Facts

• Company: ABZ Innovation
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Capability focus: Generalist
• Website: https://abzinnovation.com/products/abz-innovation-m12/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

M12 is ABZ Innovation's compact payload drone for R&D, training and experimental applications. It supports up to 12 kg payloads, open-source ArduPilot software and customizable hardware integrations.

Overview

M12 is ABZ Innovation's compact payload drone for R&D, training and experimental applications. It supports up to 12 kg payloads, open-source ArduPilot software and customizable hardware integrations.

Market context

Compact open-source modular drone for R&D, sensors, and custom payloads up to 12 kg.

• Target environment: Agricultural test fields, field robotics labs, sensor payload development and custom UAV integration.
• Workflow context: Payload testing, sensor carriage, field experimentation, modular drone development and custom aerial workflows.
• Customer context: Drone integrators, agricultural robotics teams, field researchers and operators needing a configurable aerial platform.
• Deployment model: Configurable UAV platform model using modular hardware and customer-selected payloads.
• Commercial maturity: Commercial product surface with modular field-use positioning.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on payload fit, regulatory environment, service support and operator training.
• Market position: Modular ABZ platform for teams that need payload flexibility rather than a fixed spraying or spreading configuration.
• Adjacent products: L10 V2, L30 V2, L50, S20, S50, M40

Audience

Researchers

Workflow

Payload testing, sensor carriage, field experimentation, modular drone development and custom aerial workflows.

Capability

generalist

Deployment environment

Agricultural test fields, field robotics labs, sensor payload development and custom UAV integration.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Researchers
• Workflow: Payload testing, sensor carriage, field experimentation, modular drone development and custom aerial workflows.
• Capability: generalist
• Deployment environment: Agricultural test fields, field robotics labs, sensor payload development and custom UAV integration.

Specifications

• Task Scope: Agricultural UAV platform operations
• Operational Role: Agricultural drone platform for modular field applications
• Flight: 15–50 min; 120 m max altitude; up to 20 m/s
• Io And Power: I2C, UART, CAN, USB, PWM, relays; 0–50V configurable
• Mass: 13.8 kg with battery; 29 kg MTOM
• Navigation: Dual-RTK ±10 cm; ~3.5 km range
• Payload Bay: Up to 12 kg; 600×600×600 mm bay
• Software And Frame: Open-source; foldable; CE C4
• Aircraft Weight: 13.8 kg total weight with battery
• Mtow: 24.9 kg max takeoff mass
• Payload Capacity: Up to 12 kg payload capacity
• Max Speed: 20 m/s max level speed
• Flight Time: 15-50 minutes depending on payload weight
• Max Operating Altitude: 120 m max flight altitude
• Certification: CE-certified, C4 label

Tags

• Peer Group: Tactical ISR UAV
• Capability: Remote operation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

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