bp ventures has made a £3 million equity investment in Flylogix – a pioneering unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) business that uses drones to aid methane detection. Continue reading
Category Archives: Inspections
World’s First Delivery Drones For Offshore Wind Sector
Marco Polo Marine Ltd., a reputable regional integrated marine logistics company, and F-drones Pte. Ltd. a Singapore-based company developing large scale autonomous delivery drones, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop the world’s first large-scale, electric aerial delivery drones for offshore wind farms. Continue reading
AI and UAVs to Monitor Lithuanian Road Infrastructure
AB Kelių priežiūra – a state-owned company that ensures maintenance of more than 21.000 km of national roads – joins forces with technology companies Thrust and Agmis to introduce an AI-powered drone-based system for automated road inspection. This joint project, called GreenBee, aims to improve the quality and scope of road network inspection and also to reduce CO2 emissions created while performing inspection tasks.
Autonomous Mapping Startup Emesent Secures US$23M Series A
Award-winning Australian autonomous mapping and data analytics startup Emesent is ready to execute its ambitious global expansion plans after closing an oversubscribed AUD 32 million (USD 23M) Series A round. Continue reading
Pittsburgh Drone Tech Company Provides Bridge Evaluation Resources
A Pittsburgh-based company is using its innovative drone technology to scan bridges and partner with engineers and policymakers to help identify infrastructure and stability issues. Continue reading
Chevron Orders American Robotics’ Automated Drones
Ondas Holdings Inc., a provider of private wireless data, drone and automated data solutions through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ondas Networks Inc. and American Robotics, Inc., announced today that American Robotics received a new purchase order from Chevron for its fully autonomous, FAA-approved, Scout Systems. Continue reading
Delek Gets First BVLOS Approval for US Refineries with Percepto Drones
Percepto, a supplier of autonomous inspections by industrial robotics, announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for Delek US Holdings’ refineries in Tyler, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas. Continue reading
Drone Asset Inspection – A Revolution in Asset Management Industry
The use of drones for asset management across different industries has rapidly increased. It has changed the way assets have been inspected for decades, which has clearly impacted how we manage assets in a variety of businesses. But has this change impacted the business landscape positively? Has the use of drones in commercial spaces improved the quality of data collected? Has it led to cost and time benefits? The answer is yes!
Read this article to understand why drones are the future of asset inspection. Continue reading