Confined Space & GPS-Denied Inspection
Inspect dangerous confined spaces without putting workers at risk
Designed for industrial inspectors, asset managers, and safety teams operating in tanks, boilers, silos, and underground structures. Collision-tolerant drones deliver comprehensive visual documentation and 3D mapping where GPS signals fail, reducing human entry requirements while capturing actionable defect data.
The Problem
Traditional confined space inspections require expensive scaffolding, extensive safety protocols, and put workers in hazardous environments with toxic atmospheres, fall risks, and limited visibility. Manual entry means lengthy shutdowns, costly ventilation systems, and rescue team standby requirements. GPS denial inside structures makes standard drones useless, leaving inspectors with no alternative to dangerous human entry.
The Stack
Risk Assessment & Entry Planning
Before entering hazardous confined spaces like tanks, boilers, or silos, the Elios 3 performs initial reconnaissance flights to identify potential dangers, structural obstacles, and atmospheric conditions, eliminating the need for human entry during the critical assessment phase and enabling safety teams to develop comprehensive entry protocols based on real visual data.
GPS-Denied Navigation & Mapping
Using LiDAR-based SLAM technology instead of GPS, the Elios 3 and Elios 2 navigate autonomously through enclosed environments such as pipelines, pressure vessels, and underground utilities where satellite signals cannot penetrate, building real-time spatial awareness while their protective cages allow safe contact with walls and obstacles during flight.
3D Documentation & Visual Inspection
The collision-tolerant drones capture high-resolution imagery and LiDAR point cloud data to create detailed 3D models of internal structures, enabling inspectors to virtually explore tanks, turbines, and ductwork from the safety of a control station while documenting corrosion, cracks, and material degradation with millimeter-level accuracy.
Defect Analysis & Inspection Report
The Elios 3's integrated inspection software processes captured data to automatically identify and measure defects, generating comprehensive reports with annotated imagery, thickness measurements, and 3D asset models that satisfy regulatory compliance requirements and enable predictive maintenance planning without repeated confined space entries.
Top Picks
The only drone designed for this environment — spherical cage, 3D LiDAR SLAM, 4K camera for boilers, tanks, ship holds, and tunnels.
Proven predecessor to the Elios 3 — ideal for teams already in the Flyability ecosystem with existing workflows and training.
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