Flyability

Flyability funding got a major boost this week as the company celebrated a  15 million Swiss Franc (CHF) Series C funding round, augmenting their previous CHF 7 million.   (CHF 22 million is currently about $22, 645,000 USD.)  The companies unique Elios 3 collision safe platform for indoor inspection was …

Flyability Unveils the Elios 3 LiDAR Drone for Dark, Dirty and Dangerous Indoor Spaces by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Today, Flyability launched its Elios 3, the first ever collision-tolerant drone equipped with a LiDAR sensor for indoor 3D mapping. Continue reading or listen below: Since its first product …

Flyability and WinCan Partner on Wastewater Inspection Solution by DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Indoor drone provider Flyability has formed a partnership with sewer inspection software provider WinCan in order to make sewer inspections safer, quicker, and more cost effective. Wastewater inspection professionals are increasingly employing Flyability’s Elios 2 …

Inspection drone provider Flyability has flown into some green skies—scooping up $8.6 million in Series C investment funding. Led by Future Industry Ventures and Swisscom Ventures as well as existing investor, ETF Partners, the infusion will fuel Flyability’s product development and expansion of its indoor drone inspection efforts. Founded in 2014, …

Source: Flyability In 2019, Switzerland-based Flyability had a mystery to solve at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Was nuclear waste still present in one of the plant’s decommissioned reactors? “At the time of the disaster, the fifth block of the Chernobyl Plant was under construction and nearing completion,” a Flyability spokesperson …

“3D modeling brings tremendous value to inspection professionals on multiple fronts,” says Flyability’s Marc Gandillon.  “First of all, when looking at a defect using remote visual inspection technology, the information you get on the video stream is flat. You can easily spot cracks, corrosion, or other visually-featured defects. However, sometimes, this …

Flyability is the Swiss company with a unique and powerful solution for indoor inspections – and at London’s Commercial UAV Show this morning, CEO and co-founder Patrick Thévoz explained why indoor drone programs have a high return on investment – along with lower risks. The Flyability Elios series is eminently …

Think that drones are only good for flying outside?  Check out this Commercial Drones Podcast as Patrick Thévoz of Swiss-based Flyability talks to Commercial Drones Podcast host and industry expert Ian Smith. Indoor drone inspections have become an enormous ROI booster for energy companies who own and operate industrial assets. Patrick …

It’s been a mantra for the commercial drone industry since they got started – if you’ve got a job that is dark, dirty or dangerous, use a drone.  Swiss-based Flyability designs collision-tolerant drones that can perform visual inspections where even other drones can’t fly- into inaccessible spaces like mines, nuclear …

Flyability’s Elios drone DRONELIFE attended The Commercial UAV Show in London on November 14-15, 2018.  It was a great show full of new technology and new ideas for the drone industry.  We asked 3 industry leaders for their perspective on the European market for drones – their answers may surprise you. …