So what is automation? We keep hearing this buzz term in tech and its impacts in various industries. Automation leverages technology to manage, monitor, or perform a form of production and/or service. Can automation be applied to roofing? Yes. Roofing is obviously a trade that requires a lot of human touch, but that does not rule out the fact that technology can be implemented to supplement the human components. Over the last decade, we’ve seen many instances of automation applied to the roofing industry, and it’s helping companies become more successful.       

Believe it or not, we’re at a point where it’s literally no longer necessary to climb on roofs to inspect them for damage. Damage detection can now be conducted with the use of drones. The newest drones are equipped with 4K cameras for maximum clarity. Images taken from the 4K cameras can be run through machine learning software such as Panton’s, to detect anomalies within the images themselves — highlighting the presence of damage.