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500 drone inspections feed an AI corrosion model for National Grid
The hard part was not the AI, it was taking 500 photos the same way so a model could use them.

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Team UAV · Dylan Chambers · Oct 21, 2026
The hard part was not the AI, it was taking 500 photos the same way so a model could use them.

Testing SCADA code against a fake PLC is the boring step that keeps agents off live controllers.
Autonomy in the field is arriving one loop at a time, not as one big switch.
It pairs the Neuron protocol collector with an MQTT bus and a gateway, and an agent only sees the devices and tools its API key allows. Devices must be imported on purpose, and unknown nodes are never enrolled on their own.
For automation and IT/OT teams: a pattern for giving agents read access to plant data through one gated door.