Rotor type drones are used as a source for acquiring intelligence from areas which are remotely located. This intelligence can be used for ensuring crop insurance, knowing postdisaster assessments, knowing information of restricted security zones, etc. Apart from various advantages, rotor type drones, like quadcopters, have certain drawbacks also. These drawbacks need to be researched and addressed in detail so that the information can be acquired in a manner which is deliberate and very effective, while obtaining information from various sensors attached to the drones. These drawbacks are the problems pertaining to sound of propellers, selection of flight controller, power management issues, flying in nonconducive weather, collision avoidance, videography during night and extended communication ranges, which have been discussed in this paper.

PurposeThe purpose is to design a system in which drones can control traffic most effectively using a deep learning algorithm.Design/methodology/approachDrones have now started entry into each facet of life. The entry of drones has made them a subject of great relevance in the present technological era. The span of drones is, however, very broad due to various kinds of usages leading to different types of drones. Out of the many usages, one usage which is presently being widely researched is traffic monitoring as traffic monitoring can hover over a particular area. This paper specifically brings out the basic algorithm You Look Only Once (YOLO) which may be used for identifying the vehicles. Consequently, using deep learning YOLO algorithm, identification of vehicles will, therefore, help in easy regulation of traffic in streetlights, avoiding accidents, finding out the culprit drivers due to which traffic jam would have taken place and recognition of a pattern of traffic at various timings of the day, thereby announcing the same through radio (namely, Frequency Modulation (FM)) channels, so that people can take the route which is the least jammed.FindingsThe study found that the object(s) detected by the deep learning algorithm is almost the same as if seen from a naked eye from the top view. This led to the conclusion that the drones may be used for traffic monitoring, in the days to come, which was not the case earlier.Originality/valueThe main research content and key algorithm have been introduced. The research is original. None of the parts of this research paper has been published anywhere.

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