News Commentary | May 07, 2020
The drone hardware developer's new enterprise drone boasts a 55‑minute flight time and 15 km data transmission range and is capable of carrying three payloads simultaneously. DJI also unveiled new AI features, such as the drone's ability to share the precise location of or track an object of ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | September 18, 2020
The autonomous electric vertical take‑off and landing (eVTOL) developer is focused on delivering cargo for customers in the construction, oil and gas, mining, and medical industries. The company announced the VOLY M20 UAV earlier this year, which has a hybrid eVTOL fixed‑wing design and can carry a ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | October 22, 2020
Volansi, an autonomous electric vertical take‑off and landing (eVTOL) developer, recently raised $50 million to service customer deliveries in the construction, oil and gas, mining, and medical industries. The new delivery project with MSD will test Volansi's logistics capabilities, with the ... Not part of subscription
by Josh Kern
The funding will be used to scale the company's Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring (AIM) solution, which utilizes drones and ground-based robots to collect visual and thermal data of high-value assets. The company mainly focuses on oil and gas, utilities, and industrial sites and has already received multiple clearances to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) missions with its drones. The integration with Boston Dynamics' Spot robot will further increase the value of fully remote operations centers by adding a solution for inspecting low-elevation assets or areas that are hard to reach with drones. With a multimodal fleet, Percepto will have a unique opportunity to analyze which tasks can be better addressed by drones vs. robots.
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