Detecting woodpecker damage on fibre-optic cables with drones – Connecto project

Hepta Insights conducted a drone inspection project for Connecto to assess the extent of woodpecker damage on fiber-optic cables. Detecting woodpecker damage on poles during regular powerline inspections is a regular task. But this was the first time Hepta inspected to find defects caused by woodpeckers in the fibre-optic grid. Read on from the case studies…

Example of woodpecker damage on fibre-optic cables in Estonia, defects marked in Hepta Insights Software.