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Historic Remote Flight at El Dorado Refinery

Marat — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 08:48:20 +0000

Delek had an industry-first today, launching the first US remote operations flight using Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) at a refinery.

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Percepto flies high with $67M for its industrial drones

Percepto — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:40:39 +0000

The startup — headquartered in Austin, Texas, but founded and with roots in Israel — has raised a Series C of $67 million, composed of around $50 million in equity and $16 million in debt funding.

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Siemens Energy – Robots and drones for autonomous energy system

Marat — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 08:50:17 +0000

When it comes to security of electrical power supply, regular inspections of power plants, substations and power lines are key. So far, it’s been humans performing this task. But this may soon be a thing of the past. Autonomous robots and drones are getting ready to support them.

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Best Drone in a Box System

Percepto — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 17:16:49 +0000

In early November, it was announced that Percepto would be granted the first-of-its-kind nationwide Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration for its drone-in-a-box solution. The drone-in-a-box product is a nest or dock system that allows drones to be deployed automatically according to a predetermined schedule or condition or manually from a remote location. With UAV platforms such as the Percepto Air Max, Percepto Air Mobile, and Percepto Air Max OGI, the drone-in-a-box system can be applied to almost any scenario and produce reliable results almost completely autonomously. Whether the use case be surveillance around a construction site or protected facility or inspection of warehouse stocks or agricultural health, the drone-in-a-box system by Percepto is revolutionary for autonomous drone operations. Percepto more than earned this year’s award for Best Drone in a Box System.

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Koch Engineered Solutions and Percepto Offer Customers AI-Powered Technology for Emissions Monitoring and Reduction

Percepto — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:46:54 +0000

Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) announced a strategic collaboration with Percepto, the leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider, to assist its industrial customers in identifying key opportunities to control and reduce emissions with cutting-edge artificial intelligence software delivered by Percepto’s drone-in-a-box solution.

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Autonomous Drones May Be the Only Way to Monitor Floating Solar Farms

Percepto — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 10:00:09 +0000

Today, leading autonomous inspection and monitoring solution provider Percepto revealed that it has successfully concluded a proof-of-concept (POC) for the observation of a 250 acre floating solar farm alongside the Electric Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).

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Positioned 350m off of the closest shoreline on the Sirindhorn dam basin in Southeastern Thailand, the solar farm is one of the largest of its kind, and comprises seven sections supported by buoys. Reflecting Thailand’s goal of reaching carbon neutral status by 2050, the floating solar farm consists of 145,000 solar panels, which gather power from the sun during the day and convert energy from flowing water at night. In partnership with Thai drone consultancy and equipment provider Top Engineering Corporation, Percepto AIM software and Percepto Air drone-in-a-box will allow for autonomous routine inspections of equipment to guarantee proper operation and locate defects.

The solar farm’s size and distance from land makes equipment inspection and maintenance challenging. If not deploying drones, the inspection staff would be required to approach the panel via boat in order to complete a manual inspection of the panels, while also under the stress of weather conditions such as intense heat, rain and fog. Percepto’s durable drone-in-a-box solution was the first system to pass Level 5 hurricane testing at wind speeds of up to 155 mph, and is capable of enduring Thailand’s heat and humidity.

Percepto’s drones will complete routine operations and maintenance reports, map the panel’s location, and conduct inspections of substations, transformers, floating fences and solar floaters which hold the panel above water. Upon locating an anomaly, workers will be made aware of the exact problem and its location. While regulations require one person to remain nearby, the inspection can otherwise be carried out remotely from over 600 km away in Bangkok.

“We are very excited to partner with EGAT and Top Engineering Corporation on this unique and environmentally sustainable electricity project,” said Percepto CEO and Co-founder Dor Abuhasira. “Autonomous drones are strengthening the sustainable positioning of renewable energy facilities to achieve global climate targets. With Percepto drones, solar farms such as EGAT can be consistently monitored and inspected regardless of their size or location to further unleash the potential of renewable energy sources.”

“This project illustrates the breadth of our unique capabilities as countries explore innovative solutions in their push to reduce their reliance on traditional energy sources,” said Ehud Ollech, Percepto’s Head Of Business Development and Partnerships. “We’re looking forward to full drone deployment and working with EGAT and Top Engineering to leverage the many benefits of our platform.”

“Percepto drones will dramatically improve the consistency at which the panel provides customers with electricity, how quickly repairs are made, and the safety level of our employees,” said Chanapan Kongnam, Chief of EGAT’s Fuel Business Development Department. “Rather than sending out staff to inspect the panel, we will deploy inspections much more frequently than could be achieved manually. Staff are only sent out when repairs are necessary and they will know the nature of the problem and where it will be located to spend as little time on the water as possible.”

“We applaud Thailand for its innovation and commitment to developing sustainable energy sources,” said Kornnarong Tungfung, Managing Director at Top Engineering. “By deploying autonomous drones powered by AI technology, Thai solar farms will be continuously observed for a variety of factors to ensure they consistently generate electricity for the people of Thailand.”

Drone-in-a-Box Gets First Big Use Case with Hundreds of Autonomous Percepto Drones to Be Deployed for Florida Power & Light

Percepto — Wed, 18 May 2022 09:46:42 +0000

With DJI’s release of the DJI Dock to go with the Matrice 30 in March, the drone-in-a-box (DIB) concept went mainstream.
The idea of a drone-in-a-box is that the box—also called a nest, a dock, or a charging station—acts as a homebase for the drone, where it’s stored, charged, and where data can be offloaded.

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This Company Just Unveiled The World’s Largest Autonomous Commercial Drone Deployment

Percepto — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 07:54:03 +0000

Today Percepto, creators of award-winning autonomous robotics technology, announced its upcoming deployment of hundreds of drone-in-a-box (DIB) systems to support the largest power company in the United States, Florida Power & Light (FPL). This arrangement constitutes the largest commercial autonomous drone project in the world.

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BVLOS recommendations could clear path for autonomous drones

Percepto — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 07:32:41 +0000

Unless you were watching for it, the recently announced industry report, solicited by the Federal Aviation Administration and titled Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Aviation Rulemaking Committee, might have slipped past you. Yet hidden in its 200+ pages is nothing less than the key to a revolution in industry and critical infrastructure.

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Stakeholders recommend robotic devices to secure, monitor oil vessels, other assets

Admin — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:11:29 +0000

At least three crew members died penultimate Wednesday and about four others went missing following the explosion of an oil storage and production vessel, FPSO Trinity Spirit, located at the Ukpokiti Terminal, near Escravos in the Niger Delta.

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