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Elios
Details
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
- Flyability
- Country
- Switzerland π¨π
- Year
- 2016
- Type
- Drones, Disaster Response, Industrial
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Did You Know?
Elios was inspired by the ability of insects to keep their stability after an in-flight collision. |
Flyability won the $1 million Drones for Good Award in Dubai in 2015. |
The name Elios refers to its ability to light up in the dark and glow like a sun. |
Specs
- FEATURES
- 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.
- HEIGHT
- 40 cm | 15.7 in
- LENGTH
- 40 cm | 15.7 in
- WIDTH
- 40 cm | 15.7 in
- WEIGHT
- 0.75 kg | 1.65 lb
- SPEED
- 20 km/h | 12.4 mph (Fast mode: 30 km/h | 18.6 mph)
- SENSORS
- Full HD camera 1920x1080p, thermal camera 160x120p
- ACTUATORS
- N/A
- POWER
- 2800-mAh battery, 10 minutes flight time
- COMPUTING
- N/A
- SOFTWARE
- Custom software
- DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF)
- N/A
- MATERIALS
- Carbon fiber, magnesium, plastic
- COST
- $25,000
- STATUS
- Ongoing
- WEBSITE
- https://www.flyability.com/