Listen Alert: Podcast on Transforming Industrial Inspections with Unmanned Aerial Systems
Industries worldwide are facing increasing pressure to improveoperational efficiency, ensure worker safety, and maintain criticalinfrastructure. In this rapidly changing landscape, unmanned aerialsystems (UAS) are emerging as a game-changer — redefining the wayinspections are planned, executed, and analyzed.
In a recent episode of the EHS On Tap podcast, our CEO, UlrichAmberg, sat down with host Jay Kumar to discuss how autonomous roboticsystems are reshaping industrial inspections and driving safetyinnovation across sectors.
Unlocking New Possibilities forCritical Infrastructure Monitoring From powerline and pipeline inspections to large-scale miningoperations, long-range unmanned aerial systems enable operators to monitorcritical infrastructure faster, more efficiently, and at lower cost. Thesemissions, which once required expensive manned flights or time-consuming groundsurveys, can now be executed autonomously and at scale.
Enhancing Safety Through Automation In many parts of the energy and utilities sector, inspections arestill performed using helicopters flying dangerously close to assets. Bydeploying UAS, companies can remove human pilots from high-risk situations,significantly reducing operational hazards while maintaining — and oftenimproving — data quality.
Shaping the Future of UAV Regulations For UAS technology to reach its full potential, smart and adaptiveregulatory frameworks are essential. Ulrich emphasizes the importance ofenabling safe operations for heavier, long-range systems, paving the wayfor broader commercial applications while maintaining strict safety standards.
Better Data, Better Decisions Autonomous inspection systems deliver high-resolution, consistent, andrepeatable datasets. This allows operators to identify anomalies earlier,track asset health over time, and make faster, data-driven decisionsthat improve efficiency and reduce downtime.
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