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Since multicopters entered the consumer market, the related companies have emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, and scholars have also flocked.

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  1. 1.

    A jargon for the uncontested market space for an unknown industry or innovation is coined in the book [2]. In an established industry, the competition is often so intense that some firms cannot sustain themselves and stop operating. This type of industry is described as a “red ocean” [3].

  2. 2.

    First-person view (FPV), also known as remote-person view (RPV), or simply video piloting, is a method used to control a Radio Controlled (RC) vehicle from the driver or pilot’s view point.

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    http://www.aerialroboticscompetition.org/ or http://iarc.buaa.edu.cn/.

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