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12/26/2025

MatrixSpace announced the availability of its revolutionary Portable 360 Radar™. This rugged, easily transportable radar kit delivers reliable close-airspace awareness with panoramic coverage for rapid-response counter-drone operations, from safe-guarding stadiums and large public gatherings, to border security and battlespaces.

/PRNewswire/ -- MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter-UAS (C-UAS), announces the availability of its revolutionary Portable 360 Radar™....

12/25/2025

🎄 Merry Christmas from the Energy Drone & Robotics Coalition 🎄

To our customers, readers, partners, and the entire industrial drone and robotics community, thank you for an incredible year. Your ideas, collaboration, and commitment to progress are what keep innovation moving forward across energy and industrial operations.

We’re grateful for the conversations, breakthroughs, and real-world impact you continue to drive. Wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with rest, time with loved ones, and inspiration for the year ahead.

Merry Christmas and best wishes for a safe, successful, and enjoyable holiday!

12/24/2025

Using Flybotix’s ASIO drone to inspect a crude oil storage tank cut inspection time by 57%, reduced costs from $10,500 to $4,500, and eliminated the need for human entry, dramatically improving safety. By replacing scaffolding and confined-space work with a 19-minute drone flight and high-resolution imaging, the inspection was completed in just three days instead of seven, adding valuable asset uptime.

Drone based inspection inside Oil Tanks allows 57% reduction in inspection time and saves days of asset uptime.

12/23/2025

The EY organization (EY) announced the rollout of a new physical AI platform and solutions accelerated by NVIDIA AI infrastructure and software, the opening of EY AI Lab and a key leadership appointment, underscoring a focus on harnessing the potential of artificial intelligence.

LONDON, 3 DECEMBER 2025. The EY organization (EY) today announces the rollout of a new physical AI platform and solutions accelerated by NVIDIA AI infrastructure and software, the opening of EY.ai Lab and a key leadership appointment, underscoring a focus on harnessing the potential of artificial in...

12/22/2025

Robots & drones are officially on the job in O&G.

From autonomous inspections and robot dog patrols to cage-free piperack inspections and heavy-lift cargo drones, these systems are handling the dirty, dangerous, and tedious work—while humans monitor safely from control rooms.

Real use cases. Real savings. Real scale.

This isn’t experimentation anymore, it’s industrial autonomy in action. Read the full story for more details on each use case from Chevron, Cargill, Flyability, Suncor and more!

See how leading oil and gas operators are putting drones and robotics to work with real-world use cases from inspections, logistics, and monitoring.

12/21/2025

While ANYbotics’ four-legged robot performed flawlessly across global energy sites, capturing visual, thermal, and acoustic data, the real bottleneck was massive underused on-prem data that couldn’t be easily analyzed. That insight led GE Vernova to partner with ANYbotics, combining robotics, AI, and cloud computing to turn hard-to-reach inspection data into actionable intelligence that improves safety, maintenance, and performance across energy assets.

Neha Joshi first heard of ANYbotics in 2024, from a colleague who’d just deployed one of the Swiss company’s four-legged robots at a power site in Israel. Little did she realize that the next few weeks of her work life would involve taking data recorded in Israel, testing it in Schenectady, New ...

12/20/2025

A new report from Politico’s “Morning Money” newsletter said that the Trump administration is turning its attention to robotics, following plans to accelerate AI innovation in the United States during the first months of Donald Trump’s second term as President.

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12/19/2025

In an exclusive conversation with Dr. Philippe Simard, CEO and co-founder of SimActive, DroneLife explored what 2026 looks like for professional drone mapping; and why speed and reliability have become the defining requirements of the coming year.

Drone mapping in 2026 is defined by speed, accuracy, and automation. SimActive CEO Philippe Simard on how Correlator3D is shaping the future.

12/18/2025

As BVLOS approvals expand and drone platforms gain better LiDAR, endurance, and navigation capabilities, rail operators can now capture long corridors more safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Blue Marble Geo shows how the real ROI comes from transforming this high-density LiDAR into usable engineering data through an automated workflow that extracts accurate rail lines, reduces manual effort, and delivers consistent results at scale.

Learn how Blue Marble Geo streamlines LiDAR rail extraction with automated tools for breaklines, DEM creation, and corridor-scale mapping.

12/17/2025

The weekly Energy Drone & Robotics News has landed 🛬 and It's packed with the latest industrial drone, robotics, digital twin, and AI news! ICYMI, here's what's on deck this week:

🛢️Robotics in O&G: The 5 Must-Know Use Cases for 2025
👍 Power Couple: GE Vernova + ANYbotics Transform Asset Inspections
🆕 Beyond Digital Twins: EY Launches New Physical AI Platform
📋 Survey 98% of US Land: No Waiver Required?!?
💰 Drone Slashes Costs: 57% Savings on Oil Tank Inspections
..and a whole lot more! Read this week's news (linked in the comments) and subscribe to ensure you stay in-the-loop on industrial drones and robotics! https://hubs.la/Q03YwJNG0

12/17/2025

Fortem Technologies announced a strategic partnership with Southern States LLC, a century-old leader in high-voltage switching and grid-resiliency technology.

LINDON, Utah & HAMPTON, Ga., December 04, 2025--Fortem Technologies, the global leader in airspace security and counter-drone solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with Southern States LLC, a century-old leader in high-voltage switching and grid-resiliency technology. Together, the comp...