7 Startups Using Drones for Inspections & Monitoring
Summary
At the forefront of their products is the “BetterView Platform” which offers a complete insurance underwriting system that includes modules for training employees, assessing buildings, planning drone flights, and capturing and analyzing data. Investors have a great deal of confidence in Greiner’s vision having given her $36 million through 5 rounds of equity funding to date for a platform called the “Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications” or PARC. The main focus is to offer persistent autonomous unmanned drone flights that can be rapidly deployed, designed to operate in high winds, and also able to carry cargo up to four pounds, making it a great solution for inspections in industrial settings. Below are some of the pictures it took while inspecting: Now imagine you can save $460,000 in potential “lost income” and at the same time reduce the likelihood of workers suing you provide a safer environment for your greatest assets, your employees, by replacing their most dangerous tasks with flying robots. We can just see these drones being deployed for niche uses outside of inspecting like playing traffic cop, providing video coverage for road races, or keeping tabs on a secured perimeter – maybe even one that’s 2,000 miles long.
