These statistics demonstrate the significant improvements in efficiency, cost-savings, and accuracy that drones bring to inspection work across various industries, particularly in utility and infrastructure inspections.
“The ability to fly and document progress over time is really key, and being able to do that in an autonomous fashion that is repeatable over and over is absolutely huge. We're going to be able to compare changes over time, determine if something was installed correctly, and have that data when we need it.” - Aaron Chamberlin, CalTrans Sr. Transportation Engineer
“The Power Authority is proud to be leading the way in the advanced deployment of automated flight technologies for use in the utility industry. Drones will become an even more valuable tool as we expand our capability to detect infrastructure issues and support our mapping and land management responsibilities. Being able to capture images remotely, regardless of weather conditions or distances, will allow us to track and evaluate our assets more efficiently and safely.” - Justin E. Driscoll, New York Power Authority Acting president and CEO
"Drones identified 48% more issues (202 vs 136) compared to ground-based crews when inspecting 96 poles." - Constellation Clearsight
"Ground-based inspections typically miss 15-20% of damage found by drones." - MEASURE white paper
"A manually piloted drone can collect data 10 times faster than a technician on the ground."
"Drones reduce man-hours and turbine downtime for maintenance checks by over 75%"
"Regular aerial thermographic drone inspections allow O&M managers to save approximately $1,916 per MW per inspection compared to traditional field walks." -Aerospec Technologies
"The elimination of inefficiencies in dam inspections can reduce costs by between 40% and 60%."
"Manually piloted drones can collect data with 97% accuracy."
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