Automate your inspections with aerial and ground robots

Operations managers, HSE teams and asset managers running automated capture programs across construction, oil and gas, mining, solar and utilities use DroneDeploy Robotics to reduce manual inspection in hazardous or hard-to-access environments and maintain consistent visual records of infrastructure condition over time. Technology leads deploying autonomous capture as part of a broader operational program, and IT teams managing data compliance for autonomous hardware, will find the platform built for enterprise deployment from the start.

Two hardware modalities: docked drones and ground robots, including Boston Dynamics Spot and Unitree Go2-W. Both flow into the same platform with the same flight planning, processing and AI analysis workflow.

DroneDeploy Robotics is designed for fully unattended operation. You schedule missions in advance – the robot launches, captures, uploads and returns without any human on site. See the Dock Automation Overview for more on how autonomous missions work.

Mission scheduling happens in the DroneDeploy platform. Define the area or assets, set the time and frequency, and the system handles execution. Missions can be daily, weekly or triggered on demand.

Data uploads to your DroneDeploy account and processes automatically. Depending on which AI products are active, your team receives progress reports, safety findings, or inspection records. See Safety AI and Progress AI for details on what each agent delivers.

Hazardous and hard-to-access environments are the primary use case for robotic capture. Robots inspect assets where sending personnel creates risk – flammable zones, elevated structures, active production areas, remote sites. DroneDeploy supports BVLOS operation for maximum coverage with minimal human deployment.

Robotic capture is more consistent than field crew deployment. The robot follows the same flight path every mission, at the same altitude and settings. Change detection over time is more reliable when every capture is identical.

Manual flights, 360 walks and robotic missions all feed into the same DroneDeploy project. Data from different capture methods sits side by side, organized by date and location.

Construction, oil and gas, mining, solar and infrastructure. Sites that need frequent, consistent documentation across large or complex areas – where deploying a robot is faster, safer and more repeatable than sending a crew.

Dock Automation and Industrial Inspection support BVLOS operations. Geofencing for docked drones helps ensure compliant BVLOS coverage. BVLOS regulatory requirements vary by region – your account team can walk through what applies to your program.

DroneDeploy Firewall routes all data from docked and robotic missions directly to DroneDeploy-controlled US servers via a secure encrypted tunnel. No data reaches third-party endpoints. Static IP whitelisting is supported for enterprise network security policies.