in my country this is considered theft and it is punishable by law considered you don't have a contract with the provider
Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
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Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#52Huh, is that legal? I mean I guess it is when the power company is the customer, as they talk about, but otherwise?
The drones heavier than 250g already must transmit remote id
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#53> Removing battery swaps is the last step to deploy UAVs autonomously at scale.
So ubiquitous surveillance, literally overhead, without any need to have a nearby/local charging/physical-management station/crew?
> After power companies, we will service rail, road, telecom, real estate and other inspection markets.
Oh?
> After building drones for the Air Force and DARPA, ...
Oh
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#54Great idea! Why i never thought of that?
Could robo taxis steal the idea and get recharged w/o going back to base station? They can eject a rod similar to an E-train or how a military plane get refilled.
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's unviable about having the power company vet the thing that reports "I drew X joules from line Y" like they would vet any other meter?
Does the device report directly to the power company, or is that data aggregated and reported in some other format? If it's the latter then hand editing is all it takes to create fraud.
Hand editing is all it takes to create fraud in all areas of business.
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#56in my country this is considered theft and it is punishable by law considered you don't have a contract with the provider
That might be why the first customers are utilities themselves.
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#57in my country this is considered theft and it is punishable by law considered you don't have a contract with the provider
It’s just a technology that can be used for both civilian and military applications, not only by private entities.
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#59in my country this is considered theft and it is punishable by law considered you don't have a contract with the provider
> Power utilities are the perfect first customer.
Sounds like having contracts with the power companies is their #1 goal.
Re: Drones that recharge directly on transmission lines
#60in my country this is considered theft and it is punishable by law considered you don't have a contract with the provider
It’s just a technology that can be used for both civilian and military applications, not only by private entities.
if you don't have a contract with the utility you almost certainly violate the law, at least in Europe, but then again I don't know what the US regulation is