Ground Robots and Drones for Autonomous Inspections

Israeli-based Percepto is known for their drone-in-a-box solution, enabling fully autonomous inspections and other commercial drone applications.  Now, Percepto has partnered with robotics experts Boston Dynamics, creating a base for their ground robot, Spot.  Spot’s new base “provides the robotic dog with capabilities that enables a full autonomous inspection cycle in outdoor remote environments, dramatically increasing speed of emergency response and protecting workers from hazardous situations,” says a press release.

“…Percepto Base for Spot the solution offers an end-to-end autonomous cycle for outdoor inspection, empowering industrial facilities and isolated substations to keep Spot protected even in extreme weather conditions, safe from damage or theft, and always ready for action.”

Percepto’s Sparrow drone-in-a-box solution has been used by Florida Power & Light for a few years: now, Florida Power & Light will integrate spot with drones and other robotic…