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ALSOK launches aerial photography service and automatic patrol drone service for social infrastructure inspection and expands drone business (November 5, 2021) --Excite News

ALSOK started selling aerial photography services for inspection of solar power generation equipment using drones in 2014, and has been developing drone services while expanding the menu to exterior wall surveys. From November 2021, we will start a new aerial photography service for social infrastructure inspection and automatic patrol drone service that will help strengthen the national land, and along with this, we will strengthen the nationwide pilot network and work on further expansion of the drone business. Announced.

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(1) Aerial photography service for infrastructure inspection As social equipment such as infrastructure constructed during the period of high economic growth is aging, the cost of inspection and repair continues to grow and becomes a social issue. To help solve such social issues, ALSOK will utilize the functions of Skydio 2, which is the base model of automatic patrol drones, and start a drone aerial photography service for infrastructure inspection. As the first step, we sell inspection support services using drones in collaboration with Japan Infrastructure Waymark Co., Ltd., which is a group company of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation and has a lot of know-how in infrastructure inspection, targeting road bridge inspections. Start. Click here for images of ALSOK, aerial photography service for social infrastructure inspection, automatic patrol draw ... >> via Press release There are 720,000 road bridges over 2m in Japan that require inspection, and the inspection cost is enormous. It is said that it is. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism says it will promote this efficiency by promoting the utilization of new technologies including drones. Compared to using a large inspection vehicle, using a drone can be expected to have a cost reduction effect, and the time required for road traffic regulation is also reduced, so it is considered to be a very effective means. In the future, we will consider using it for inspection of infrastructure other than road bridges as a service through demonstration experiments. [Next page] via Press Release (2) Automatic patrol drone service ALSOK depends on people ...

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ALSOK、社会インフラ点検向け空撮サービス・自動巡回ドローンサービスを開始しドローン事業を拡大 (2021年11月5日) - エキサイトニュース