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Industrial Plants Are Inspected by Skypersonic Drone Piloted From Across the Atlantic Ocean Via Cellphone Connection – A World First
Skypersonic’s Trans-Atlantic Inspection of Iren Utility Plant in Italy Portends Era of Quick, Safe and Cost-Effective Inspections of Industrial Facilities
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[{"type":"text","content":"Skypersonic’s Trans-Atlantic Inspection of Iren Utility Plant in Italy Portends Era of Quick, Safe and Cost-Effective Inspections of Industrial Facilities Across the Globe\nORLANDO, Fla. and TURIN, Italy, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Relying only on an internet connection from a normal cellphone, industrial drone company Skypersonic — part of publicly traded drone company Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT) — visually inspected the interior of a fully operational utility plant in Turin, Italy, using a drone controlled from Orlando, Fla., 4,800 miles away. To see a video of this historic transoceanic remote flight, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq8ftbUyBu8. The Orlando-based pilot — Drew Camden, president of Red Cat subsidiary Rotor Riot — had no advance knowledge of the Iren district heating-network plant in Turin through which he piloted the Skypersonic “Skycopter” drone. This special drone can be piloted without the aid of GPS, a fundamental system for piloting conventional drones outdoors but that is not available indoors, under bridges, in tunnels and other enclosed spaces. Pilot Camden had never visited the Italian plant, nor seen any drawings or photos of the floor plan or the layout of the many staircases, stacks, ducts, conduit, joists and other obstacles through which he guided the Skycopter from across the Atlantic Ocean. All he could go by was the video feed from the drone, which allowed him — thanks to Skypersonic’s technology minimizing signal lag across oceanic distances — to see and react to the building’s interior in near-real time, with a reception lag, or “latency,” of only 68 milliseconds, i.e., less than a tenth of a second. “We learned much from this historic flight controlled from an ocean away, which is actually our third trans-Atlantic flight,” said Giuseppe Santangelo, Skypersonic CEO. “Most importantly, we learned that an internet connection via a mobile phone in the vicinity of the drone is all that is needed to remotely pilot a drone from virtually anywhere – in fact, up to 8,000 miles away. The previous two flights had relied on a more sophisticated, non-mobile internet connection. We also learned that it is possible to navigate a very dense and complex interior environment from another continent using this easily configurable set-up.” This demonstration in the Iren plant was promoted ...