{"id":12572,"date":"2023-02-02T04:39:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/opg-to-use-percepto-drone-to-monitor-infrastructure\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T04:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T12:39:19","slug":"opg-to-use-percepto-drone-to-monitor-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/opg-to-use-percepto-drone-to-monitor-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"OPG to use Percepto drone to monitor infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>AUSTIN, TEXAS \u2014 Autonomous inspection provider Percepto has announced Transport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to operate Percepto\u2019s drone product at the McConnell Lake Control Dam without a visual observer onsite, a first in\u00a0Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The product is called Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS).<\/p>\n<p>A BVLOS Special Flight Operations Certificate was issued for the Percepto Air Max autonomous \u201cdrone-in-a-box,\u201d as provided by Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems, stated a release. Rocky Mountain will perform remote inspections in a pilot project starting this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Percepto recently achieved a U.S. nationwide BVLOS waiver, enabling Percepto clients to use remotely operated drones. The company\u2019s drone technology has been deployed by other electric utilities to monitor power grid infrastructure, enabling faster response times and restoring power quicker after outages.<\/p>\n<p>Percepto operations will be co-ordinated through the company\u2019s Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring product.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObtaining this certificate marks a significant milestone in\u00a0Canada\u00a0to provide remote and autonomous inspections at power generating facilities, fulfilling Percepto\u2019s mission to provide safe and reliable critical infrastructure,\u201d stated Percepto government affairs vice-president Neta Gliksman in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/usa\/2023\/02\/opg-to-use-percepto-drone-to-monitor-infrastructure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, TEXAS \u2014 Autonomous inspection provider Percepto has announced Transport Canada has approved Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to operate Percepto\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"OPG to use Percepto drone to monitor infrastructure\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/opg-to-use-percepto-drone-to-monitor-infrastructure\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about OPG to use Percepto drone to monitor infrastructure\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-12572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}