This document discusses the use of drones for infrastructure monitoring and inspection. It notes that infrastructure projects are huge, expensive, and have high costs of failure, making drones an appealing option for continuous, low-cost monitoring. Drones can collect various types of data like GPS, LiDAR, video and images that can be used for tasks like land survey, agriculture, and inspecting electric or mobile networks. The document also addresses regulatory and operational maturity for commercial drone use, noting that expertise and experience are required to legally fly drones beyond visual line of sight or use wireless networks.
19. Core advisors in creating international legislation (NASA, FAA, EASA, EC)
Sharper Shape the *only* company in Europe:
• Legal permit, capability and experience to fly BVLOS
• Legal permit, capability and experience to use 4 x 4G in drones
• Operate logistics deliveries with drones
FINLAND AND SHARPER SHAPE SHOWING EXAMPLE
Drones can do more than just deliver your pizza and infringe your privacy
This talk also discusses their relation to IoT
Not feasible or worthy to equip sensors
EXPENSIVE: sensors main cost, BVLOS
DANGEROUS: to humans
DIFFICULT: terrain, narrow spaces
HASSLE: logistics, safety, spacing
SLOW: response time, agility
INTRUSIVE: noise, size
IMPRECISE: machines vs humans
Most well-known use case
Photo is from the first flight in Europe for Urban Delivery
Now showing several similar use cases
Electric network inspection spearheads drone use
More infrastructure we don’t pay attention to
Mobile network inspection is just too hard without drones
Similarly: roads, tunnels, bridges, rigs
Everything set out there is wearing out
How about erosion under those bridge supports?
Huge amount, Strict expectations, Must not fail
No sensors in a slab of concrete
Too much to ever track with sensors
Reason: High costs of failure
+ Infrastructure is in cold and rain
EXT: 100 % coverage
CONT: no gaps
DIV: Cover all possibilities
CMP: Important things hidden, digitization is a must
IoT is convention theme
Drones and IoT complement each other
Whatever you can nail on the drone
Drones track changes data goes stale
MACH-GEN: huge, growth
DATA QUALITY: real world is messed up
PRIVACY: Especially imaging
NAT SEC: E.g. LiDAR in some countries
GATHER & MANAGE: Distributed sources, complex data
FUSION: Real prize, multiply value
Tech still very young
Hobbyists drive limits
Specialized components coming
Plenty of obstacles left
It ”works”
Messy but very useful !
These are some way too common headlines
Finland really formed the template for others
We spearhead the industry:
BVLOS is the future
Stream 4K video? Use 4x4G networks
We don’t do just inspection, but explore limits
Not a wild west
Not a cakewalk to get there
Attention to detail, but fast progress
Industry is still very young, that’s why you need experience
No one knows how things might work, you just have to try things out
OBS: Infrastructure is a special breakthrough use case
Drones complement IoT
Both try to understand the world
SOLVE: Drones are very unique + useful already
EXPL: What can be achieved?
DATA: What and how?