{"id":4200,"date":"2020-11-13T08:22:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T08:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/?p=4200"},"modified":"2023-07-18T18:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T18:32:44","slug":"drone-inspection-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dronenodes.com\/drone-inspection-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Infrastructure Inspection using Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The US has more than 900,000 bridges. According to regulation, each bridge requires inspection every two years to ensure that there are no cracks, rusting, or other damage. This means that every day, 1,232 bridges need to be inspected. Inspection of such bridges requires a crew of inspection professionals, heavy machinery with lifts, people rappelling from dangerous heights, resulting in each inspection taking a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this is only to understand if there is a problem! Infrastructure inspection, which can include bridges, pipelines, electrical grids and other facilities, is crucial for structure usage and safety, yet it is expensive, time consuming and dangerous. Fortunately, new professional-grade drone inspection technologies can help alleviate these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For these reasons, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are becoming an integral part of infrastructure inspection practice. Today’s professional drones are agile, cost-effective and can perform tasks that have proven to be too dangerous for humans to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Inspecting tall structures, such as electric towers (typically between 15 to 55 meters tall) and wind turbines (typically 113 meters tall) with UAVs is far more efficient and much safer than sending workers up the soaring and potentially unstable structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The added value that drones provide to infrastructure and construction professionals has propelled their growth within the market. According to PwC’s Clarity From Above report<\/a>, the global drone market will reach a value of $127 billion by 2020, of which $45.2 billion will be accredited to infrastructure inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n