Inspections
Smart Blade Repair Drones Move Step Closer to Reality
A UK collaborative project developing an autonomous inspection and repair concept for offshore wind turbine blades has addressed several technological challenges in its first year.
Inspections
Inspections
Samsung's New Drone-Based AI Solution to Optimize 5G Network Performance
Samsung Electronics has announced a successful demonstration of its new drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks in the company’s campus.
Research
$3.9M EU Project for Drone Swarms to Inspect Infrastructure
A new Danish-led research project will allow swarms of advanced, autonomous drones to keep a watchful eye on bridges and railways and report if something needs to be repaired.
Construction
Near Earth Gets NASA Contract for Contact Inspection Drone Systems
NASA has awarded Near Earth Autonomy an SBIR Phase II Contract to Enable Aerial Close-Proximity and Contact Sensing for Inspection of Industrial Infrastructure.
Business
Xcel Energy to Transform Transmission Inspections with AI-Based Collaborative Intelligence
eSmart Systems, Xcel Energy and EDM International announce the first phase of a strategic initiative to deploy AI-based Collaborative Intelligence for 3,300 miles of Xcel’s transmission lines to dramatically improve inspection processes with the goals of improving asset information, reducing operational costs, decreasing failure rates, and extending
Business
Xcel Energy to Transform Transmission Inspections with AI-Based Collaborative Intelligence
eSmart Systems, Xcel Energy and EDM International announce the first phase of a strategic initiative to deploy AI-based Collaborative Intelligence for 3,300 miles of Xcel’s transmission lines to dramatically improve inspection processes with the goals of improving asset information, reducing operational costs, decreasing failure rates, and extending
Inspections
AI-Based Collaborative Intelligence Project to Transform Inspection of Transmission Grid and Asset Management
eSmart Systems, Xcel Energy and EDM International have announced the first phase of a strategic initiative to deploy AI-based Collaborative Intelligence for 3,300 miles of Xcel’s transmission lines to dramatically improve inspection processes with the goals of improving asset information, reducing operational costs, decreasing failure rates, and
Inspections
AI-Based Collaborative Intelligence Project to Transform Inspection of Transmission Grid and Asset Management
eSmart Systems, Xcel Energy and EDM International have announced the first phase of a strategic initiative to deploy AI-based Collaborative Intelligence for 3,300 miles of Xcel’s transmission lines to dramatically improve inspection processes with the goals of improving asset information, reducing operational costs, decreasing failure rates, and
Commercial
Hydrogen-Powered Drones to Inspect Gas Pipeline
Skyfire Consulting has announced a partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovations to launch a long-range pipeline-inspection project with a major US pipeline operator. This partnership will utilise the DS30 hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft from Doosan Mobility Innovation, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group. Skyfire’s team
Commercial
Hydrogen-Powered Drones to Inspect Gas Pipeline
Skyfire Consulting has announced a partnership with Doosan Mobility Innovations to launch a long-range pipeline-inspection project with a major US pipeline operator. This partnership will utilise the DS30 hydrogen fuel cell-powered aircraft from Doosan Mobility Innovation, a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group. Skyfire’s team
Construction
Waver Drone Inspects Infrastructure on Land, on Water and in the Air
Japanese startup FPV Robotics is leveraging drone technology to address a growing global need: inspecting ageing infrastructure in an effort to avoid major issues like unexpected bridge collapses.
Commercial
ExxonMobil Selects HUVRdata to Digitize Drone Inspections
Austin based, HUVRdata has supported ExxonMobil over the past 2 years in their efforts to put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform for drone inspection programs. The goal of the program is to allow ExxonMobil to digitize, scale and standardize Drone Inspection workflows across ExxonMobil sites and