Built in the field,
not at the desk.

Daisy Studio builds field capture systems for inspection. Every photograph, clip, thermal image and spoken observation is linked to where it was taken, at the moment it is taken. EdgeRaptor does this for industrial storage tanks; Willow does it for residential surveys and home inspections.

Why Daisy Studio exists

Most inspection software starts at the report. By then the evidence is already scattered across camera rolls, folders and notebooks, and hours go on putting it back together.

We start at the inspection, because that is where evidence is won or lost. Capture it once, link it at source, and the record is complete before anyone sits down to write.

The professional's judgement leads. Our job is to make sure the evidence behind it is complete, linked and traceable.

How we work

  • Problem first

    We start with the inspector on site, not with the technology. Time spent alongside surveyors, home inspectors and tank crews shapes what we build.

  • Judgement stays human

    The inspector's own words are the primary evidence. AI suggests, checks and flags gaps; it never writes conclusions.

  • Nothing silently inferred

    Every field in the record shows where it came from. When the evidence is not good enough, the system asks for another capture.

  • Alongside, not instead

    Our records are designed to feed the report writers, CRMs and integrity systems that firms already use.

Dr Simon McCool

Founder

Simon founded Daisy Studio to close the gap between what an inspector sees on site and what reaches the record. His PhD in computer vision and machine learning, at the University of Hertfordshire, predicted vehicle intent in real time from video, benchmarked against leading autonomous-driving systems.

He spent nearly a decade in industrial AI research and development, and before that led departments in secondary education, which shapes Daisy Studio's focus on supervision and well-evidenced work. Before building Willow he spent 14 months embedded alongside RICS surveyors. Born in Glasgow, he is based in London.

  • PhD, Computer Vision and Machine Learning, University of Hertfordshire
  • MSc Computer Science, with Distinction
  • BSc Ocean Science and Astronomy
  • About 30 years across education, AI engineering and field research
The EdgeRaptor field rig in use: pole camera, tablet and hi-vis
The field rig in use, September 2026

The field work behind the products

Everything we build has been shaped on real sites, next to the people who do the work.

  1. United Kingdom 14 months with RICS surveyors

    Embedded alongside chartered surveyors, learning how residential surveys are captured, supervised and written up.

  2. Florida 2026

    Field research with home inspectors, adapting Willow to Florida's inspection forms.

  3. Texas July 2026

    Field research on working storage tank sites, which reshaped EdgeRaptor around voice capture and a ground-first pole pass.

  4. Southern England September 2026

    The integrated field rig tested end to end outdoors on disused steel gasholders, with AI evidence review returned on site.

Two products, one evidence engine

  • EdgeRaptor

    Inspection evidence for industrial assets.

    Pole camera, thermal and voice capture for the external inspection of aboveground storage tanks, with every observation bound to its place on the tank.

    Explore EdgeRaptor

  • Willow

    The evidence layer beneath residential surveys.

    Pole camera, close-up video, thermal and voice capture for surveyors and home inspectors, handed to the CRM and report writer they already use.

    Explore Willow

Talk to us

Whether you inspect tanks, survey homes or run a team that does, we would like to hear how evidence reaches your records today.

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