Donecle
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Donecle is a Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer which develops autonomous aircraft inspection UAVs. The company offers single UAVs and swarms of UAVs to visually inspect the exterior of airliners.
Company type | SAS |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | September 2015 in Labège, Haute-Garonne, France |
Founder | Yann Bruner Matthieu Claybrough Josselin Bequet Alban Deruaz-Pepin |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Autonomous aircraft inspection UAVs |
Autonomous navigation of the UAVs is based on laser positioning technology. UAVs take pictures of the aircraft with high resolution cameras. Image processing and machine learning algorithms analyse the images. The system then provides a diagnostic of the aircraft surface to a qualified inspector, who reviews the images and validates or refutes the provided analysis.
The company works with airlines such as Air France Industries-KLM and aircraft manufacturers such as Dassault Aviation and is one of the players in the field of aeronautical maintenance automation.