Case Study: Arkansas Valley Electric Co-op prevents outages with Skydio autonomous aerial inspection

Arkansas Valley Electric Co-op uncovers previously missed defects with Skydio autonomous drones

Arkansas Valley Electric Co-op faced challenges in inspecting its electrical distribution infrastructure. Their ground-based crews and traditional methods frequently missed critical defects like cracked insulators and hollowed poles. The drones they had were also difficult to fly safely around highly energized assets. They turned to Skydio for a solution.

Arkansas Valley Electric Co-op implemented Skydio's autonomous X2 drones, which used AI to navigate safely around power lines and other energized equipment. This Skydio solution enabled the utility to discover problem spots that were previously impossible to detect. The result was the acquisition of better inspection data in hard-to-reach places, significantly improving their outage prevention capabilities.

Arkansas Valley Electric Co-op