It was a simple comment, almost offhand. | “They have drones at other sites, but not at ours. It’d be nice to have someone local.” That single sentence says more about the current state of construction technology than any whitepaper. Big Companies. Small Gaps. Large construction firms have embraced drones. Many have centralized UAS teams, standardized workflows, and impressive internal capabilities. On paper, it looks like the problem is solved. In reality, the jobsite tel

L et’s imagine, just for fun (and maybe some insight), that the DJI Matrice 4E—our favorite robotic workhorse—wasn’t just an industrial...