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On the 11th of October, 2018, the DRONES4CIP project consortium visited ISFOC's facilities and held the annual project follow-up meeting. During the visit, representatives from the companies AYESA, AEORUM, and ISFOC reviewed the project's progress and successfully verified the completion of hybrid photovoltaic and wind electrical generation infrastructures for the automatic recharging of electric drones by ISFOC.

After this meeting, the final phase of the project will begin, which will involve both the installation of prototypes and the testing and validation of the systems developed in the project.

The DRONES4CIP project involves developing an automatic surveillance system for critical infrastructure using fleets of unmanned drones that coordinate with each other automatically for surveillance and the capture of images and data in a specific area. The flight is conducted automatically without a pilot, as is the processing of data and images. The system includes automatic recharging platforms equipped with photovoltaic and wind systems that generate electricity and store it in batteries, ready for when a drone with a low battery lands and a robotic arm recharges the drone's battery. Once the drone is recharged, it automatically resumes its control and surveillance tasks.

The project is funded by the INTERCONECTA Operational Programme for R&D+i for the benefit of companies – CDTI Technology Fund. File: 00091691 / ITC-20161257.