deployment of dock-based autonomous drones for public safety and emergency response.
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“Skydio drones are in most major cities responding to nine one calls today at sort of small scale, like maybe part of the city, some fraction of the incidents that they're dealing with.”
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