It really interesting to make note of the different approaches that are used to solve problems. In this case university research seeks to learn how to teach a drone how to travel though a confined space by emulating the flight patterns of birds and bees. There are different approaches to solve the problem of flying in a confined space and this one uses an approach called … [Read more...] about Teaching Drones to Travel in Small spaces by Watching the Birds and the Bees
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60,000 Bottles of Beer per Hour: This Collision-Tolerant Drone Keeps Production Going During Inspection at Pilsner Urquell
It’s a challenging question: how to inspect the ceiling of a vast production facility, without having to shut it down. Czechoslovakian beer giant Pilsner Urquell found the answer with Flyability’s collision-tolerant Elios drone, designed to navigate difficult spaces. Able to gather good footage while bouncing unharmed off of obstacles, Elios was able to negotiate electrical … [Read more...] about 60,000 Bottles of Beer per Hour: This Collision-Tolerant Drone Keeps Production Going During Inspection at Pilsner Urquell
Drones in Mining: A Special Kind of Drone for Inaccessible Spaces
Mining is a growing vertical for the drone industry. Drones have a lot to offer mining: monitoring of remote operations, measuring stockpiles, and other geospatial applications have been adopted at scale in open mines. But there's an entirely different area of the mine that may get even more benefit from drone technology: inside. Inspections around dangerous equipment, … [Read more...] about Drones in Mining: A Special Kind of Drone for Inaccessible Spaces
Exelon AeroLabs Becomes an Authorized Reseller of the Flyability Elios
Swiss company Flyability has a truly unique offering - a collision tolerant drone capable of inspecting dark, dangerous indoor spaces like mine shafts, box girders, or nuclear tanks. Now Flyability's flagship product Elios will be more easily available to the U.S. market, as the company announces a partnership with Exelon, North America's leading competitive energy … [Read more...] about Exelon AeroLabs Becomes an Authorized Reseller of the Flyability Elios
Have a Ball: Flyability Elios Industrial Inspection Drone
The Roswell Test Flight Crew met with several companies while attending Xponential in Dallas a couple months ago. In this episode, the Roswell Flight Test Crew speaks with Marc Gandillon, the marketing manager for Flyability about the company's ball-shaped industrial inspection drone, the Elios. The cage surrounding the drone is able to rotate independently of the drone itself, … [Read more...] about Have a Ball: Flyability Elios Industrial Inspection Drone
