Powerbird autonomously latches onto power lines, harvests energy via magnetic induction, and recharges mid-mission — enabling truly unlimited flight time.
Average flight time before a drone must land and recharge — breaking operations, losing coverage.
Continuous missions require multiple drones rotating on the ground — multiplying cost and logistics.
In the field — wildfires, pipelines, borders — there's no charging station. The mission simply ends.
Power lines cross 7.3 million km of terrain globally — yet no drone harvests that energy. We built one that does.
Powerbird detects a power line, perches, recharges, and resumes — all without human intervention.
Computer vision and magnetic field sensing detect the nearest high-voltage transmission line within range.
The hook system clamps precisely onto the wire. Induction coils align automatically for maximum energy transfer.
The alternating magnetic field of the line drives our induction coil, converting it to clean DC power to top up the battery.
Battery recharged. Powerbird releases from the line and resumes its mission — no operator needed, no base to return to.
The core innovation is the clamping mechanism: a spring-loaded hook with integrated induction coils that grips any standard transmission wire. No contact required — energy harvesting is purely inductive.
Any mission that follows infrastructure — or operates near it — becomes viable with unlimited endurance.
Continuously patrol hundreds of kilometers of transmission infrastructure. Powerbird literally fuels itself from the lines it's inspecting.
Deploy near transmission corridors and maintain persistent aerial watch over fire-prone areas — no retrieval needed.
Perch on a line and extend radio/LTE coverage to remote areas where ground infrastructure doesn't reach.
Long-duration patrol along fenced perimeters or border corridors using the adjacent power infrastructure as fuel.
Inspect wind farms and solar fields, harvesting energy from the very grid they power. Fully circular operation.
Any vertical where endurance is the bottleneck. We're building for the applications that matter most first.
High-efficiency quadrotor platform with lightweight composite frame, optimized for prolonged hover and precision landing on cables.
Mechanical clamping system with integrated induction coils. Safe, secure, repeatable attachment across standard wire gauges.
Full closed-loop autonomy: detect line, approach, land, harvest, take off — with no operator in the loop.
Operations, strategy, and go-to-market. Pushing the frontier from concept to field deployment.
Deep hardware expertise. Designing the drone, hook system, and power electronics from the ground up.
We're looking for early partners, customers, and investors who believe in the power of persistent autonomy.