Drones Help Bring Back Electricity in Puerto Rico

Commercial drones are pretty lazy. Think about it: They spend most of their time taking photos and videos, inspecting equipment and streaming the footage back to HQ, or performing automated mapping or scanning tasks with assorted sensors. When will these drones finally start pulling their weight? Right now, in Puerto Rico, it turns out. There, hundreds of thousands of American citizens continue to suffer through power outages, which began when Hurricane Maria battered the island with 155 mph wind gusts last fall.