BVLOS pipeline patrol — Railways
Long-endurance fixed-wing patrols detecting leaks and encroachment. Delivered for a railways client in Kutch.
- Location
- Kutch
- Year
- 2025
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Team
- 14 engineers
- 158
- km per patrol
- 2.6 h
- report time
- 41
- encroachments
The challenge
Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in railways.
What we built
A phased rollout: a measured pilot first, then scale-out. The core runs on ArduPilot with MAVLink, integrated into existing systems through RabbitMQ.
Delivery timeline
Phase 1
Discovery sprint and site survey
Phase 2
Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab
Phase 3
Pilot on site with before/after measurement
Phase 4
Scale-out, training and handover
Highlights
- Safety case reviewed with the client's EHS team
- Operator training delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and English
- Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
- Integrated with existing PLC, ERP or GIS systems — no rip-and-replace
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