“ WE MAKE AN INDUSTRIAL TOOL — IT ’ S RUGGED , EASY TO FLY , DURABLE IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS , AND , AT THIS STAGE , THE ONLY INDUSTRIAL DRONE IN THE WORLD THAT LANDS AND TAKES OFF FROM WATER — VITAL AT OIL , GAS AND MINING SITES ”
— Dr Pippa Malmgren , Founder , H Robotics
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HiSight is fitted with industrial grade lights and a transducer which emits a high pitch alert which can even aid security on mining sites prone to theft during downtime . “ It ’ s like having a scarecrow in the sky ,” she jokes .
HiSight can also be deployed to provide precise volume metric analysis of aggregate , vital for accurate valuations of mining sites . An African mining client of H Robotics has utilised this system , describing it as a “ game-changer ” enabling them to keep a closer eye on production targets rather than relying on less accurate quarterly manual measurements . Malmgren notes most mines across the globe use various toxic fluids to blast through rock which end up in a tailings dam . This needs to be monitored in order to prevent it from overflowing which would cause environmental damage . “ To measure this at the African mine , they would often send out a boat with sonar onto the lake of toxic runoff ,” says Malmgren . But with the threat of hull erosion and attack by
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