Drones
Your site, seen from above.
Drones that fly perimeter checks, inspect what a ladder cannot reach, and put first eyes on an alert, then land, charge, and go again.
- All 50
- US states served
- 85+
- metros, closest-hub dispatch
- <10 min
- 24/7 tech support
- 24/7
- emergency response
What it is
A drone flies scheduled patrol and inspection routes over a site and launches on demand when an alert fires, putting eyes on the scene before anyone walks out. Service Robot Co. rents the drone and dock, designs the program around current aviation rules for your site, deploys it, and services it across all 50 US states.
A drone program is a dock, an aircraft, and a set of routes. The dock sits on a roof or a pad; the drone launches on a schedule or on an alert, flies the route, streams what it sees, and lands itself to charge. Large perimeters, roofs, masts, solar rows, and yards get covered in minutes instead of a walking hour.
The hard part is not the aircraft, it is running the program: siting the dock, designing routes, staying inside aviation rules, and keeping the hardware serviced. That is the part we own. We design the operation around the current rules and required approvals for your site, deploy it, train your team, and keep it flying.
Field notes
The patrol route is going airborne, and the dock is what made it practical.
$54.6B
The commercial drone market by 2030. Aerial work is becoming a line item, not an experiment.
Grand View Research
19.7%
Annual growth of drone-in-a-box programs through 2030, the docked model that removes the standing pilot.
The Business Research Company
$3.5B
Where the docked-drone market alone lands by 2030, up from under a billion in 2022.
Fortune Business Insights
What it does
Everything the unit does, in plain terms.
No spec-sheet fog. This is the job the robot takes off your team.
Night patrolPatrols on a schedule
Flies the perimeter and the roof line on set routes, day after day, and streams what it sees.
Alert responseFirst eyes on an alert
Launches when a sensor or camera fires, so someone sees the scene before a person is on site.
Pipeline corridorInspects the hard-to-reach
Pipelines, roofs, masts, solar rows, and towers, without a ladder, a lift, or a shutdown.
Rooftop padLands, charges, repeats
The dock handles landing and charging, so the program runs without a pilot standing by.
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The sites putting it to work.
Perimeters & yards
Cover a fence line in minutes that takes a guard an hour to walk.
Infrastructure inspection
Bridges, towers, and rooftops checked on a schedule, with a record.
Alert response
Eyes on an alarm in seconds, before dispatching a person.
Solar & utilities
Scan panel rows and substations without rolling a truck.
Construction sites
Track progress and check the site from the air week to week.
Truck yards & depots
Watch the lot and the fence line after the shift clears.
Ports & container yards
Fly the stacks and the quay to spot issues fast.
Cell & radio towers
Inspect the mast and antennas without a climb.
Pipelines & corridors
Track a right-of-way across open ground on a set route.
Refineries & tank farms
Check stacks, tanks, and flare tips from a safe standoff.
Rooftops & facades
Inspect roofs and building faces without a lift.
Warehouse roofs & racking
Check roof lines and top racking from the air.
Stockpiles & quarries
Fly volumes and faces for a regular measure.
Wind farms
Inspect blades and nacelles without a rope team.
Event & campus security
Put eyes over a crowd or campus during an event.
Rail & transit corridors
Patrol track and yards on a scheduled pass.
- Truck yards & depots
- Construction
- Utilities & energy
- Public sector
- Event venues
On the floor
Where you'll see it working.
How we back it
We don't hand you a box and wave.
We rent it, deploy it, service it, and back it up, so the robot stays field-ready instead of turning into shelfware.
We rent it
Take the robot on a monthly rental. No purchase, no capital tied up in a machine you use part-time.
We deploy it
On-site setup, route and task configuration, and a walkthrough, so the robot earns its keep from day one.
We service it
Repairs, parts, and support across all 50 US states. A robot that breaks is our problem to fix, not your downtime to eat.
We back it up
If a unit goes down, we swap it. You keep your schedule and we carry the spare.
Monthly rental · see rental pricing
Common questions
Want one working for you?
Tell us the job and the site. We'll match the drones, quote the rental, walk your team through it, and keep it serviced.
Find the robot that fits your site.
Free site assessment. We tell you what actually works before you spend a dollar.