Getting ready for the future: Guydrones looks towards manufacturing
In less than two years since it was officially launched, Guydrones, a local drone technology company, has been transforming the way agriculture is done. Farmers are able to engage in more precise, efficient practices.
Beyond agriculture, the company has been able to boost other sectors- effectively demonstrating how drones can be leveraged for significant industrial uses.
But establishing itself as a provider of niche services and as the official distributor of world-renowned DJI products is not enough for a company seeking to remain on the cutting-edge of technology in Guyana.
And it is not enough for a company that believes Guyana can be a proponent of cutting-edge technology.
“We found that it was a very long process to get drones here in Guyana… and when the drones came here, you had to wait a very long time to get them.
“So we thought, ‘How about we manufacture it here in Guyana?’ Not necessarily from raw materials to finished products but maybe assembling the products first,” Guydrones’ Chief Executive Officer Ershad Mahamad disclosed as he scrolled through a document on his laptop.
Some of his plans for the company’s expansion are compiled in that document. Other plans are exciting ideas still bubbling around his mind.
The idea of establishing is a concrete one and already, the company has experience repairing drones and providing other aftercare services. Requisite approvals for that venture are pending.
“After that stage- assembly- we want to go full out manufacturing,” Mahamad said confidently.
He believes engineers can design drones better suited to Guyana’s unique conditions and needs and those designs can be patented. Once there is quality assurance and utmost safety, this could be a gamechanger for drone technology in Guyana, South America and the Caribbean, the CEO believes.
“We’re also looking at the possibility of switching to Guydrones and Robotics.
“We’d partner with a robotics engineer (to do that) because we feel that we kinda go hand in hand and you can have a good fusion with drones and robotics,” Mahamed highlighted too.
These ideas are important, he said, because the company cannot become complacent within an ever-evolving technology industry.
He contends that drones are like cell phones; each year, and even various times a year, new features are developed, effectively making newer models more useful. So whether it is drones that transport products or offer more precise services, Guydrones must be able to keep up and offer those products.
“Whenever the length and breadth that drone technology goes, we will be there,” the CEO affirmed.
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This is Part Three of a three-part series on Guydrones and its efforts to transform agriculture in Guyana. In Part One, we examine the genesis of Guydrones and in Part Two, we take a look at the growth of Guydrones.