Percepto Receives a Breakthrough Approval to fly its Autonomous Drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight in Israel at ICL Dead Sea Operations

Percepto Receives a Breakthrough Approval to fly its Autonomous Drones   Beyond Visual Line of Sight in Israel at ICL Dead Sea Operations

Percepto, the global market leader for autonomous industrial drone solutions, today announced that it has been given permission to fly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) at the ICL Dead Sea site in Israel.

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Percepto’s Commercial Drones become the First to Parachute to Safety with Industry Compliant Feature

Percepto’s Commercial Drones become the First to Parachute to Safety with Industry Compliant Feature

Percepto, the global market leader for autonomous industrial drone solutions, today announced that its on-site autonomous drone, the Percepto Sparrow, is the first on the market to offer an ASTM 3322-18 standard compliant integral parachute after completing more than 50 successful test flights.

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Installment 2: AI Today

Installment 2: AI Today

As the amount of data grows, so does the challenge of extracting value from set data. In 2020, many companies trust that Artificial Intelligence can assist in data processing. But, while AI-technologies will undoubtedly revolutionize almost every industry at some point, in the market of visual infrastructure-inspections, it is still early days.

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Installment 1: AI Explained

Installment 1: AI Explained

90% of the world’s data was created in the past two years (SINTEF, 2013), and more is generated each second. As a result of this exponential data growth, more and more AI-powered data management technologies are emerging, and expressions like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning are being used interchangeably.

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Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Announces New Fall 2020 Dates

Energy Drone & Robotics Summit Announces New Fall 2020 Dates

To maintain the safety of its community due to the global impact of COVID-19, the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition announced on March 18 that the June Summit was postponed. Today the Coalition is pleased to announce new fall dates, November 10 - 11, taking place at the same location - The Woodlands Waterway Marriott in Houston, TX.

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COVID-19 Drone & Robotics Resource Directory

COVID-19 Drone & Robotics Resource Directory

We are in a challenging and unprecedented time, and we wanted to help provide another resource and voice for our community to share how they are available to assist energy and industrial unmanned operations, as well as the world at large. We will keep this page updated with an ongoing directory of unmanned organizations, solutions, webinars, digital events and more to help connect the dots.

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Energy Drone & Robotics Leaders Join Coalition’s Advisory Board for 2020

Energy Drone & Robotics Leaders Join Coalition’s Advisory Board for 2020

As its 15,000+ global community continues to rapidly grow, the Advisory Board for the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition, powered by InnovateEnergy, is also expanding, bringing together the top leaders to represent multiple perspectives and areas of expertise. The Board helps develop valuable content and a robust real-world agenda for the fourth annual Summit.

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Energy Drone & Robotics Summit to Debut DRONERESPONDERS Emergency Management and Disaster Forum for UAS

Energy Drone & Robotics Summit to Debut DRONERESPONDERS Emergency Management and Disaster Forum for UAS

The use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – commonly known as “drones” – and other robotics are continuing to redefine the way public safety agencies and energy companies work together to recover from disaster and build community resilience.

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GRUPO SAESA’S TRANSMISSION BUSINESS STANDARDIZES ON OPTELOS’ DIGITAL ENTERPRISE ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

GRUPO SAESA’S TRANSMISSION BUSINESS STANDARDIZES ON OPTELOS’ DIGITAL ENTERPRISE ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION

Optelos, the developer of the industry’s first enterprise SaaS platform designed to fully operationalize digital asset inspection and management, announced today that Grupo SAESA, a leader in the electricity sector in Chile, is implementing Optelos’ digital enterprise asset management solution to modernize asset inspection and maintenance of the Chilean power grid asset base.

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UNMANNED SAFETY INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH ENERGY DRONE & ROBOTICS COALITION

UNMANNED SAFETY INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH ENERGY DRONE & ROBOTICS COALITION

The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI), the industry leader in remote pilot safety education, training, and certification, today announced an industry partnership with the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition (EDRC) to promote and provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) training opportunities to the EDRC community members around the world.

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Dielectric UAV Designed for the Utility Industry

Dielectric UAV Designed for the Utility Industry

Union Robotics, an Oregon-based robotics company, unveiled the Meadowhawk DE - an industrial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made from ASTM F711 rated dielectric material designed to fly safely around high voltage assets.  Proudly engineered and manufactured in the USA, the Meadowhawk DE is specifically engineered for electric utilities.

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