Drone service provider makes light work of data collection

Drone service provider and expert, Sphere Drones, has released its latest innovation – a rugged, self-sustaining mobile drone platform named HubX that allows users to easily capture aerial data across any terrain and in very remote areas.

The solar-powered and internet-enabled HubX is ideal for use on mine sites, farms, utilities, and emergency services, Sphere Drones added. In addition, it has in-built redundancies to ensure businesses will keep flying in remote areas and network failures.

Sphere Drones’ CEO, Paris Cockinos, said HubX has been developed entirely at the company's Sydney headquarters for use by miners and utilities to streamline the most time-consuming surveying tasks, saving them thousands of hours and millions of dollars in the process.

“We have already attracted interest from our existing and new clients in Australia and overseas looking to either complement their own operation of drones or looking to Sphere Drones to manage their remote drone operations”, he said.

One of the users of HubX is coal mining company, Yancoal. The company’s Survey Superintendent and Chief Remote Pilot at its Mt Thorley Warkworth site, Adrian Wall, said HubX has the potential to streamline surveyors’ workloads and reduce their time in the field plus increase data collection frequency through the automation of UAV (Unmanned aerial Vehicle) operations.

“HubX includes everything you need to roll out a BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) operation, it’s innovative, turnkey and portable which can help businesses like ours meet their daily operational requirements”, he said.

For more information, visit Sphere Drone’s website.