What is the Flyability Elios 3?
The Elios 3 is a collision-tolerant inspection drone from Flyability, built to fly inside confined industrial spaces. A protective carbon fiber cage lets it bump into surfaces and keep flying, and it carries LiDAR mapping and a 4K camera. It is at the commercial stage with verified deployments.
Key facts
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- commercial
- Verified deployments
- 2
- Maker
- Flyability
What it is
Per the Elios 3 registry record, the Elios 3 is an indoor inspection drone designed for confined spaces such as tanks, boilers, sewers, and mines, places that are dangerous or impractical for people to enter. It is made by Flyability, a company based in Lausanne, Switzerland and founded in 2014.
What makes it different
The defining feature is a protective carbon fiber cage that surrounds the aircraft, so it is collision-tolerant: it can touch walls and obstacles and keep flying, which is exactly what indoor inspection in tight, GPS-denied spaces requires. The registry lists LiDAR mapping, used to build a 3D model of the space, and a 4K camera for visual inspection.
Where it is deployed
DEPLOY records 2 verified deployments, including a global multi-site footprint spanning many cities and a power plant inspection in Lausanne. These are confirmed with primary sources. The Elios 3 is at the commercial stage, meaning production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Autonomy and price
The registry record does not assert an onboard-autonomy claim for the Elios 3; it is a piloted inspection tool where the operator flies and the drone's stability and mapping assist the job. DEPLOY also has no verified price on record. Flyability sells into industrial inspection markets, so pricing comes through the company directly. Treat any unpublished figure as unverified.
For how DEPLOY separates confirmed facts from company claims, see verified-vs-claimed.
Frequently asked
Who makes the Elios 3?
Flyability, a company based in Lausanne, Switzerland and founded in 2014.
What is a collision-tolerant drone?
It is a drone built to survive bumping into surfaces. The Elios 3 uses a protective carbon fiber cage so it can touch walls and obstacles inside confined spaces and keep flying.
Where it is deployed
2 verified deployments on the registry for the Elios 3. Click any marker to open its primary-source record.
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