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I think automated drone inspection may be a more profitable niche than it first appears. My school had a couple grad students start up doing NDT analysis with d
by chris11 8y ago
I think automated drone inspection may be a more profitable niche than it first appears. My school had a couple grad students start up doing NDT analysis with drones. There seems to be a lot of interesting problems that could be solved with drones when they are treated as a platform for specialized equipment. And the specialization in equipment and analysis is good protection against commoditization. But I do agree with you that a lot of these problems don't really scale.
- lifeisstillgood 8y agoNDT - Non destructive testing? So coupled with "specialised equipment" I assume something like scanning the steel in a bridge for corrosion? Is that feasible - the noise in any feed from distance / stability must mean "usual" specialised equipment cannot be used?
- bsder 8y agoYou are probably overthinking this. Simply being able to fly a high resolution camera with a bright light up underneath a bridge probably saves an enormous amount of time.
- brian-armstrong 8y agoassert numBridgePieces == 1