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Utility leaders from Duke Energy, Southern Company, and Duquesne Light share how AI, drones, and automation are transforming grid inspections and asset management.
Siemens’ latest Digital Enterprise briefing cuts through the hype around industrial transformation, revealing why clean, connected data—not flashy new tools—is the true foundation of digital twins, scalable AI, and plant-wide optimization. Learn how to overcome data silos, escape pilot purgatory, connect the shop floor to the top floor, and build a Digital Enterprise that actually delivers results across energy, utilities, and industrial operations.
A post-printing fiber technique is producing plastic parts that behave like metal, why the energy sector is pushing toward hybrid manufacturing, and how scanning technology is making real-time digital twins practical in the field.
Scaleport opens its flagship in Houston in Q4 2026, with a model built to compress the operational distance between robotics innovators and the operators they want to serve.
How energy companies like Dominion Energy and Ameren are using visual AI, drones, and analytics to improve asset management, grid reliability, and proactive maintenance.
Drones are transforming how utilities inspect infrastructure, manage risk, and protect critical assets. Learn the key trends shaping drone use in the power and utility industry.
Utility drone and robotics programs are expanding rapidly. Explore industry trends and real-world case studies showing how utilities are scaling.
Modern utilities are transforming drone programs into enterprise-wide data pipelines, breaking down silos to deliver real-time insights, automated work orders, and smarter grid operations. Learn how leaders from Southern California Edison, BGE/Exelon, and Nova Scotia Power are turning aerial data into actionable intelligence across teams.
Learn how the City of Troy uses UV solar blind cameras to detect invisible corona discharge on power lines, helping utilities prevent outages, fires, and costly repairs.
Industrial robots are moving beyond flashy demos and into full-scale deployment across oil, gas, and chemical sites. From Ex-proof certification and fleet scalability to data integration and autonomous decision-making, here’s what companies must prioritize to turn robotic inspections into reliable, operational intelligence.
Are larger utility drones the next logical step? End State Solutions and Tactien Group explain why scaling from small UAS to large aircraft requires aviation-level operations, multi-mission ROI, FAA planning, and a mission-first strategy—plus what utilities must consider before investing in six-figure platforms.
Discover how to turn industrial facilities into “future-ready” assets with insights from Worley experts Clayton Ludik, Stephen Hillier, and Anne McPhee. Learn how power plants and refineries can eliminate data silos, modernize brownfield sites, leverage digital twins and AI, and build connected ecosystems that improve performance, reduce costs, and meet ESG goals.
Orkid Tech names LGP Aerospace as exclusive North American distributor for its NDAA-compliant VTOL UAS, expanding U.S. and allied defense operations.
The FAA is preparing to replace the human pilot with software. Here’s how Parts 108 and 146 will reshape BVLOS, safety, and drone operations.
Aging energy infrastructure, rising data debt, and the limits of manual inspection are forcing a shift in how asset integrity is managed. This article explores how autonomous drone workflows, standardized data capture, and robotics-driven inspection are enabling utilities, power generators, and oil and gas operators to scale reliability, reduce risk, and build defensible asset records for the future.
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Utility leaders from Duke Energy, Southern Company, and Duquesne Light share how AI, drones, and automation are transforming grid inspections and asset management.
Scaleport opens its flagship in Houston in Q4 2026, with a model built to compress the operational distance between robotics innovators and the operators they want to serve.
Drones are transforming how utilities inspect infrastructure, manage risk, and protect critical assets. Learn the key trends shaping drone use in the power and utility industry.
Utility drone and robotics programs are expanding rapidly. Explore industry trends and real-world case studies showing how utilities are scaling.
Learn how the City of Troy uses UV solar blind cameras to detect invisible corona discharge on power lines, helping utilities prevent outages, fires, and costly repairs.
Industrial robots are moving beyond flashy demos and into full-scale deployment across oil, gas, and chemical sites. From Ex-proof certification and fleet scalability to data integration and autonomous decision-making, here’s what companies must prioritize to turn robotic inspections into reliable, operational intelligence.
The robotics honeymoon is officially over. As Physical AI moves into 2026, the focus shifts from humanoid demos to safety, edge intelligence, tactile sensing, and robots built to survive real industrial environments.
Explore 10 proven case studies where simulation and digital twins cut costs, reduced risks, and improved efficiency in industrial process automation.
Explore five real-world drone use cases transforming utility operations, including autonomous inspections and drone-in-a-box systems.
See how leading oil and gas operators are putting drones and robotics to work with real-world use cases from inspections, logistics, and monitoring.
Autonomous robots are getting more independent and transforming energy operations—boosting safety, efficiency, and uptime.
From refineries and renewables to pipelines and offshore platforms, drones, robotic, and intelligent systems drive efficiency, safety and sustainability at scale for the energy industry. On November 12, 2025, at The Ion in Houston, more than 200 leaders from energy, utilities, and robotics gathered for the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition’s “AI & Automation in Energy” Forum to tackle industry’s most pressing question head-on: how to integrate and scale these technologies effectively.
O&G producers Imperial Oil and Chevron are using drones and robotics to boost safety, streamline inspections, and drive efficiency.
Ahead of Nic Radford’s keynote at the Energy Drone & Robotics Forum, explore how Persona AI’s humanoid robots are coming to shipyards and beyond.
The Energy Drone & Robotics Forum “AI & Automation in Energy,” hosted by the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition, will bring together the brightest minds and boldest innovators shaping how AI and automation are redefining industrial operations on November 12th in Houston, TX.
Explore groundbreaking drone and robotics case studies from 2025 so far. See how companies like Shell, Turner Industries, and Equinor are innovating.
The top Energy Drone & Robotics stories of summer 2025, including Suncor’s enterprise-scale drone program, O&G digital transformation, and BVLOS Part 108.
Subsea robots are transforming the energy industry to deliver safer, more efficient, and sustainable offshore operations.
