Inspection

One of the world’s largest telecoms is leveraging its growing drone division to help hurricane victims. Verizon completed a successful inspection deployment of UAVs in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in North and South Carolina over areas beleaguered by heavy flooding. Launching a quadcopter operated by drone-service contractor Measure UAS, …

A German commercial drone service is fanning a gale-force gust in unmanned inspections after partnering with one of the nation’s largest wind-power companies. Lufthansa Aerial Services announced an agreement with the Nordex Group last week to deploy drone inspection services for several Nordex wind turbines. Drones equipped with powerful sensor arrays …

A dynamic duo – one part UAV company, one part software firm – wowed attendees at a European tech show last week with a new line of automated, smarter inspection drones. Last week, Dutch drone manufacturer Aerialtronics and Boston-based “deep-learning” software company Neurala demonstrated a “smart” model of Aerialtronics’ Altura …

Big Blue is banking on a new deal with a Dutch drone company to launch the Internet of Things into bluer skies. IBM announced a deal yesterday to deploy its Watson IoT platform with Netherlands-based Aerialtronics drones to enhance aerial inspection services across several sectors – notably for wireless tower …

Researchers in New Zealand are hoping a drone test range will open up new horizons for the nation’s growing UAV industry. At the University of Canterbury’s Spatial Engineering Research Centre, a partnership of academic and commercial players recently launched a specialized test range. Officials see the complex as a way …

Drone flights are helping an Idaho county maximize the use and sustainability of its landfill. Ada County recently received FAA approval to launch drone flights over its 2,700-acre multi-use complex to map the site to measure erosion and ground swell as well as to ensure proper distribution of landfill dirt. …

Just when Rotterdam’s trash thought it was safe to get into the busy waters … an aquatic drone lurks in Europe’s largest port ready to chomp debris and keep the city clean. The Netherland’s second largest city recently hired RanMarine Technology to deploy its latest innovation – the Waste Shark …

According to a recent Interdrone white paper, “of the total global spending over the next five years on drones in the commercial market, about $11.2 billion will be generated by the construction industry, with $1.3 billion in the U.S. alone.” Dallas-based Austin Commercial is contributing to the billions spent on construction …

At the InterDrone show in Las Vegas PRODRONE has introduced two drones for industrial use that have unique features for wide range of commercial tasks.They are the PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM and the PD6-CI-L PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM The PRODRONE PD6B-AW-ARM is a large-format drone equipped with two internally-developed robotic arms, enabling it to …

With the grim specter of peak oil looming on the horizon, energy companies worldwide are on the lookout for ways to cut costs and increase output. In Europe, energy-sector experts see drone inspection as a valuable asset when it comes to doing more with less. At the recent European Photovoltaic …