Energy and Utilities: Substation Monitoring
Go where other drones don’t dare
Get a comprehensive view of hard-to-reach assets with electromagnetic resistant navigation
Protect substations and other critical assets with a drone you can count on — anywhere, anytime.
Get comprehensive, up-close monitoring with the only EMI resistant drone
Only Skydio is resistant to electromagnetic interference, enabling our drones to go where our competitors don’t dare. With Skydio Dock, substation inspection data is always available. Get peace of mind with safe, close proximity monitoring in energized substation environments and make more informed decisions that reduce downtime and improve the long term health of aging equipment, while mitigating risk around worker safety and substation facility security.
Cost for an outage per 10,000 customers $47,000 / Day
Cost of truck roll $5,500 / Each Labor, conditions, materials
"With other drones we would lose signal from any electromagnetic interference, but with Skydio we never lost connection. It gathered plenty of data and flew between highly-energized lines, no problem."
Levi Young, GIS/UAS Analyst
Arkansas Valley Electric Co-Op
Stay safer, get closer, and avoid bigger problems
More data means better decisions and less downtime
As equipment ages, regular monitoring becomes more important. Skydio autonomous drones enable comprehensive and more frequent asset inspection. Gathering data on asset health at regular intervals leads to more informed, data-driven decision making, which helps avoid downtime and improves long-term success.
The only drone solution for safe inspections
Substations are highly-energized environments that pose inherent safety risk. Our EMI resistant drones keep humans safely out of harm’s way, whether flying on site or operating remotely. Use Skydio Dock to house your drone onsite and our Remote Ops application to manage missions from a browser wherever you are. Crews don’t need to roll a truck for costly and time consuming routine remote substitution inspections – it can all be accomplished remotely.
Prevent attacks with unparalleled security
Substation attacks, theft, and vandalism make perimeter security a top priority, as damage from these intrusions can cause customers to lose power for days. An on-site Skydio Dock provides increased security with continuous, safe and accurate surveillance.
See how PG&E conducts inspections remotely.
Three more reasons to make Skydio your partner for substation monitoring
Thermal Equipped
Identify heat and temperature differences to recognize anomalies on critical power generation infrastructure.
Trusted Source
Protect the security of critical infrastructure with a solution designed, assembled, and supported in the USA.
Regulatory Guidance
Engage our team of experts to help you through the Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver process.
Skydio dock and remote ops
Remotely operated.
AI-powered
With Dock and Remote ops, continuously monitor, patrol, and collect data remotely without the need to have someone on-site. Get eyes on critical assets immediately following an event to enable appropriate, efficient, and timely response.
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