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Solar Inspection Turnaround: The Hidden Revenue Variable

For every day a solar fault goes unresolved, your asset is losing revenue, not just performance. This piece breaks down why inspection turnaround time is the most under leveraged variable in utility-scale solar O&M, with real data from Skylark Drones' deployments.

The Solar Site That Monitors Itself: Why Autonomous Drone Docks Are Becoming Core EPC Infrastructure

Unlock Survey Accuracy with Ground Control Points (GCPs): A Guide for Drone Pilots and Survey Professionals

Smart Drones: Leveraging AI Co-Pilots for Superior Mission Planning

Identifying and Fixing Errors in Drone Surveys: Common Issues and Solutions

Mastering Drone Surveying & Mapping: A Comprehensive Guide for Drone Service Providers and Drone Pilots

Mastering Camera Settings for Drone Photography

Staying Ahead in Drone Tech: Must-Know Hardware & Software Innovations

Soaring into the Future: Exploring the Internet of Drones

A visual history of photogrammetry & the entry of drones, A quick look back

Why are Drone Survey & Photogrammetry the Future of Worksite Intelligence?

Drone Data Processing - Challenges & Solutions

The new MCDR rules and mines of the future

‍Make the most of your drone data with cloud based drone data processing

How a Real Estate Company Saves Lakhs of Rupees in Excavation Contract Management using Skylark’s Drone Data

Why Drone Survey is the New Normal

Drone as a Service or In-house Drone Team: How to decide what is right for you?

Drones for Flood Risk Assessment for worksites of the future

Demystify the Indian Drone Regulations

Ground Control Points (GCPs)- What are they and how do we use them?

Mission Planning - Common issues & best practices

Your Guide to Effective Drone Operations

New MCDR Rules for Indian Mines - Everything you need to know

Drones for Hydrology & Flood Studies

Technically known as Hydrologic and Hydraulic analyses, these are essentially studies undertaken to stimulate response of a given area to water. Typically these are large-scale studies performed at the level of rivers and its tributaries.

How to incorporate drone data to manage your projects

Track Your Worksite Accurately With Drone Data & Analytics

Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a significant role in the intelligent data processing of drones. Drones collect large amounts of data sets, which are then efficiently processed using AI based drone alaytics softwares like Spectra to generate the required results. Surveyors and other earthwork professionals can save a lot of time, hassle and money on drone missions with the help of Drone Data and Analytics.

How AI-powered Drones Automate Solar Panel Inspection

Technological advancements have introduced the world to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Acquiring data almost 50 times quicker than manual processes, UAVs are fairly inexpensive. Modern-day drones are furnished with thermal sensors that cover more area of land to recognize more defects than manual procedures. During solar panel inspection, thermal mapping presents a comprehensive outlook for businesses that manual inspection methods don’t offer.

Drones for Mining: A Tech Upgrade

India is home to nearly 95 different types of minerals, including metallic, non-metallic and minor minerals. Minerals act as raw materials to various industries. The rise in infrastructure development is one of the most significant growth drivers in the mining sector. It also holds paramount importance in India's economic growth. India is one of the top producers of essential minerals like bauxite and iron and the mining industry contributes nearly 2.5% to the GDP of India.

Drone Platform Company Skylark Drones Raises $3 Million In Pre-Series A Funding Round

Skylark Drones, a leading drone platform company, announced today that it has secured USD $3 million in a pre-series A funding round to strengthen its product offerings and fuel international expansion. The funding round was co-led by investors InfoEdge Ventures and IAN Fund with participation from AdvantEdge Founders, Fowler Westrup, Restart Labs, IKP and Vimson group. This follows the company’s previous seed funding round, which took place in 2018.

Drone Solutions in Governance & Entrepreneurship | Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Govt. of Karnataka shares his thoughts on the adoption of drone solutions for governance and its massive potential in years to come. He discusses the impact that drone technology has made and will continue to have in governance, entrepreneurship, and job creation among a host of other topics.

Drones for Solar Energy to the Future of Solar Energy | Tejus AV

CleanMax Solar has been instrumental in the push towards India's 100 GW goal and at the forefront of it has been Tejus AV. In the latest series of #TheHangar, Mughilan Thiru Ramasamy helps us explore his journey, drones, and technology among an array of topics and ideas. Follow us and join the discussion in the upcoming episodes.

From Digital Sky to Decision Making with Sharad Sharma

With time everything changes and the questions of how to manage this change at the intersection of technology, society, and business is something Sharad Sharma, co-founder of iSpirt has spent a lifetime answering. We explore this theme with drones, Digital Sky, and more in a series of episodes from #TheHangar with Mrinal Pai as the listener in chief. Follow us and spread the message for more in-depth segments that will follow!

Drone Solutions for the Asset Enterprise with Nitin Bhate

On our maiden flight with Nitin Bhate, India Commercial Leader for General Electric Power Digital we discuss drones and disruption in the enterprise. Before we dive into how tech. like drones are changing enterprises, jobs and our world, we get to know about Nitin and his journey.

Skylark's tryst with the Oracle

We spent an evening bombarding the "Oracle of Quora", Balaji Vishwanathan, with a whole barrage of questions. This is the summary of evening he spent with Skylark Drones.

What’s it like to work at India’s coolest drone startup?

The product lead of Drone Mission Ops details what it's like to work at Skylark Drones, India's coolest drone technology startup. Drone Mission Ops is one of Skylark's products along with Spectra and DronePass.

The ideal internship experience at Skylark Drones

OUR JOURNEY TOWARDS CRAFTING AN IDEAL INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT SKYLARK DRONES

How India’s drone story is ready to take off and our place in it

THE STORY OF INDIA'S DRONE REGULATIONS AND THE ROLE OF A BANGALORE STARTUP IN IT

How drone solutions are powering the future of solar energy

We explore how resources such as solar energy can benefit from the technology of the future, specifically drone based solutions and how each stage of setting up solar power stations can use drone solutions to bring light to the future we live in, but first, a brief history lesson.

How drone solutions help investors understand risk better

Investors and financial stakeholders have much to gain from drone based solutions, as it allows for a near real-time connection to the qualitative performance and qualitative health of an investment without having to worry about data or time.

How Sprng Energy is leveraging Spectra to climate-proof solar

We work with Sprng Energy to bring the advantages of drone based hydrology solutions that climate proof their most valuable solar assets.

How drone solutions can help the crop and community

Drone based solutions offer governance and traceability in a scalable manner to benefit the land, the people, and the crops.