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Solar farm thermography UAV — Utility

Radiometric drone surveys finding module-level defects. Delivered for a utility client in Chennai.

Location
Chennai
Year
2020
Duration
28 weeks
Team
7 engineers
Interactive 3D · drag to rotate
579
MW surveyed
1,187
defects found
2.7%
yield recovered

The challenge

Conditions on site — heat, dust, vibration and patchy connectivity — had defeated two earlier attempts at this in utility.

What we built

We owned the whole stack — hardware, firmware, models and dashboards — using PX4, Radiometric thermal, PyTorch so there was one accountable team.

Delivery timeline

  1. Phase 1

    Discovery sprint and site survey

  2. Phase 2

    Prototype built and tested in the Motera lab

  3. Phase 3

    Pilot on site with before/after measurement

  4. Phase 4

    Scale-out, training and handover

Highlights

  • Designed, built and supported from Motera, Ahmedabad
  • Runs on-premises; no data leaves the site unless agreed
  • Before-and-after measurements agreed with the client up front
  • Remote monitoring and over-the-air updates included

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