Over the summer we were excited to welcome University of Bristol student Vilius Stonkus to intern with our drone team.

Focusing on optimising the way we run our path-planning when inspecting wind turbines, Vilius’s work helped to progress both our user experience and overall efficiency of the system.

By revising some of the logic in our path-planning algorithm, Vilius helped us reduce the time it takes for some of our checks by more than 50%. Overall, the changes saw an increase in inspection efficiency and, consequently, a reduction in turbine down-time, which is great news for both the drone operator and the client.

We have loved having Vilius with us and we can’t wait to see what he does next.