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New Specialized Drones Will Inspect Confined Spaces

Equinor Ventures and the Norweigan company, DNV,  join in as owners make a new investment in Scout Drone Inspection (ScoutDI) round of 27.5 million Norwegian kroner or $3.2 million dollars to develop its specialized drones and related technologies further. Equinor Ventures and DNV joined together with existing shareholders, including Investinor and CoFounder, as well as […]

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Increasing Application For Drone n The Energy Sector

There is an impressive increase in the application of drone technology in the energy sector. One example is Oklahoma Gas and Electric, which plans to deploy several multi-rotor inspection drones equipped with sensors and hi-resolution cameras, to expedite post-storm assessments and pre-plan power line and wind turbine maintenance. The energy sector continues to find new

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Stringing Power Lines Reduce Safety Risk To Workers

Although drones are hardly new to the power industry in our country, power lines stringing is a fairly new application, one that offers substantial savings in terms of time and money. This could change the way power companies work permanently. Matt Dunlevy founded SkyScopes as a spinoff while teaching a class at the business college

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Inspecting Power Lines and Transmission Towers

Some companies are so enthusiastic about the role drones are playing in power line inspections, that they claim that drones are “revolutionizing” the way power lines and transmission towers are done. It should also be kept in mind that this utility industry is one of the most technically demanding and skill-intensive drone services in any

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The Role of Drones in Thermography

Drones can cover a large area of space in a very short period of time, using aerial thermography to find people can potentially save lives. Thermography is the use of thermograms (images of radiation) to study and measure the heat (thermo) distribution in structures, regions, or bodies. An example of this would be detecting tumors

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Business Chance for a Drone Inspection Company

The drone inspection business requires being a very skilled pilot who also has a thorough knowledge of photography. Obviously, it is not possible to do inspections of numerous industries with great skill, but the knowledge and skill will depend on the type of inspections chosen. Drones can be used effectively for inspection purposes because aerial

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The Future of Drones in Telecommunications

Although commercial drones have been in use for more than 30 years when they were used to spray pesticides on rice fields in Japan as a solution to expensive helicopters, telecommunications has been slow in using drones. In fact, it is one of the more recent industries being impacted by UAVs. Yet anyone knowledgeable about

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