A number one drone inspection service hopes to energise a worldwide utility firm. Billed as “the nation’s leading Drone as a Service operator,” Measure introduced a partnership with vitality firm AES which can deploy inspection drones in 17 international locations, saving AES cash and man hours, in addition to avoiding …
Read More »Cyberhawk Drones Make English Railways Safer
A Scotland-based drone surveying agency is making British rail service safer from above. Cyberhawk Innovations lately concluded a drone aerial inspection and survey over the Rugby rail station in Warwickshire, England – the primary inner and exterior structural inspection for the British rail community. The firm deployed sensor-arrayed drones to …
Read More »Report: LiDAR Drone Market Will Soar into 2020
LiDAR sensors and drones go together like PB&J and an industry report paints a rosy picture for both industries. “Global market intelligence company” Transparency Market Research released a study last week predicting an increase in the Light Detection and Ranging market as it relates to drone combos. Following the explosion …
Read More »Is Sky-Futures Expanse Drone Inspection Software Good for Al…
Sky-Futures cloud-based drone inspection visualization and reporting software squarely targets the asset inspection sector, but will it be broadly adopted? THE FACTS: No one questions whether the founders of Sky-Futures know what they are doing. When it comes to drone inspections they have “been there, done that.” You can read …
Read More »Airobotics Releases New Drone Developer Software
Industrial-drone automation firm Airobotics this week launched a new software developer program the Israeli company says will allow customers to work smarter with customizable new UAV mission programs. In a press release, Airobotics states that the new program empowers third-party customers to design and develop software that can be integrated into …
Read More »Eos Launches Photogrammetry Suite
Eos Systems recently released a photogrammetry software package created specifically for drones. This past week, the Canadian firm announced the launch of PhotoModeler UAS 2016. The suite creates 3D imagery, maps and measurements from images transmitted via drone and integrates them with full geographic coordinate systems support. “Photogrammetry has been …
Read More »TeAx Heats Up Drone Imaging with ThermalCare 2.0
Thermal imaging is a “must-have” payload for inspection drones and TeAx Technology believes its latest product may make imaging even better. The company on Thursday released the “ThermalCapture 2.0” , an imaging tool that stores radiometric temperature data to a Micro SD card on board any inspection UAV. What’s unique …
Read More »Texas-India Drone Partnership Makes Power Lines Safer
The University of Texas is partnering with an Indian drone-software company to improve power-line inspections. Working with UT’s IC2 Institute, regional utility Austin Energy recently tested an inspection drone using software by Arcturus Business Solutions of Noida, India in an effort to better pinpoint weaknesses and damage to transmission lines …
Read More »Drone Schools Take Flight Down Under
As drone-related businesses continue to grow – along with new regulations – schools specializing in pilot training and certification are taking flight everywhere –including Australia. In Perth, Global Drone Solutions has launched a program that is fast becoming the standard in training schools across Western Australia. In a recent interview …
Read More »AscTec Neo Drone May Save Trees
AscTec Neo A team of robotics researchers have found a way to save the environment by dispatching drones into tree holes – yes, tree holes. In a paper presented last week at the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, researchers Kelly Steich and Mina Kamel with the …
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