"The 8th Taiwan International Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Industry Summit in 2023, organized by the Taiwan UAV Application Development Association since 2016, takes the lead this year in proposing international standards for the execution of "low-altitude economy" UAVs, garnering enthusiastic responses from domestic and international manufacturers, research and development entities, and educational institutions. The association has actively facilitated substantial dialogues among participants over the years, with over 500 component manufacturers and institutions based on the Asia-Pacific UAV Industry Alliance, generating macro benefits for over 16,000 attendees both physically and online. The forum has expanded its reach to include countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and East Timor, influencing the agricultural, industrial, and market development foundations across more than nine countries in the Asia-Europe region.
This year's forum focuses on the revolutionary growth of the world's "low-altitude economy" created by UAV development, delving into topics such as the concept of the low-altitude airspace industry chain. The event is co-organized by the Taiwan UAV Application Development Association and the MiTAC Advance Technology. It places a specific emphasis on the depth exploration of issues related to UAV safety, such as "wind tunnel," "collision," and "vibration" tests, following the resolution of the "Three Security" issues of flight safety, information security, and labor safety. The forum also concentrates on innovative applications combining UAVs with unmanned systems, AI, 5G, and AVR in various countries worldwide.
Within the forum, the Asia-Pacific UAV Industry Alliance initiator, the Taiwan UAV Application Development Association, revealed the bottlenecks and key technologies in the development of civilian UAV applications, emphasizing the need to prioritize safety tests for the entire UAV system, such as "wind tunnel," "vibration," and "collision," in addressing the "Three Security" issues of flight safety, information security, and labor safety. Advanced UAV development highlighted aspects of transport, operation, and the blockchain effect on industries developed using UAVs as tools.
In Southeast Asia, the utilization of UAVs for blockchain economic control in 13 rainforest coffee-producing countries is just one example. According to statistics from various countries, rainforest coffee exports have exceeded $9 million annually. In just a few years, the industry's scale is expected to approach trillions of New Taiwan Dollars. Traditional coffee-producing countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Brazil, and Taiwan have responded to the call for a low-carbon economy. In the future, the concept of coffee cultivation under UAV control is expected to become the sole procurement standard for the operation market of the rainforest coffee planting industry in Eurasia and Africa.
To establish safety standards for low-altitude economic flight in the Asia-Pacific region, the forum invited leading manufacturers in Japan specializing in UAV wind tunnel technology, Taiwan's leading UAV vibration testing experts, Indonesia's urban manned aircraft UAM, AAM system, and Cesaltino, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in East Timor, to speak on Asian rainforest coffee. The historical dialogue between Julio, an expert on government rainforest coffee research, and Kenji, the dean of the Amis coffee master in Taitung, Taiwan, began a century-old rainforest coffee inheritance. UAVs cover countries and regions in the Austronesian language family, minimizing differences in race and skin color and making Taiwan's UAV intelligent technology omnipresent.
Catalyzed by the Ukraine-Russia war, international patrol UAV technology is booming. The MiTAC-SYNNEX Group has undertaken Taiwan's largest coast guard UAV project, and its UAV operation system has entered its sixth year. The subsidiary MiTAC Advance Technology has been reorganized into the only experienced team in Taiwan with manufacturing and operation experience. Sammy Chiu, the general manager, stated that in Taiwan's "Military Commercial Standard" UAV development project, it has been selected as the system integration leader of the national team and was selected as the prototype aircraft manufacturer for the "Target Acquisition Type" and "Monitoring Type" in the same year. It received subsidies from the Ministry of Economic Affairs' "A+ Enterprise Innovation and R&D Training Program – Military Commercial Standard UAV Development Project" and passed all inspections.