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wweissbluth
55karma·8submissions·May 24, 2025
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Yeah totally! Drop us a note at info@voltairlabs.com ?
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That's super expensive. The majority of those costs are driven by the CapEx of the LiDAR unit. Ours is over $20k. In reality, though, it cost probably <$200 of operating expenses to collect th…
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Interesting! This is new to me. I know wind farm inspection is another really solid market (smaller land areas and high frequency - could be 1 pad for a whole farm), but I am not familiar with the rap…
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Oh 100% - we think rail would be an excellent market. But as you've stated, they already have a thing moving around (the train) to take photos. We see less delta in our service (but still somethi…
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We're collecting 61MP RGB, LiDAR (DSM DTM) and radiometric thermal for sensors We're thinking of flying at ~150' AGL or ~100' ATO at over 20 mph to collect data when automated. The…
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Crawler drones are not a bad idea! They're just a bit slow and limiting. Also doesn't drive our long term plan (can't leave power lines) It's also mechanically complex and there&#x…
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We don't need to keep the data - we'd rather sell it to other (qualified) folks to build useful tools on top of our data platform. Think verifying hail claim insurance for farmers (no need t…