NEW DELHI: Indian drone companies Now they are proving their worth in the global scenario. Robot laboratory dynamicsThe IIT Delhi-incubated drone startup that lit up the skies of Raisina Hill at Beating Retreat three years ago with a dazzling 1,000-drone light show, is now being selected to host the same at previous events abroad. On Saturday (January 11), it performed a light show in a formation of 3,000 drones in Oman, where the country was celebrating the fifth anniversary of Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s leadership. The formations included a portrait of Tarik, among others.
“BotLab Dynamics is expanding overseas with the establishment of multiple bases across the Middle East. This consolidates us as one of the most active and innovative drone companies worldwide. “We have organized numerous large-scale drone light shows in Africa,” said an official. It had organized a light show with 5,500 drones at Ambani’s pre-wedding event last year.
Botlab Dynamics had organized a similar event in Djibouti in June 2022 for the East African country’s 45th independence day, making it the The biggest drone light show which would be held in Africa at that time. “We were competing with a French company for the event. Our budget for organizing an event with 800 drones matched the price offered by the French company for a light show with 300 drones,” Sarita Ahlawat, one of the co-founders of Botlab Dynamics, had told TOI then.
Drone light shows typically last 8 to 10 minutes, during which they create 6 to 8 formations at an altitude of 50 meters. The Tokyo Olympics had a drone light show by Intel. The Joe Biden-Kamal Harris victory four years ago was celebrated with a massive drone light show. Now Indian companies are jumping on this bandwagon in a big way. Clearly, it’s time for lasers to give way to drone light shows as the new king of pyrotechnics.