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ANAFI Ai

About

About ANAFI Ai

ANAFI Ai can connect through 4G as well as the Skycontroller radio link, allowing the aircraft to maintain command and video over cellular coverage when local radio conditions or distance make a direct link less practical. The 48-megapixel camera supports detailed inspection imagery and photogrammetry capture.

Autonomous mapping missions generate overlapping image sets for Pix4D processing, with ground resolution reaching approximately 0.46 centimetres per pixel at 30 metres. Parrot also exposes an SDK and development environment for custom flight applications, payload workflows and integration with enterprise data systems.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Visual perception, Autonomous drone operations
  • Workflows: Industrial inspection, Drone inspection
  • Operating environments: Enterprise inspection, construction, public works, mapping and field documentation missions.
  • Target markets: Enterprise, Infrastructure
  • Control modes: Flight Plan, Visual Tracking, Smart Rth
  • Deployment model: Field Deployed
  • Navigation and obstacle avoidance

    Claimed - 2021-06-30 - Detect and automatically avoid obstacles in all directions using stereo cameras. - environment: professional drone flight operations

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  • Mapping and photogrammetry

    Claimed - 2021-06-30 - The drone includes obstacle avoidance, autonomous photogrammetry and a 48 MP imaging payload.

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  • Mapping and photogrammetry

    Claimed - ANAFI Ai provides photogrammetry flight modes for aerial mapping.

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  • Robotic inspection

    Claimed - Parrot identifies inspection as an intended ANAFI Ai application.

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Supply

Supply / Components

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    U Blox Ubx M8030 For Anafi AI - navigation - u-blox - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses a u-blox UBX-M8030 GNSS receiver - source: parrot.com

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    Stmicroelectronics Lps22hb For Anafi AI - navigation - STMicroelectronics - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses an STMicroelectronics LPS22HB barometer - source: parrot.com

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    Ti AI Parrot - sensing - Texas Instruments - Texas Instruments OPT3101 time-of-flight sensor is integrated in Parrot ANAFI Ai - source: parrot.com

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    Onsemi Ar0144 Pair For Anafi AI - Perception - ON Semiconductor - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses two onsemi AR0144CSSM28SUD20 global-shutter sensors for stereo perception - source: parrot.com

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    Front Image Sensor - Perception - Sony - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses a Sony IMX586 sensor in its front camera - source: developer.parrot.com

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    Vertical Image Sensor - Perception - Sony - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses a Sony IMX388 global-shutter sensor in its vertical camera - source: developer.parrot.com

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    Stmicroelectronics Lis2mdl For Anafi AI - navigation - STMicroelectronics - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses an STMicroelectronics LIS2MDL magnetometer - source: parrot.com

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    Tdk Invensense Icm 40609 D For Anafi AI - navigation - TDK-InvenSense - Parrot ANAFI Ai uses a TDK ICM-40609-D flight IMU and an ICM-42605 vertical-camera IMU - source: parrot.com

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Research

  • Capabilities, Vulnerabilities, and Programmability of the Parrot Anafi Ai Drone

    2025-02-25 - Research Publication - The IEEE SAT-C paper examines the Parrot Anafi Ai drone as a programmable aerial platform.

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  • A Multi-Simulation Approach with Model Predictive Control for Anafi Drones

    2025-02-14 - Research Publication - Simulation frameworks are essential for the safe development of robotic applications. However, different components of a robotic system are often best simulated in different environments, making full integration challenging.

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  • anafi_ros: from Off-the-Shelf Drones to Research Platforms

    2023-03-03 - Research Publication - anafi_ros is a ROS1 and ROS2 package that turns Parrot ANAFI family drones into programmable research and teaching platforms.

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Resources

Media library

Official manuals, safety, technical and developer-facing references, press-kit imagery and a verified workflow video for Parrot ANAFI Ai.

Timeline

  • Parrot unveils ANAFI Ai 4G-connected professional drone

    2021-06-30 - Product Launch - Parrot unveiled ANAFI Ai as a professional drone using 4G as the main data link. The drone includes obstacle avoidance, autonomous photogrammetry and a 48 MP imaging payload. Parrot expanded its SDK so developers can execute custom mission code directly on the drone.

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Context

Market context

ANAFI Ai is a compact professional drone for aerial imaging, photogrammetry and inspection workflows with Wi-Fi/4G connectivity.

  • Target environment: Enterprise inspection, construction, public works, mapping and field documentation missions.
  • Workflow context: Used for autonomous flight plans, photogrammetry grids, visual inspection and 4K/48 MP image capture.
  • Customer context: Enterprise drone teams, inspection contractors, public-sector users and mapping professionals needing a portable professional aircraft.
  • Deployment model: Commercial ready-to-fly professional quadcopter with onboard camera, controller and Parrot software ecosystem.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product with detailed public technical documentation and published official specifications.
  • Adoption constraints: Payload is integrated rather than heavy-lift modular; users must match the aircraft to imaging-centric workflows.
  • Market position: Compact professional camera drone with a notable 4G-connected architecture and extensive official documentation.
  • Adjacent products: Skydio X10, Freefly Astro, WingtraOne GEN II

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