Enterprise inspection intelligence for Power & Utilities operators

Distribution and Transmission operators face mounting inspection pressure: ageing asset bases, tightening compliance requirements, rising labour costs, and the financial and regulatory consequences of missed defects and unplanned outages. Manual inspection workflows either helicopter-based, outsourced, or conducted on foot, are expensive, inconsistent, difficult to audit, and slow to translate into maintenance action.

Orb replaces these workflows with a governed, repeatable, and auditable inspection program from autonomous drone mission planning through AI-powered fault detection and asset health reporting, to structured integration with the asset management and maintenance systems your operations teams already use.

Governed inspection programs at Distribution and Transmission scale

Orb's mission planning and autonomous flight capabilities are configured to the specific requirements of Distribution and Transmission asset inspection, accounting for tower geometry, pole type, conductor configuration, image overlap requirements, resolution targets, and environmental constraints. Inspection profiles are standardized by asset type and network zone, ensuring repeatable data quality across sites, regions, and inspection cycles year-on-year. Multi-site program orchestration supports geographically distributed inspection teams without requiring manual coordination at each location, enabling consistent inspection standards across the full network.

AI-powered fault detection and asset health intelligence

Cortex, Unleash live's computer vision intelligence engine, automatically analyses captured imagery to detect component faults, condition changes, and asset health indicators across Distribution and Transmission infrastructure identifying insulator damage, conductor wear, corrosion, vegetation encroachment, and structural defects before they cause failures or regulatory exposure. Detection results are aligned to maintenance workflows, giving asset management and operations teams the specific, actionable intelligence required to prioritize repair and maintenance scheduling without manual image review.

Operators have reduced asset inspection times by up to 70%, replacing manual review with governed, automated detection programs that scale across the full network portfolio.

A structured audit trail for inspection compliance

Every Orb inspection program produces a complete, traceable inspection record, from mission configuration through capture to detection output and maintenance action. Standardized capture profiles, version-controlled model outputs, and structured condition reports give asset management and compliance functions the documentation required to demonstrate inspection governance to regulators and internal stakeholders. Compliance reporting overhead is reduced without sacrificing the audit trail depth required for NERC, FERC, and utility-specific regulatory obligations.

From fault detection to maintenance action without manual data transfer

Orb integrates via APIs with asset management, work scheduling, and GIS platforms including SAP, Esri, and Neara, routing fault detections, condition assessments, and inspection records directly into existing operational workflows.

Inspection findings trigger work orders and asset register updates without manual data entry, reducing the time from fault detection to maintenance scheduling and eliminating duplicate reporting across the network.