Utilities increasingly combine drone inspection findings with AI Wildfire Detection strategies to better understand ignition ...

Live power lines are traditionally inspected by workers who have to climb poles, stand in bucket lifts, or ride in helicopters. A new system promises to make such inspections quicker, easier and safer ...

Power line inspection and analysis is a crucial yet predominantly manual process for most utilities. The inspection process entails deploying a considerable number of inspectors who physically survey ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & SEONGNAM CITY, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aeva® (NYSE: AEVA), a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, and Joowon Industrial, a South Korean global ...

2020 was a catastrophic year for wildfires across the U.S. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reported that almost 60,000 fires ran rampant across more than 9 million acres in the U.S. last ...

ORNL researchers demonstrated the use of drones equipped with cameras and other sensors to check power lines at an EPB of Chattanooga training center for electrical line workers. A sensor on the ...

SwissDrones’ SDO 50 uncrewed helicopters make power line inspections safer and more cost-effective with up to 95% less CO2 emissions. Using Autodesk Fusion, SwissDrones speeds prototyping and ensures ...

Oakland County residents will see a few more helicopters in the sky over the next few weeks. An ITC Michigan contractor will make aerial inspections of high-voltage transmission structures and lines ...