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TOPseven uses autonomous flying drones to inspect infrastructure. This technology is the only one, worldwide that enables the autonomous close-range drone flight required for this purpose. It is the only solution that enables gapless inspection of even larger infrastructures up to the resolution of a single human hair.

Die innovative TOPseven-Technologie ermöglicht der energy consult Prüfgesellschaft effiziente und hochqualitative drohnenbasierte visuelle Inspektionen und Blitzschutzprüfungen an den Rotorblättern von Windenergieanlagen. Dies erfolgt mit eigener Drohne und eigenem Personal, da bei der Lösung von TOPseven erstmals keine spezialisierten Piloten mehr erforderlich sind: Vor dem Inspektionsflug wird mittels patentierter Technologie eine exakte Flugroute berechnet, so dass die Drohne die Anlage autonom abfliegt.

The Ministry of Economics of the State of Lower Saxony is funding TOPseven for the project “AI-based autonomous drone inspection of inaccessible infrastructures” with a total of 4.8 million euros.

The TOPseven method for contactless lightning protection measurement on wind turbines has been validated and verified as an alternative measurement method by TÜV SÜD since June 2021.

The TOPseven technology for visual detection of reference data of an object received the German patent (DE 10 2020 210 618) in March 2022.
Using a visual method developed by TOPseven, it is possible to capture the essential characteristics of a wind turbine using a reference flight within a few minutes. Based on this data, a specific model is generated automatically with the help of artificial intelligence, enabling an autonomous flight at the turbine.