Michigan’s Leader In Drone Utility Inspections

Emmet Drones offers purpose-built programs, aerial systems, and cloud-based applications for the electric utility industry. Our core expertise is our efficient data collection process, knowledge of sensors, and building software for inspections and reporting. Emmet Drones is here to help Michigan strengthen its electrical grid in a safe and affordable way.

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Our Experience

For the past 3 years, Kurtis Damerow has been working on large scale drone projects in California inspecting both transmission and distribution assets for systems hardening of current and recently replaced electrical assets. Kurtis, knows the value drones provide in the T&D world and wants to bring that knowledge back to Michigan, for the benefit of Michigan.

What Drones Offer

Drones offer many benefits to utilities. Multiple departments and systems within your organization can greatly benefit from the use of drone data. In addition to a higher level of detail compared to typical ground or helicopter patrols, LiDAR can be used to and thermal imagery can quickly identify hot spots and potential points of failure. This detailed data enables companies to proactively identify issues or emergency tickets that lead to fewer power interoperation and reduce repair costs.

Emmet Drones provides visual, thermal, and LiDAR data that can be integrated into complex GIS systems that is used for corridor mapping, tracking asset health, constructibility reporting, identifying failing assets, maintaining grid sustainability, data correction, and inventory management.

Results

The visual results speak for themselves. Below are examples of LiDAR, visual, and thermal inspection images.

LiDAR

Corridor mapping

Easily identify vegetation overgrowth

Safe to collect with measurable results

Visual

Inspect at a microscopic scale

Unmatched detail paired with safety

Efficiently create repair schedules

Thermal

See what the human eye can’t

Identify aging or failing components

Prevent asset downtime