ikeGPS Launches AI-Powered Assistant to Increase Productivity for Analyzing Utility Pole Data

Meet PolePilot, IKE's automated assistant that annotates pole imagery and detects attachment heights

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ikeGPS (IKE), a leading provider of data acquisition and analysis solutions for overhead power and communication networks, proudly announces the launch of PolePilot™, a new automated assistant for utility pole data analysis.

Powered by IKE's advanced AI/ML algorithms and image recognition capabilities, PolePilot is designed to accelerate common tasks involving overhead asset data. Now available within IKE Office Pro, IKE's leading pole data management solution, PolePilot automatically detects and annotates equipment and heights of attachments on utility poles, including power and communications lines, transformers and streetlights. By applying computer vision models designed with IKE's expertise in pole imagery, PolePilot materially reduces the time and costs required to annotate pole equipment, human error, data inconsistencies and onboarding time for new analysts.

This development expands on the strength of IKE's intelligent automation capabilities, which include automated applications for double wood detection and joint-use ticket management. Future applications of PolePilot's process automation capabilities are planned across the IKE overhead asset management suite.

"Analyzing pole imagery can be a time-consuming process, especially when faced with numerous or complex attachments, large volumes of poles to process and varying experience levels of analysts," says IKE Senior Vice President of Product Brett Willitt. "PolePilot for IKE Office Pro helps jumpstart the detection and annotation work, removing friction from the process, saving time and improving consistency."

IKE conducted a beta program with users to test PolePilot's accuracy, efficiency and usability in real-life utility industry use cases. Program participants achieved faster pole annotation and improved consistency during the beta testing period. They identified additional benefits, including accelerated training and QC processes and optimized display and reporting of data.

Matthew Carroll of Linetec Services, one of the PolePilot beta program testers, commented, "PolePilot helps improve consistency in the HOA tagging process. It will help speed up the QC process as well as onboard new hires that may not have as much industry experience." 

Learn more about PolePilot for IKE Office Pro here.

About IKE:
ikeGPS, the PoleOS™ Company, provides data acquisition and analysis solutions for overhead power and communication infrastructure. IKE delivers actionable insights that help electric utilities, communications companies and their engineering providers optimize assets and achieve critical industry objectives, such as grid resiliency and fiber broadband expansions. With two decades of industry expertise, IKE is trusted by eight of the 10 largest investor-owned electric utilities in North America and 450 enterprise customers. Headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, IKE is driven by a commitment to essential infrastructure and to the success and well-being of those who manage it. Learn more at www.ikegps.com.

SOURCE ikeGPS Inc