KDDI SmartDrone completes automated underwater breakwater inspection trial
KDDI SmartDrone, Prodrone and Idea said they had completed a demonstration of a remotely operated automated underwater inspection of a breakwater using an air-and-underwater drone system and acoustic positioning technology. The companies said the trial, conducted at Morozaki Port in Minamichita, Aichi Prefecture, involved a drone flying autonomously to a designated sea area, landing on the water surface, deploying a submersible drone, and carrying out automated underwater navigation and imaging of a breakwa