State-of-Technology and Barriers for Adoption of Fuel Cell Powered Multirotor Drones

Industrial use of multirotor drones is gaining traction, and fuel cell based power sources have been identified as a way of improving the flight endurance from what is possible to achieve with current lithium-based battery options. The state-of-technology and barriers for further adoption are presented. It is found that there are lightweight options commercially available and that the viability of powering multirotor drones for long-range and...