Start-up (building defect detection system)

Main article: Drones in construction

2024: Product Announcement

At the end of April 2024, it became known that the federal budgetary institution RosStroyKontrol, subordinate to the Ministry of Construction, was launching an automated Start system to search for defects in buildings under construction. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be used to record violations and shortcomings.

Collecting information about structures using drones will speed up the monitoring process and increase its accuracy. It is estimated that it takes about 10 minutes to fly over one floor of a building under construction, for example, a clinic. This is several times faster compared to the identification of construction defects by the manual method. Thus, it is possible to significantly reduce the time for production work.

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It is planned to integrate a neural network into the Start system, which will be able to generate a methodology, algorithm and flight route for the construction facility. Thanks to this, RosStroyKontrol hopes to solve the problem of errors and inaccuracies associated with the human factor. At the same time, it is not planned to completely replace specialists with artificial intelligence. The assessment of the data received will be given by a person.

Collecting information using drones is needed to speed up the process and accuracy. An employee may miss some kind of violation, but the neural network and drone will capture absolutely all defects, the message says.

RosStroyKontrol is aimed at automating various processes, including by introducing unmanned aircraft systems for monitoring at facilities. The organization, together with one of the Russian manufacturers, has developed a drone with collision protection "Hornet 8 GEO," which can fly indoors. Aerial photography uses a drone equipped with a high-quality video camera and GNSS receiver.^[1]

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