Workflows: Insulator cleaning, infrastructure monitoring, utility maintenance, aerial data capture and reduced human exposure near high-voltage assets.
Target markets: Utilities, grid operators and infrastructure maintenance teams needing aerial maintenance systems for power assets.
Deployment model: Commercial utility drone system tied to Duke Robotics' civilian aerial robotics product line.
Power-line insulator cleaning - Commercial deployment - 2024-11-11 - Duke Robotics states that the IC Drone became operational with Israel Electric Corporation after a successful pilot, using a drone-mounted system to wash energized power-line insulators. - Control: unspecified - source: dukeroboticsys.com
Power-line insulator cleaning - Customer-site use - 2026-06-02 - Duke Robotics commenced its expanded 2026 IC Drone deployment with Israel Electric Corporation for power-grid insulator cleaning. - environment: power-grid insulator cleaning - source: stocktitan.net
Power-line insulator cleaning - Claimed - 2022-08-15 - Duke Robotics introduced the IC Drone as a drone-enabled system for cleaning electric utility insulators. - source: globenewswire.com