Drones for Telecommunications Infrastructure
Contact UsHow Skydio Drones are Used in Wireless Network Infrastructure
Cell Tower Inspection
Fly up close to inspect critical network carrier components and scan structures safely with 360° obstacle avoidance.
Infrastructure Management
Perform frequent documentation and produce high resolution models of telecommunications infrastructure with 3D Scan's Tower Capture.
Inspection eBook Vol 5 - Telecom Management
Learn the benefits of using autonomous navigation and capture drones, for telecommunications infrastructure inspection and documentation.
Current Telecommunications Infrastructure Inspection is Inefficient and Dangerous
Dangerous Human Inspections
Tower climbs, bucket trucks, and other human-based inspection methods can be dangerous to workers, as well as resource intensive.
Manual Drone Inspections
Manual drones are expensive, have untrustworthy obstacle avoidance, and fail in GPS denied environments requiring many hours of pilot training to avoid crashes and ensure quality datasets.
Skydio Drones Improve Telecommunication Infrastructure Inspection
Streamline the Data Capture Process
Inspect More in Less Time
Enable individual inspectors to identify the problem from the ground before climbing the tower to fix broken components.
- AI-assisted navigation from Skydio Autonomy Enterprise reduces the training burden and makes operations efficient, even in obstacle-dense environments.
- Autonomous capture using Skydio 3D Scan's Tower Capture enables teams to automate the documentation of towers to get inventory of the networking equipment.
Collect Quality Datasets
Capture High Quality Tower Data
Intelligent AI-powered autonomy allows inspectors to capture data at their precise specifications.
- Close proximity obstacle avoidance allows the drone to fly safely and closely around wireless and broadcast environments and tower structures to get to the inspection target.
- Adaptive capture using Skydio 3D Scan helps inspectors capture comprehensive data with resolution as low as 0.65 mm/pixel.
- Dual capture available with Skydio X2 allows teams to capture images with both color and thermal cameras.
Operate with Utmost Safety
Fly with confidence in the most difficult tower environments thanks to Skydio Autonomy Enterprise.
- Computer vision navigation allows you to fly near metal structures and under structures. Skydio drones don’t rely on GPS connectivity or magnetometers for steady flight.
- 360° collision avoidance helps operators inspect cellular network infrastructure surrounded by metal and vegetation.
Fully Document Tower Structures with 3D Tower Capture
3D Tower Capture is the latest autonomous capture mode of Skydio 3D Scan optimized for telecommunications and other vertical structures.
Learn about Skydio Solutions for Telecommunication Infrastructure Inspection
Skydio X2 Color/Thermal
Rugged, long-range drone built for inspection work
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Skydio 2+ for Enterprise
Our popular specialized autonomous drone
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Skydio 3D Scan
Autonomous data capture software for S2+ and X2
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Skydio Cloud
Connected flight operations for your Skydio fleet
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3D Tower Model for Documentation
This model was captured autonomously by Skydio 2 with 3D Scan to document this 100 foot tall telecom tower, which was then processed in Bentley to generate the 3D model. The model required 626 photos at a 1.5 mm GSD and was captured in 29 minute flight time.
Resources
Telecom Network Inspection Articles
Skydio Partners with Optelos
3D Tower Capture: 3D Scan Gets Smarter With Telecom Towers
Skydio Cloud Unlocks Connected Flight Operations
X2 Color, 3D Scan & Cloud: An Integrated Solution for Commercial Drone Inspection
Product Datasheets
Skydio 3D Scan
Skydio X2E Color/Thermal
Skydio Cloud
Skydio 2+ Enterprise
Webinars
Skydio 3D Scan: A Walkthrough of Real World Applications
AI Meets Inspection: How Autonomous Drones are Changing the Game in Enterprise
What’s New with Skydio: Introducing Skydio 2+
From manual drones to Skydio: An industry veteran on best practices for the Age of Autonomy
