OUR SERVICES

Drone Development Services

Consultation

We can help you with project preparations. We follow public funding instruments and help members with them. We search new business opportunities and regulation improvements. Following-up and influencing drone regulation, for example in Europe, Americas and Asia, is part of our expertise. We influence education: we are working to get drone specific courses started in different universities. We also train drone experts available for companies.

Access to technology expertise and facilities for validation

ADL provides industry, especially SMEs, an access to technology expertise through the cooperation projects, which is conducted either with industry partner’s own experts or experts through the ADL network in the field of chosen activities listed in the application. Examples of cooperation projects: building and testing drones and related sensors, cellular phone applications, and software for data processing.

Experts through ADL have consulted SMEs from technology concept level through prototype development to demonstrations in operational environments.

ADL includes more than 20 Finnish companies or research institutes covering a wide range of experts focused on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and technologies utilised; i.e. printed intelligence, broadband comms, sensor technologies, image processing.

Following-up and influencing drone regulation is part of our expertise.

ADL has full-scale labs to develop, integrate and test electronics (including printed electronics) and mechanics. Through its network it provides companies access to (list exemplary, not exhaustive) electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), specific absorption rate (SAR), hardware reliability (stress/fatigue, climate conditions) or over-the air (OTA) tests and validations.

Proof of concepts / Lab testing

Lab testing in TR Levels 3 and 4 can be done in several laboratory facilities in collaboration with ecosystem members, such as Oulu University of Applied Sciences, University of Oulu, VTT and TESTiLABS.

We prepare environments and fields for testing drone related proof-of-concepts and products. Currently we have testing areas/facilities (drone labs) in several locations in Finland, where drone equipment is available for rapid testing of new ideas. We also have a network of drone pilots available for helping with diverse missions.

Prototype development and testing

Arctic Drone Labs facilitates testing processes for prototype development in TR Levels 4 and 5.

The aim is to utilise drone-related technology to increase the business potential of companies and to increase the efficiency of the activities of public stakeholders. The demonstrations will carry out rapid experiments using drones and related peripherals and tools, with the aim of creating new products and services. The project will be implemented in close cooperation with companies, research institutes and authorities in the relevant area. Examples of quick experiments: supervision, cleaning and washing, temperature measurement, automated work processes, supply of goods, utility inspections.

Demonstrations

We conduct different types of product demonstrations in TR Levels 6 and 7. The demonstrations are typically owned by SMEs or other Arctic Drone Labs networked partners.

Examples:

• Integrating high resolution thermal cameras to flying platforms e.g for checking structures and finding missing persons in the terrain.

• Integrating light detection and ranging (LIDAR) or RGB camera equipment for photogrammetry and 3D-modelling of target objects, sensors measuring distances (ranging), hyper-spectral and multispectral imaging and data analysis.

• Our multispectral cameras can be utilised to demonstrate agricultural photography in industrially relevant or operational environments.

The following services are in the planning phase and will be available in future:

• Pilot production and demonstration / pilot lines / pre-series

• Product validation / certification

Information

We share information of current events, research and development. We organise seminars and online meetings for our collaborators. We also collect the drone-related news to our webpage and social media channels.

Networking

Our ecosystem includes more than 20 Finnish companies or research institutes. Therefore, it covers most of the experts in the field of drones.

With our help, you can network with companies, researchers and public instances. We help members to contact other DIH’s in Finland. We offer international exhibition participation and facilitate shared booths. We represent in the field and can link members to international cases.