The usage of an automatic mechanism or robot for the installation of devices (mounted on the cables with a rolling mechanism) was also reported, though the deployment was done by a helicopter or manually since the payload of the UAVs was not sufficient [17]. [PERSON] et al. investigated the visual inspection of power lines using a multirotor UAV and image processing [18]. The range of the image capturing was calculated, and the efficiency of the automatic inspection was calculated to be 58-62% concerning manual conventional inspections. [PERSON] et al. used a mini-UAV and LiDAR sensor for inspection and survey of the terrain under pylons [19]. [PERSON] et al. presented the automatic extraction of high-voltage power transmission objects from UAV LiDAR point clouds [20]. Visual inspection is common for power lines, though the maintenance part requires touching the cables; there has been some effort to grasp the cable [21]. This could be critical since even coming near the cables exposes the UAV to a high magnitude magnetic field and noise [22]. Working near the cables and pylons also has advantages, such as the wireless charging of batteries [23; 24]. It was shown that direct contact with power lines caused a malfunction in the electronic speed controller and resulted in the UAV falling [25]. It was recommended to insulate the add-ons of the UAV to avoid electrical interference; here, in this work, we use the same approach and insulate the linear actuator with non-conductive material. Among all the IM tasks carried out by energy distribution companies, in this work, we focus on bird flight diverters. These devices are the most widespread measure to reduce bird collisions with these infrastructures and therefore mitigate their impact on wildlife. Thus, most of the available studies reporting on these diverters are devoted to either confirming their effectiveness in the reduction of avian mortality at power lines, as in [26; 27], or even in night collisions as in [28], or analyzing the impact of malfunctioning, as power line companies do not replace them often due to high cost, as in [29]. Importantly, unlike in vision inspection works, bird flight diverters need interaction with cables for their installation. Thus, the short circuit problem, shielding, isolation of the UAV, etc., must be considered. This research presents a prototype design and development of the system along with experimentation in an indoor testbed. This is the first and necessary step before a validation test on real power lines and pylons due to safety reasons. _Problem statement_: Bird flight diverters, commonly known in the industry as _bird flappers_, _bird diverters_, _power line markers_, or simply _diverters_, are devices developed to increase overhead power line visibility for birds and reduce their risk of collision. They are also often installed on overhead cables near airfields to reduce the possibility of an aircraft or drone collision, and some of them use marking lights or strobe lights to improve visibility at night. In this paper, a kind of clip-type diverter commonly used by Endesa(r) (the main Spanish electricity company) has been employed (see Figure 1). These diverters have two components: a supporting clip and two attached flaps. In this case, the clip is made of a \(50\times 50\times 60\) mm red plastic part with a 12 mm hole in the middle and a guiding slot a little bit smaller than the diameter of the cables considered (about 10 mm). Two \(300\times 55\times 3\) mm black rubber flaps are attached to each side of the clip. This kind of diverter is very robust and durable due to the lack of moving parts. It is installed by pushing the clip onto the power line cable until it is plugged in, as shown in Figure 1b. Several tests have been performed to obtain the required pushing force for the installation: 440 N (45 kg). Once it is installed, the diverter can rotate around the cable due to winds or bird strikes.