Voltair: Self Charging Drones | Y Combinator
Self Charging DronesVoltair builds drones that ‘perch’ like birds to recharge on power lines. For this first time, this allows for drones with infinite range. Removing battery swaps is the last step to deploy UAVs autonomously at scale. After building drones for the Air Force and DARPA, Ronan realized this was both practical and technically feasible.
Power utilities are the perfect first customer. Drone inspections identify maintenance concerns before they cause faults. Faults cause power outage...
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