A DRONE REVOLUTION

WHILE AUSTRALIAN MINERS WORK THE EARTH’S SURFACE, APTELLA IS WORKING TO SUPPORT THEM WITH AN EYE IN THE SKY.

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Gathering detailed data regularly and at scale isn’t easy in the middle of outback Australia, especially in challenging terrain and hazardous mining operations. But that’s exactly what technology solutions provider Aptella is doing.

Thanks to a partnership with fullstack technology and drone services developer Sphere Drones, Aptella offers a platform capable of autonomously scanning and mapping mines in even the most remote reaches of Australia.

The technology is called HubX, a solution designed for drone-in-a-box or terrestrial scanning tasks, easily deployable with a self-sustained, mobile form-factor.

What is drone-in-a-box? Often used in remote or hard-to-access operations, it consists of a drone operating out of a docking station.

When set up with a power source and an internet connection, HubX charges and operates drones autonomously, allowing operations to run 24–7 and reducing reliance on human presence.

“It’s not an understatement to say this is a drone infrastructure revolution,” Aptella drone market development manager Gavin Docherty told Australian Mining. “It’s the start of a new way of scanning and mapping, with permanent and mobile nodes offering miners flexibility in how they get their critical data.”