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Aegis
Eyes under the deck.
An autonomous inspection drone with onboard intelligence. It plans and flies the inspection itself, keeps flying under the deck where GPS can't reach, and files every photo in Omnia against the element it shows.
The job
The underside is where the questions are.
Bearings, girder ends and the soffit over water are the parts of a bridge an inspector most needs to see and least easily reaches. Getting eyes on them usually means a snooper truck, a lane closure or a long day on a lift.
On site
It flies the inspection. A person supervises.
Aegis works the structure element by element on its own, under the deck and between the girders, while an operator supervises from the ground.
- ScopeWe review the structure with you and set which elements are in scope.
- PlanAegis plans its inspection pattern around those elements.
- FlyIt flies the pattern autonomously, including under the deck where GPS can't reach, while the operator supervises.
- UploadThe photos go into Omnia, where they are organized by element for review.
- Flight
- Autonomous, human-supervised
- Navigation
- Works without GPS
- Intelligence
- Onboard
- Components
- Selected for NDAA alignment
Omnia
What comes back from the underside.
BEARINGCorrosion, bearing assemblyCS3
FLOOR BEAMCorrosion with section loss, web perforatedCS4
DECK / UNDERSIDEExposed rebar with corrosion at spallCS3
COLUMNEfflorescence with rust stainingCS3
ABUTMENT / WINGWALLHorizontal crack near top of wallCS2Where it's used
Structures Aegis is built for.
- Highway and county bridges
- Girder and slab bridges, where the bearings and girder ends sit out of reach from the deck.
- Parking decks
- The underside of each level, where cracking and spalling tend to show first.
- Water tanks
- Exterior shells, legs and supports, photographed without a climb.
- Retaining walls
- Long runs of wall photographed panel by panel and filed in order.
Questions
Asked about Aegis.
Does Aegis fly itself?
Yes. Aegis flies the inspection autonomously, and a trained Ayther operator supervises every flight from setup to landing.
What happens under the deck, where GPS can't reach?
Aegis keeps flying. Its onboard intelligence navigates from what it sees, so it works without GPS under a bridge.
Can we use our own drone photos instead?
Yes. Inspection firms upload their own photos to Omnia and get the same organized report. Aegis is for the jobs where the photos are hard to get.
What about NDAA requirements?
Aegis components are selected for NDAA alignment. Tell us about your program's requirements when you scope the job.
What do we receive?
An Omnia defect report organized by element, plus the data in NBIS XML, SNBI JSON, PDF or IFC 4x3.