Local robot set to disrupt power industry

[Kevin Lancaster]

Local robot set to disrupt power industry

A power line inspection drone designed by local robotics engineers could be the answer to Eskom’s power cut woes.

 

[Nick333]

Disrupt? I don't think you know what this word means.

 

[RaptorSA]

Awesome. I wonder if this thing will be able to use induction from the power line to power itself.

 

[The_Librarian]

Droning along the line then...

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

A power line inspection drone

TinaJouMaSeBot[SUP]tm[/SUP] ?

 

[Solarion]

Poor Sipho. He was just hack sawing away when along came the iron ancestor trying to attack him.

 

[Thor]

“I’m heading to the US in November to speak with utilities in California too – they have about the same amount of power lines in that state as there are in the whole of SA,” he added.

Well

 

[Kingofmybbknowitalls]

Awesome. I wonder if this thing will be able to use induction from the power line to power itself.

Probably.

The US also has military drones recharging that way.

 

[The_Assimilator]

I don't understand why you'd want or need a robot, when a standard flying drone could probably do the job of detection just as well.

 

[Typhon]

Sounds good. Anything to help.

 

[konfab]

I don't understand why you'd want or need a robot, when a standard flying drone could probably do the job of detection just as well.

Wind.
Power.
Carrying capacity.
Working Distance.