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PowerAI Basic is a software platform that accelerates your visual inspection program from day one. If you’re collecting less than 50,000 inspection images per year, get started with PowerAI Basic to manage, analyze and prioritize your dataset in a central location. The software ingests data for analysis by utility inspectors and prepares your team for a full AI-powered solution when you’re ready to scale.

PowerAI Basic Capabilities

A good way to understand PowerAI Basic is to look at the process that it automates which utilizes five steps to transform inspection image data into actionable insights for utility teams. PowerAI Basic enables utilities to streamline workflows with an option to add AI-based processing in the future.

PowerAI Basic Workflow

Inspection image data management, analysis and reporting process

Ingest
PowerAI Basic allows drag and drop ingestion of up to 10,000 images in one quick step, into a secure cloud deployment.
Prioritize
PowerAI Basic helps utilities prioritize maintenance issues detected by AI to ensure that the most critical issues flow into work orders first.
Map Structures
PowerAI Basic uses metadata or an ESRI ArcGIS license to seamlessly map structures (poles and towers) with IDs and information.
Report
PowerAI Basic includes a set of standard reports in PDF or JSON file formats, useful for triggering utility actions.
Analyze
PowerAI Basic makes it easy for utility inspectors to review images, tag assets, and highlight problems.

How PowerAI Basic Helps

Power AI helps utilities in several ways.  Asset management is improved with a better understanding of system components at each structure and reliability is improved when system anomalies are quickly identified and addressed.

Improved asset management

PowerAI Basic can be used in combination with aerial inspections to quickly and cost-effectively identify assets at each pole or tower. This information is valuable for capacity planning and asset replacement programs.

Increased reliability due to proactive maintenance

When system anomalies are caught and addressed early,  reliability increases and costs are reduced. With aerial inspections and PowerAI Basic software inspection work can be done more quickly.

Cost effective approach to scaling image data analysis

With PowerAI Basic  utilities can manage inspection data more effectively. When inspection programs grow, they can automate further by upgrading to PowerAI which provides AI-based issue detection and integration APIs.

Cybersecure management of utility data

PowerAI Basic’s cloud deployment is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliant. Buzz Solutions completed proper risk assessments and penetration tests and implemented security policies and procedures to protect sensitive 
customer data.

Improved safety by climbing only when needed   

When inspections are completed with drones and PowerAI Basic software, line workers don t need to climb as many structures. By automating, utility safety is improved, and line workers can focus more time on repairs.

PowerAI Basic Features

  • Broad image source support
  • Fast data ingestion
  • Automated structure mapping
  • Tools to highlight defects
  • Reporting
  • SOC 2 Compliant

Image Sources

Drone

Helicopter

Fixed Aircraft

Ground-level Camera

Transmission towers, insulators 
and connectors
Distribution poles, cross arms
and insulators
Animal nests on power system structures
Conductors, hardware and pole tops
Vegetation encroachment
 at pole locations
Dampers, armor grips, cotter pins

With PowerAI Basic, now you can scale your drone inspection program

Our mission is to modernize energy infrastructure with actionable intelligence