Industrial Robotics, Drones, Automation, Geospatial & AI
October 15, 2024: Issue 116
New York City’s firefighters just got some high-tech help, and no, it’s not a spinoff of Transformers. The FDNY is now deploying drones to spot hidden fires, robot dogs to sniff out danger in collapsed buildings, and even shark-patrol drones for a little beachside peace of mind. Get the whole scoop below!
What’s Inside:
🔥🤖 FDNY's Newest Recruits: Firefighting Robots!
✅ Stay Ahead of the Game: Future-Proof Your O&G Inspections
What happens when cutting-edge robots join New York City’s fire department?
We just dropped a new article about how the FDNY is using drones and robots to fight fires, save lives, and even keep an eye on beach-goers. Mike Leo, who leads the FDNY Robotics Program, shared the inside scoop at the Energy Drone & Robotics Summit.
🔥 Drones spotting hidden fire hazards like pros (sorry, they’re not available for backyard BBQs).
🤖 Robot dogs braving building collapses, because it’s too risky to send in the real dogs.
🌊 Shark patrol drones...because when you’re not saving the city from fires, why not keep an eye out for Jaws?
It’s a mix of cutting-edge tech, life-saving innovations, and a few curveballs. Check it out and get your fix of robotics heroism—minus the capes but plus the fins.
Seal the Deal: As regulations governing leaks and emissions become increasingly stringent globally and regionally, oil and gas asset owners are under more pressure than ever to ensure their operations are in compliance. The first step to navigating upcoming regulatory changes is understanding the rules. Check out a breakdown from HUVRof the key updates from SCAQMDand what they mean for operations like yours.
Data Gold Rush: The industry’s vast untapped data resources have the potential to change how our industry works—if we can piece it together. Data archaeology in our industry is now a realistic prospect. In recent years there have been huge advances in AI-enablement, generative AI, and cloud capabilities, and these can be built into enhanced OSDU-compliant platforms.
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WHAT'S NEXT
DroneDeploy has announced the launch of Safety AI, the only solution of its kind to automatically identify safety risks on construction sites using a combination of in-house developed proprietary AI and large multimodal models from Google and OpenAI.
Cyberhawk™announced a strategic enhancement to its flagship iHawk™ enterprise SaaS visual data management platform: Visualive™. This latest version of iHawk's image inspection module delivers new capabilities and leverages AI to enable the instant analysis of drone-captured asset data, significantly streamlining the inspection process.
WHAT'S THE DEAL
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. began its second round of qualification testing of its flagship underwater vehicle, Aquanaut Mark 2, in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Ondas Holdings has received an USD 8.0 million purchase order directly from a military customer to supply multiple Iron Drone Raider systems. The order includes Raider systems, associated elements and infrastructure, and supporting services for aerial protection against hostile drones.
Windsor-based robotics firm Optimotive has secured $2 million USD in investor funding to help accelerate the expansion of their business.
WHAT ELSE
Rise of the Machines: Elevators Get a Lift from Robot
(Image Credit: The B1M)
Let's face it: few feats of construction are more awe-inspiring than a skyscraper. Around the world these buildings tower over our cities: emerging from the context of their time, maximizing floor area on site, pushing engineers to the max and standing as markers of our progress.
But they wouldn’t be viable without one very simple thing: the elevator. Think about it for a moment. You’re not going to want to live or work in a 90-storey building if that means taking 90 flights of stairs every day. These machines are what make our tall buildings actually work.
Now, that most critical of high-rise features is seeing some serious innovation with the arrival of robots – yes, robots – to help with the installation process.
Ella is part of Schindler’s robot installation system for elevators or R.I.S.E – a new form of tech that could seriously shake-up the way we build our elevators. It works by autonomously climbing the inside of an elevator shaft, then taking accurate information from the project’s detailed design models to position and drill anchor bolts in a fast and efficient way. Installation teams then follow on and fit the rest of the elevator system. Read on for more! --> (h/t The B1M)
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