TECHNOLOGY
safety team , to the inspection team , to the operations team , because it can do different kinds of ongoing missions .
How does Percepto turn data into real value ? There are a lot of companies that know how to take different kinds of videos and provide the analytics for pile estimation or change detection . I think that the main gap in the world , in our specific world , is the data collection and the ability for the drone to fly very accurately and collect the right data so that the machine learning applications can process and provide the value .
We focus on real-time machine vision to get that accurate data . We want to be collecting the data in big facilities on an ongoing basis so that our offering or indeed a third-party solution can analyse the data and provide the value from the data .
Does automation and drone use remove the need for the physical human element ? Ultimately , drones cannot fix anything . They ’ re just a good system for alerting on different kinds of risk and situations that need to be alerted of . They ’ re much faster . They ’ re much more
“ Mining was one of the first real relevant applications for drones , especially when you look at pile inspection . Having the ability to look at your facility from above gives you a lot of access to data ”
ARIEL AVITAN Chief Commercial Officer at Percepto
accurate , and they provide data in real time for roles in decision making . If there ’ s a gas leak , somebody needs to get there and adjust the gas leak , so it doesn ’ t replace people . It just provides a better way of addressing different issues within the site that increases the
productivity of the site and the facility .
58 June 2018