
Microsoft and DJI team up to make drones smarter for businesses
Partnership focuses on commercial drones instead of consumer
DJI says it's teaming up with Microsoft, which the drone maker says is a step towards "intelligent flying robots".
The companies will build a software development kit (SDK) that will let Windows 10 devices control its drones. But before you get excited by the idea of using a Surface tablet with your Mavic Pro, this is announcement is aimed squarely at the enterprise.
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And the two companies didn’t stop with the SDK alliance.
DJI also said it has chosen Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud computing partner, letting businesses access Microsoft’s AI and machine learning capabilities to analyze and interpret large amounts of data.
One such application could be to help farmers more easily identify diseases in crops.
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