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Wind-Tolerant, Autonomous Drones Could Cut Bridge Inspection Costs by 30%
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this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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Either bridge inspectors get paid a hell of a lot less per hour than I think they do, or the company doing the drone inspections is way overcharging. One relatively inexperienced pilot could fly the full structure of the bridge throw it into point cloud software and drop off a highly detailed 3d model of every inch of the bridge to be inspected from the comfort of someone's desk.
No OSHA, no driving a crane truck, no having to retract and re-extend the bucket around every structural element, no netting, no walkways or temporary bridges needing to be made.
See your way would create jobs and big business want less employees. So expensive autonomous drones it is !