July 2024 – ChangeAerial was awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase-1 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant is designed to fund high-risk, high reward research, adding to ChangeAerial’s already novel and innovative N-SUITE software tools. The project title is “Integrating deep learning algorithms for UAS-based infrastructure inspection: Path to fully…
September 2021 Building on ChangeAerial’s (ChA) existing prototype tools and intellectual property, ChangeAerial received funding from San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Pilot Innovation Fund (PIF) to adapt image processing/machine learning routines and advance automated solutions for rapid electric power inspection. ChangeAerial’s solution will reduce the risk of wildfire in vulnerable areas and promote more frequent,…
November 2021 ChangeAerial recently completed a phase-2 project with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The project was titled “Minimal Yet Optimal UAS Inspections.” The general objective of the project was to determine minimal yet optimal (MYO) requirements for inspection of transmission and distribution structures, with the goal of laying the foundation for future automated…