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IC Drone

IC Drone is Duke Robotics’ drone-enabled system for cleaning and monitoring high-voltage electrical insulators. Its second-generation ICDS2 platform combin...

Facts

Company
Duke Robotics
Product type
uav
Status
commercial
Website
https://dukeroboticsys.com/

About IC Drone

IC Drone carries a stabilised cleaning system to high-voltage transmission insulators, allowing a crew to remove conductive contamination without lifting workers to the structure. The second-generation ICDS2 uses a larger commercial-grade airframe with greater payload capacity, longer flight time, improved cleaning durability and radar-assisted operation. Stabilisation keeps the cleaning jet directed at the insulator while the aircraft counters reaction forces.

Utility crews transport and operate the system as a specialised high-voltage maintenance service. Duke Robotics began expanded 2026 operations with Israel Electric Corporation using multiple field crews and a larger number of serviced insulators. The platform sits alongside AEROTRACE, the company’s infrastructure-monitoring product, but IC Drone’s defining role is physical cleaning and associated inspection of high-voltage grid assets.

Market context

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Summary

Type: Utility drone

Core: Insulator cleaning

Function: Remove debris

Audience: Utilities

Specifications

aircraft_class
Drone-enabled high-voltage insulator washing system
deployment_state
Duke said the IC Drone was fully operational with Israel Electric Corporation and positioned for utility-provider deployment
endurance_profile
ICDS2 launch noted longer flight duration and operational time for servicing multiple high-voltage insulators per mission
operational_environment
High-voltage infrastructure
payload_options
Insulator washing / utility-maintenance payload for high-voltage electric infrastructure
service_support
utility maintenance service for insulator cleaning
task_scope
Utility insulator cleaning and monitoring

Operations

Environment
outdoor, utility_grid, aerial
Primary user
utility_operator, inspection_contractor
Role
insulator_cleaning, grid_infrastructure_maintenance
Interaction model
remote_control, aerial_tool
Mobility class
multirotor_uav
Product detail
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