Frequent incidents of drones colliding with power lines and crashing, SingTown Technology introduces innovative AI visual avoidance solutions.

SingTown Technology's intelligent camera system, based on OpenMV, enables real-time identification and obstacle avoidance detection of wires and cables during drone flight. Utilising AI and machine vision algorithms, the system accurately identifies fine wire targets within complex backgrounds, provides early warnings, and assists drones in automatically adjusting flight paths to prevent collisions, thereby enhancing flight safety.

In tasks such as drone inspection, surveying, mapping, and transportation, power lines and cables are among the most threatening potential obstacles. Wires are thin, exhibit varied colours, and are often situated in complex environments, making them difficult to accurately identify using traditional radar or infrared sensors.

To address this challenge, SingTown Technology has developed an AI smart camera solution based on the OpenMV platform, integrating machine vision and computer vision technologies to achieve precise detection and obstacle avoidance warnings for wires and cables.

The system captures flight footage in real-time via a high-frame-rate camera, while AI algorithms analyse linear structural features within the images to identify the position, orientation, and relative distance of power lines relative to the drone. Even in environments with strong light, shadows, or intersecting wires, it can quickly distinguish cable outlines. The recognition results can be transmitted in real-time to the flight control system, assisting the drone in automatically adjusting its course and altitude to avoid collisions.

The edge deployment advantage of this solution makes it particularly suitable for projects with high demands for real-time performance and accuracy, yet limited installation conditions, such as drone operation scenarios including power inspection, communication maintenance, geological surveying, and security monitoring. The OpenMV smart camera features miniaturisation, low power consumption, and high frame rate, enabling easy integration into multi-rotor or fixed-wing platforms to provide robust visual perception capabilities without increasing payload.

SingTown Technology, with its core expertise in edge AI, machine vision, and image recognition, empowers drones with the ability to "see" and actively avoid power lines and cables, providing safety escorts for intelligent flight. This enables embedded vision technology to propel the drone industry toward a smarter and more reliable future.