Unmanned and Unmatched: Why Drones Do It Better Now and In The Future

Duration: 30 Minutes
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Summary

Cyberhawk has operated drones in over 40 countries and completed hundreds of thousands of inspections on industrial assets to date. From the very beginning, these inspections have been able to demonstrate real savings in the millions. Hear about the UK refinery that avoided shutting down and an FPSO in Ghana that kept producing to keep the capital city’s only power station generating power. Or, closer to home, hear about the US utility that stopped 12 outages over 2-years on a faulty line. 
 
Technology will continue to develop exponentially in the 21st century. Its widely accepted that computer power has doubled every 18-months since the 1960’s. Drones are essentially flying computers. It would be impossible for a human being to control an aircraft with 8 independent rotor blades and maintain its position and aspect with a strong gust of wind but that’s exactly what happens today! We may think we are flying the drone but really a computer chip is doing all the work. Exponential computational power means that drones will become completely autonomous and be able to perform asset assessment live during flight with AI running “on the edge.” Hear from Chris Fleming on his vision on how this industry will look five years from now.