Artificial Intelligence applied for electrical grid inspection using drones
11/08/2018 - 11.22 am
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Drones are being used for overhead line inspection worldwide. They can cover a lot of area quickly, taking thousands of pictures and collecting gigabytes of video, spectral, and thermal data all during one flight. To take advantage of that visual power, Avitas Systems, a GE venture created a platform to analyze the data in real time, applying artificial intelligence to inspection data to identify risk-based insights.
This innovative solution joins GE’s advanced non-intrusive inspection services for grid assets and complements the Asset Lifecycle Management Services offering, helping customers to boost profitability, improve safety and compliance, while increasing asset and operational efficiency.