es ▁nearby , ▁and ▁notify ▁human ▁operators ▁if ▁something ▁susp icious ▁is ▁occurr ing . ▁This ▁greatly ▁increases ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁area ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁continu ously ▁monitor ed , ▁while ▁reducing ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁human ▁operators ▁required . ▁Thus ▁a ▁sw arm ▁of ▁autom ated , ▁self - direct ing ▁d ron es ▁can ▁automatically ▁pat rol ▁a ▁city ▁and ▁track ▁susp icious ▁individuals , ▁reporting ▁their ▁activities ▁back ▁to ▁a ▁central ized ▁monitoring ▁station . ▁In ▁addition , ▁research ers ▁also ▁investigate ▁possibilities ▁of ▁autonom ous ▁surve ill ance ▁by ▁large ▁groups ▁of ▁micro ▁aer ial ▁vehicles ▁stabil ized ▁by ▁decent ral ized ▁bio - in sp ired ▁sw arm ing ▁rules . ▁ ▁Corpor ate ▁ ▁Corpor ate ▁surve ill ance ▁is ▁the ▁monitoring ▁of ▁a ▁person ▁or ▁group ' s ▁behavior ▁by ▁a ▁corpor ation . ▁The ▁data ▁collected ▁is ▁most ▁often ▁used ▁for ▁market ing ▁purposes ▁or ▁sold ▁to ▁other ▁corpor ations , ▁but ▁is ▁also ▁regularly ▁shared ▁with ▁government ▁ag encies . ▁It ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁business ▁intelligence , ▁which ▁enables ▁the ▁corpor ation ▁to ▁better ▁tail or ▁their ▁products ▁and / or ▁services ▁to ▁be ▁des irable ▁by ▁their ▁customers . ▁Although ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁common ▁belief ▁that ▁monitoring ▁can ▁increase ▁product ivity , ▁it ▁can ▁also ▁create ▁consequences ▁such ▁as ▁increasing ▁ch ances ▁of ▁devi ant ▁behavior ▁and ▁creating ▁pun ish ments ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁equ itable ▁to ▁their ▁actions . ▁Additionally , ▁monitoring ▁can ▁cause ▁resistance ▁and ▁back l ash