Skyrover X1 Fly More Combo Now $682.48 (25%) Off On Amazon With DRONEXL2025 Discount Code
Drone Inspection
Port of Hamburg to use autonomous drones for infrastructure inspections
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and HHLA Sky, a Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG subsidiary, will deploy autonomous drones, ground robots, and ROVs to perform port infrastructure inspections. The unmanned systems will also be used to provide an overview during…
Marquardt expands into drone industry through partnership with Airtonomy
By forming a relationship with Airtonomy, Marquardt is beginning its foray into the commercial drone industry. Marquardt, a German engineering company that is well-known for producing high-quality type systems for the automobile industry, has entered into a partnership with Grand…
Danes create self-charging drone that uses a high-voltage line
A team of researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has succeeded in creating a self-charging drone that can recharge itself by clinging to a power line. Logically, the technology is ideally suited for drones that have to inspect long,…
British grid operator wants high-voltage transmission towers inspected by autonomous drones
When it comes to inspecting high-voltage transmission towers using autonomous drones, the British grid operator, National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), has big plans. The company wants to allow drones to fly independently around the masts and to have the obtained…
Robotized asset inspections in 2022: driving, walking, and flying
Reading a pressure gauge in a hard-to-reach place in an industrial installation. At the moment, inspectors literally have to squeeze in all sorts of twists and turns. But in 2022, driving, walking, and flying robots could largely take over this…
New Elios 3 inspection drone uses LiDAR to scan environment in 3D
The Swiss company Flyability has announced a new version of the Elios 3 inspection drone equipped with a LiDAR sensor. Thanks to the addition of the laser scanner, the Elios 3 is suitable for indoor 3D mapping. Also new is…
Fixed-wing storm drone costs a cool $1.2 million says Florida Power & Light
The newest tool in Florida Power & Light‘s storm-ready toolbox is a storm drone that has a wingspan that is slightly greater than that of a Cessna. This fixed-wing drone has the ability to fly for 1,000 miles at a…
Hundreds of Percepto autonomous drones to monitor Florida power grid
Florida Power & Light (FPL) will deploy Percepto autonomous drones on a large scale to monitor high-voltage substations and power distribution grids throughout the state of Florida. To this end, the energy company has entered into a partnership with Percepto.…
Drones help to restore power to residents in Virginia
A big snowstorm hit northern Virginia this week causing widespread outages in the state. Now Dominion Energy employees are using drones to help to restore power to the residents.
Korean Air uses drone swarms to inspect airplanes
Korean Air is the first airline to use drone swarms to examine airplanes. Drone technology advancements in recent years have encouraged a growing number of airlines to use unmanned aircraft for aviation safety inspections.
Port of Rotterdam Authority will use fixed-wing drones for surveillance
In order to increase safety in the Rotterdam port region, the Port of Rotterdam Authority intends to employ drones to monitor and conduct inspections in the future. Several test flights using a fixed-wing drone from the Dutch firm Avy were…
Longest BVLOS drone flight to date happened in the UK
Network Rail, a British rail management business, has claimed the longest BVLOS drone flight in the UK to date. Last Wednesday, a 25-kilometer flight was completed. The aircraft used for the flight was a SkyRobot FX10 fixed-wing drone outfitted with…