Elios
Elios is a collision-tolerant drone designed for industrial inspections. It can help operators remotely access boilers, tanks, pressure vessels, tunnels, or other complex environments in plants or hazardous environments.
- Creator
- Year
- 2016
- Country
- Switzerland 🇨🇭
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Did you know?
Elios was inspired by the ability of insects to keep their stability after an in-flight collision.
History
Elios was designed by Flyability, a Swiss company specialized in commercial drones for inspection and exploration of indoor, inaccessible, and confined spaces. Elios is designed to fly in narrow and highly cluttered areas, including inside buildings, enabling it to perform inspections of equipment and infrastructure. Flyability has hundreds of customers in over 50 countries. Elios is used in power generation, oil and gas, chemicals, maritime, utilities, public safety, and other industries.
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Specs
- Overview
Can operate close to structures or in contact with operators. Allows preliminary inspections to be completed with lower costs and less risk and downtime than current methods.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2016
- Website
- Width
- 40 cm
- Height
- 40 cm
- Length
- 40 cm
- Weight
- 0.75 kg
- Speed
- 20 km/h (average), 30 km/h (fast mode)
- Sensors
Full HD camera 1920x1080p, thermal camera 160x120p
- Materials
Carbon fiber, magnesium, plastic
- Software
Custom software
- Power
2800-mAh battery, 10 minutes flight time
- Cost
- $25,000
