![]() That means you can get the same precise, close-up gauge reading – from the same angle, day after day – and the images are waiting for you and your team when you log into Skydio Cloud. VPS maintains the drone’s accuracy as it performs more precise and repeatable inspection missions, getting closer to equipment than any other drone safely can. With the continual improvements made to Skydio Visual Positioning System (VPS), missions are now even more precise with GPS integration, especially for long-range, outdoor missions in complex environments such as substations. Once created, a mission can be easily scheduled and repeated as often as needed. Skydio Remote Ops allows you to plan and edit a mission from an overhead view of the site, or by flying the drone in Teleop mode, placing waypoint actions along the way. Using just the trackpad and keyboard on their laptop, the customer created the Autonomous Mission that was used to make this discovery in a few minutes – about the time it would take to fly a drone around the site. With event-based inspections, Skydio can inspect automated switches for nominal switch engagement by conducting a quick thermal scan of the switch under load. Routine gauge inspections like oil level readings, counter readings, and other manual visual inspection tasks can be performed by a Dock-based drone at a higher frequency, providing near real-time situational awareness without having to roll a truck. With substation operations, routine and event-based inspections can be done with Dock. However, inspections can be time-consuming and costly, and the energized environment of substations poses inherent safety risks. Regular inspections are critical to detect potential failures early, as downtime can result in lost revenue and regulatory scrutiny. Maintaining substations requires both planned and unplanned inspections. ![]() ![]() This is how Skydio Autonomy, in combination with Remote Ops, enables automated workflows for inspecting substations that haven’t been possible before. Many utilities organizations only trust Skydio drones to fly in this complex environment due to their advanced obstacle avoidance and ability to fly in energized environments by not relying on a magnetometer. Whether you’re using your drone to capture follow-me dirt biking, snapping group selfies, or creating mind-bending shots with Skydio KeyFrame, you’ll find that the stress of piloting fades away, and the impulse of creativity takes over whenever you fly a Skydio drone.Substations are a complex and highly consequential environment. This results in thinking less about piloting/crashing and more about enjoying your activity or the shots you want to create. Creating high-quality footage is easier with Skydio 2+ because of its advanced and reliable autonomous Skills built on top of the Skydio Autonomy Engine. Ultimately, Skydio 2+ is less stressful to fly because it sees in every direction, resulting in unmatched obstacle avoidance for less stressful piloting. This means understanding why the general population is still intimidated by piloting drones and making the necessary design choices to alleviate those pain points. While hard-core drone enthusiasts may rebel against some of Skydio’s simplified Flight Screen UI choices, the long-term goal is to bring about the mainstream adoption of drones. Skydio’s goal when designing the Skydio App, was to make it less like a cockpit, and more like a camera app, which we’re all familiar with. In order to achieve this goal, Skydio not only redesigned the hardware, but more importantly, the software that defines the user experience. Once anyone, regardless of piloting skill or training, can confidently, safely, productively use drones, we will see true adoption. Skydio’s long-term thesis for the adoption of drones across consumer and enterprise markets has always been the same. ![]()
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