Section
Professional applications
Field experience: inspection, agriculture, media production, mapping.
Defibrillator drone in service in 32 communes of the Rouen metropolitan area
The Rouen University Hospital (CHU) and SAMU 76A, with Delivrone, have put a defibrillator drone into service across 32 communes. Triggered 15 seconds after an alert, it covers 8 kilometres from Bois-Guillaume.
SKYRELL: a French drone to inspect offshore wind turbines from the coast
This solution promises to limit team exposure and the use of boats during inspections, while avoiding turbine shutdown. Performance, timeline and regulatory framework remain to be specified, however.
United Kingdom: a report warns about medical washing in drone delivery
A report from the University of Birmingham submitted to the Department for Transport flags the risk of “medical washing” in drone operators’ communication. Survey participants ask that each health mission demonstrate the need it covers and its advantage over alternatives.
In Trois-Rivières, a drone paints Hydro-Québec's high-voltage lines
Hydro-Québec is running a pilot project in which a drone balances on live conductors to apply a white coating. The goal: recover grid capacity lost to heat, with a potential gain of 30% on targeted sections.