The Buckeye State will soon buzz a busy bridge in an inaugural drone inspection along the Ohio Turnpike. The Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission announced plans to deploy a SenseFly Albris over the Sandusky River Bridge. The 970-foot-span bridge includes one of the turnpike’s busiest stretches of highway. Inspecting the whole infrastructure can prove challenging as … [Read more...] about Sensefly Drone to Inspect Ohio Bridge
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A Dam Fine Use of a Drone
A team of researchers from Alabama is developing a dam fine application for drones. University of Alabama-Birmingham doctoral candidate Ali Darwish is leading a project to create customized UAVs that can be used for infrastructure inspection – specifically for dams. “Alabama has 2,100 dams, and only 2 percent are regularly inspected,” Darwish said in a UAB press release. … [Read more...] about A Dam Fine Use of a Drone
Video: Drone Used for Inspection of 500-foot Dam in Switzerland
A documentary video recently released by drone development company senseFly captures not only some pretty dramatic scenery (via drone, of course) but also helps to illustrate some of the benefits of using drone technology to help inspect key infrastructure. Released as part of a case study of a project that the company undertook with Electricité de la Lienne and Energies … [Read more...] about Video: Drone Used for Inspection of 500-foot Dam in Switzerland
