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Percepto Air Max
Percepto Autonomous Inspection
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Percepto Air Max
Percepto Autonomous InspectionThe Percepto Air Max is an enterprise drone-in-a-box system developed by Percepto (founded 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel) designed for autonomous industrial inspection and monitoring in energy, utilities, oil & gas, and mining sectors. It features a 24MP RGB camera, radiometric thermal imaging, and an optional Sierra Olympia Ventus OGI payload for methane detection, housed in a weatherproof base station (Percepto Base) rated for hurricane Category 5 winds and 24/7/365 operation. The system has received significant regulatory validation including nationwide FAA BVLOS approvals, EPA Alternative Test Method authorization under Subparts OOOOa & OOOOb, and Canadian permissions for power station monitoring. Customers include Chevron, ExxonMobil, Siemens Energy, and Florida Power & Light, with documented deployments showing measurable operational savings. The Air Max operates autonomously via an onboard AI module (Percepto Core) and the AIM software platform, executing pre-programmed missions without a human performing the inspection task, though FAA-certified pilot manual override capability exists.
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Specification
- hardware_drone_dimensions
- Air Max: 61.8" / 157 cm diagonal (propeller tip); 21 lb / 9.5 kg
- hardware_base_station_dimensions
- Large base: W 65.4" L 63.8" H 66.1" / 166×162×168 cm; 771.6 lb / 350 kg. Compact base: W 39.4" L 39.4" H 29.5" / 100×100×75 cm; 220.5 lb / 100 kg
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Evidence-graded claims from the Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report
Percepto holds an FAA nationwide waiver enabling autonomous drone-in-a-box operations across the U.S. without on-site human pilots.
The FAA waiver is stated in the vendor press release [1] and independently corroborated by sUAS News, a specialist aviation trade outlet [2]; however, the precise operational scope and any conditions attached to the waiver remain unverified by a regulatory primary source.
from Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report →Percepto has raised over $120M in total funding (Series B: $45M; Series C: $67M equity+debt), with Koch Disruptive Technologies as lead/repeat investor.
The Series C amount and KDT lead role are corroborated by multiple independent news outlets including sUAS News and The SaaS News [2][6], though the debt/equity split within the $67M and the total $120M+ figure rely primarily on the vendor's own press release [1].
from Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report →
Percepto's autonomous OGI (Optical Gas Imaging) drones are EPA-approved for federal emissions inspections.
The EPA approval claim appears only on Percepto's own news page [8] with no independent regulatory confirmation, third-party audit, or EPA press release present in the dossier to substantiate it.
from Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report →The AIM platform supports 24/7 all-weather autonomous inspection, including gas leak detection, overheating detection, infrastructure deterioration, and real-time breach alerts.
These capability claims are consistent across multiple vendor sources [1][4][8] but no independent performance benchmark, customer field report, or third-party test result in the dossier validates all-weather reliability or detection accuracy metrics.
from Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report →Percepto's AIM platform integrates heterogeneous data sources — autonomous drones, ground robots, static cameras, CCTV, piloted drones, and mobile cameras — into a single AI-powered inspection workflow.
Multi-source integration is described consistently across vendor and directory sources [3][4][8] but no independent system integration test, customer architecture review, or analyst report in the dossier confirms that all listed data sources function cohesively in live deployments.
from Percepto Autonomous Inspection deep report →
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