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News about digitizing infrastructures and automating utility inspection with drones and AI

15.01.2021
Detecting woodpecker damage on fibre-optic cables with drones – Connecto project
Hepta Airborne conducted a project for Connecto to assess the extent of woodpecker damage on fibre-optic cables.

14.01.2021
Register and watch webinar “How to master efficient power line inspection with drones and uBird software.”
Register and watch the new webinar about how to master efficient power line inspection with drones and uBird software platform.

14.12.2020
Grid operators are invited to participate in a power line inspection industry survey
Grid operators are invited to participate in a European energy industry-wide survey. Participate today and receive the grid inspection industry report in January 2021.

02.12.2020
Storm damages to power lines will be resolved faster in the future
Press release. Storm damages to power lines will be resolved faster in the future.
Finnish energy company Järvi-Suomen Energia, who distributes electricity for over 100 000 customers in Finland’s lake district, tested in cooperation with Estonian technology company Hepta Airborne, an innovative way to monitor power lines after a storm.

26.11.2020
2020 autumn storm inspection PoC for Järvi-Suomen Energia in Finland
Hepta Airborne conducted a quick storm inspection with drones in September 2020 after strong autumn storm Aila. The works were conducted in Mikkeli, Finland for Järvi-Suomen Energia (JSE) and in Lahti area for Kymenlaakson Sähkö (KS).

22.10.2020
5G and Drones will solve poor network connection during crowded events
AI-driven power line analysis company Hepta Airborne in cooperation with partners such as NCSR Demokritos, Cosmoste, robots.expert, Egaleo, Infolysis, CAFA Tech and many more, related to 5G! Drones project tested the possibility to offer a better level of Network services, specifically to leave behind dropped calls and degraded Internet connectivity during mass events.