NTTe-Drone and Blue Innovation have signed a sales partnership agreement and have begun selling the “ELIOS3” (photo), a spherical drone for indoor inspection. This will accelerate the social implementation of the ELIOS3, which can inspect narrow areas and in dark places.

Even in the inspection of aging sewer pipes, which have been attracting attention recently, the drone will provide stable operation, visualization, recording, and AI analysis in closed, dark, and wet environments.

The ELIOS3 is an indoor drone developed by Swiss company Flyabilty that has excellent flight characteristics for indoor spaces in non-GNSS environments. It is equipped with the world’s first LiDAR sensor for 3D mapping, and can digitize the interior of a facility in 3D and identify its location in real time during flight.

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