This week Dezeen released Elevation, an 18-minute documentary that explores the impact drones will have on our lives. Here, we take a look at 10 innovative ways drones will change the world.

Shopping Assistants by Walmart
Customers of supermarket giant Walmart may soon be able to summon assistance from unmanned aerial vehicles using mobile electronic devices.
The vehicles will help locate products in store and advise on prices by crosscheck information stored on the store's central databases.

Dragonfly by PriestmanGoode
PriestmanGoode's fleet of urban delivery drones, called Dragonfly, are featured in Dezeen's documentary.
Working in conjunction with autonomous barges ? that act as charging stations and distribution hubs ? the drones deliver packages by docking on landing pads placed on the roofs or sides of buildings.
Vahana by Airbus
Airbus' electric air taxi Vahana, successfully made its first test flight in February 2018, reaching a height of five metres for a duration of 53 seconds.
Anticipating speeds two to four times faster than cars, the full-scale aircraft is 2.8 metres tall, 5.7 metres high and 6.2 metres wide, with a flight range of about 50 miles.

Robot bees by Walmart
Walmart is looking to revolutionise farming processes with the use of robotic alternatives to bees.
Taking the form of a multicopter ? a type of aerial vehicle that flies using two or more rotating blades ? the "bees" would use cameras and sensors to find the locations ...