LDP Parliament Member Motoyuki Odachi Visits Pilotgaea. Recognizes Development Capacity of Drone Technology.

Published 3/6/2023 2:00:00 PM

Motoyuki Odachi, a parliament member of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), visited Pilotgaea. We at Pilotgaea are enlightened by this exchange.<div> Besides his political achievements, Mr. Odachi is also an inventor and technology enthusiast.</div><div> In 2013, he established "Drone Revolution Institute" to promote the development and application of drone technology. In 2014, he worked on the development of "Sasuke", a drone that can fly indoors and outdoors, and is able to achieve autonomous flight and autonomous tracking functions. In 2015, he worked on the development of a miniature drone named "Hummingbird", which is only 5cm in size. </div><div>In 2016, he worked on the development of a large drone named "Phoenix", which can carry up to 30kg of cargo and is able to operate in agricultural fields and mountainous areas. Phoenix attracted great attention in the Japanese agricultural and logistics industries and has been hailed as a milestone in agricultural drones. In 2019, Mr. Odachi and his team used their drones for post-disaster reconstruction in the Fukushima nuclear disaster area, conducting aerial surveys and search and rescue work in dangerous zones. The achievements, technologies and products of his drone team have received widespread domestic and international attention and recognition. Mr. Odachi showed appreciation for the GIS products and drone R&amp;D capabilities of Pilotgaea, especially for the nation's first tilt-rotor drones, ground control stations, multi-aircraft integrated monitoring, optimal air path planning and visual positioning for automatic landing. Mr. Odachi and Pilotgaea exchanged views on trending topics such as applications of drone jammers in Taiwan and Japan. We also discussed the direction of future developments for related industries, and explored the possibility of cooperation between the two countries in this field. The exchange was enlightening, we were especially inspired by the applications of drones in the agricultural fields and post-disaster reconstruction in Japan. We would like to thank Mr. Odachi again for visiting and for sharing the current status of drone technology and industry in Japan. We look forward for opportunities to cooperate with Japanese drone R&amp;D teams in the future to push the development of drone technology and contribute to related industries in both countries.</div>