{"id":23143,"date":"2022-08-15T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23143"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:23:46","slug":"duke-robotics-to-introduce-ic-drone-for-critical-infrastructure-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/duke-robotics-to-introduce-ic-drone-for-critical-infrastructure-maintenance\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Duke Robotics to Introduce IC Drone for Critical Infrastructure Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UAS Drone Corp. has announced that its wholly owned\nsubsidiary, Duke Airborne systems Ltd. (Duke Robotics), signed an agreement\nwith the Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. (IEC), a public and 99%\ngovernment-owned company that generates, transmits, and supplies electricity to\nall sectors of the State of Israel. Duke Robotics will introduce a\nfirst-of-its-kind robotic, drone-enabled system for cleaning electric utility\ninsulators. This new system &#8211; the IC Drone &#8211; is under development and is based\non Duke Robotics&#8217;s advanced intellectual property (IP) and know-how that\nintegrates algorithms, autonomous systems, and robotic technologies used in\nmission-critical applications. The above marks Duke Robotics\u2019 first\ncollaboration for its civilian application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke-Robotics-edit-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23144\" width=\"256\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke-Robotics-edit-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke-Robotics-edit-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption><em>Duke Robotics file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maintenance of high voltage electrical infrastructure\nrequires routine cleaning of insulators in order to optimize system efficiency\nand prevent power outages. Currently, the global standard for routine cleaning\nof insulators involves the use of helicopter fleets and crane trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IC Drone offers a revolutionary, cost-efficient, and safer\nmethod for this essential infrastructure service. UAS Drone expects its IC\nDrone system will be operationally launched in H2 2023, and revenues are\nexpected to commence in H2 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We believe our high-performance, mission-critical\ndrone technology and know-how have untapped potential in the civilian market.\nIC Drone, for electrical infrastructure maintenance, is the first product that\nwill be released in the civilian market,\u201d said Yossef Balucka CEO of UAS Drone\nCorp. \u201cWe are pleased to work with the Israeli National Electricity Company and\nbelieve this collaboration regarding IC Drone will benefit both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAS Drone Corp. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Duke Airborne systems Ltd. (Duke Robotics), signed an agreement with the Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. (IEC), a public and 99% government-owned company that generates, transmits, and supplies electricity to all sectors of the State of Israel. Duke Robotics will introduce a first-of-its-kind robotic, drone-enabled system [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23145,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23143\/revisions\/23145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}