Product profile
Elios 3
Elios 3 is Flyability indoor inspection drone for confined and hazardous spaces. It combines a collision-tolerant cage, computer vision and LiDAR mapping t...
Facts
- Company
- Flyability
- Product type
- drone
- Status
- launched
- Website
- https://www.flyability.com/elios-3
About Elios 3
Elios 3 encloses its propellers and flight body within a rotating protective cage, allowing the aircraft to contact walls, pipes and structural members without immediately losing control. Lidar, cameras and onboard localisation produce a three-dimensional map as the operator flies through tanks, mines, boilers and other GPS-denied spaces.
A modular payload bay supports visual inspection, ultrasonic-thickness measurement, radiation sensing and surveying configurations. Inspector software links imagery and findings to their position within the map, while Return-to-Signal and collision-recovery functions assist flight outside direct sight. Flyability supplies the drone as a professional inspection system with training, software and payload support.
Market context
indoor_inspection_drone, drone
Summary
Type: Inspection drone
Core: Indoor LiDAR
Function: Find defects
Audience: Inspectors
Specifications
- embedded_lidar
- Onboard LiDAR creates real-time high-density point cloud maps
- environmental_protection
- IP44 design target according to Flyability; not certified IP44
- lighting
- 16K lumen dust-proof lighting on close-up inspection payload
- max_flight_time_minutes
- up to 12.5 min without payload; 9.1 min with LiDAR payload; 8.2 min max load min
- payload_bay
- Two-port modular payload bay, one dedicated to LiDAR and one for auxiliary payloads
Operations
- Product detail
- indoor_inspection_drone, drone
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Autonomous Aerial Non-Destructive Testing: Ultrasound Inspection with a Commercial Quadrotor in an Unstructured Environment — 2026-03-04
- Flyability introduces Autonomous Repeat Flight for Elios 3 — 2026-02-26
- Flyability launches Elios 3 Tether Power Unit for extended industrial inspections — 2025-09-15
- Flyability launches high-capacity batteries for Elios 3 inspection drone — 2025-06-01
- Robotics meets Fluid Dynamics: A Characterization of the Induced Airflow below a Quadrotor as a Turbulent Jet — 2024-03-20
- Flyability raises CHF 22 million Series C for Elios 3 sensing and autonomy — 2022-09-07
- Flyability launches Elios 3 indoor LiDAR inspection drone — 2022-05-19