Application Innovations and Engineering Practices of Drone Technology in Geological Exploration
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study examines how drone technology is revolutionizing geological surveying. While traditional approaches struggle with efficiency and accuracy limitations, drones leverage breakthroughs in multi-sensor integration, autonomous navigation, and real-time data processing to establish an integrated air-ground-cloud collaborative framework, significantly enhancing survey capabilities. Their transformative applications span dynamic landslide monitoring, AI-driven mineral exploration for hidden deposits, 3D geological mapping, and multidimensional environmental diagnostics. The research also identifies challenges such as high-altitude operations, big data interpretation bottlenecks, and regulatory constraints, proposing solutions like power system optimization, edge computing integration, and standardized protocols to accelerate the industry's shift toward intelligent, data-centric methodologies. These insights offer critical guidance for modernizing geological exploration technologies.
Author: Xin Fang
Language: English
Subfield: Geology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409616218