"We spend 70 to 80percentt of our time doing this, just scanning roads," said the pilot, Matthew Morrison.
In the future, however, drones will be expected to look after themselves for hours at a time, avoiding other aircraft as they deliver parcels or scan roads for speeding motorists.
"You don't know who is watching," he says, nervously scanning the road.
The crew was scanning a road, looking for — but not finding — signs of anyone planting improvised explosive devices or lying in wait for a convoy.
Mercuri has avoided contact with absentminded pedestrians and others by scanning the road ahead and anticipating trouble spots before they manifested.
They may not touch the controls for the majority of a drive, but they still have to be here, still have to stay constantly alert, scanning the road, watching for mistakes made by their autonomous chauffeurs.
We were young and happy when my mother suddenly yelled, "DUCK!" Naturally, I sat forward on high alert, scanning the road for a domestic waterfowl in our path.
The Black Mambas patrol along the fences, their spotlights scanning the road ahead, the bushes and the trees looking for poachers.
Because this model was fitted with the patented Magic Body Control system, it felt like it was riding on air — scanning the road ahead, and making minute adjustments to smooth out the ride.
Keep scanning the road ahead for areas where a police could hide.
