TV star Mike Holmes to offer drone roof inspections in Canada

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Mike Holmes, a Canadian builder and television personality known for rescuing homeowners from botched construction jobs, says his firm will now be using drones to help improve the quality and efficiency of roof inspections for property insurance claims.

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Skydio drones, Qii.AI to inspect ships for Royal Canadian Navy

Drone manufacturer Skydio says its technology partner Qii.AI has won a contract to conduct automated ship inspections and detect corrosion for the Royal Canadian Navy. While the Qii.AI platform will provide AI-based data analytics, the visual data gathering part of the Navy’s ship inspection program will be carried out using Skydio drones.

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Zeitview expands AI drone inspection software to detect more rooftop anomalies

Zeitview (formerly DroneBase) says it has expanded the rooftop assessment capabilities of its AI-enabled Property Insights drone inspection platform. The company’s new offerings include thermal inspections for commercial properties and AI/ML damage assessment for commercial, residential, and multi-family properties.

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InDro earns FAA BVLOS waiver for US drone inspections – ‘a Canadian first’

Drone services and ground robotic vehicle specialist InDro Robotics has received a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) UAV flights in the US, a first for a Canadian company according to the Toronto-based firm.

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UK county with 1,500 bridges trialing drones to modernize inspections

Worcestershire County in the UK has started trialing high-tech drones fitted with cameras to carry out bridge inspections. The county is home to around 1,500 bridge structures.

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NYPA, Skydio receive FAA waiver for BVLOS drone inspections

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has taken another step in its increasing use of drones as tools in inspecting and managing its vast infrastructure by obtaining a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waver for beyond visual line of sight flights (BVLOS) at its Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project, in partnership with Skydio.

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