Deployment
Elios 3 at Lausanne
Collision-tolerant indoor inspection drone with protective carbon fiber cage. LiDAR mapping and 4K camera for confined space inspection in industrial facilities.
Elios 3 by Flyability · Operated by Flyability · Catalog entry · 5 sources · not yet field-verified · Drones
Recent coverage
- Flyability Funding 22 Million for Makers of Elios Indoor Inspection PlatformAgentRecon · 2022-09-08
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Elios 3 collision-tolerant drones deployed for boiler, stack, and confined space inspection at European power generation facilities. Indoor flight in hazardous environments.
Key facts
- Fleet
- Elios 3 collision-tolerant drones
- Coverage
- European power generation facilities
- Use Case
- Boiler, stack, and confined space inspection
- Technology
- Indoor flight in hazardous environments
- Operator
- Flyability
Safety record
No incidents on record for Elios 3 at Lausanne.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 5 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-22
- Model
- Elios 3
- Company
- Flyability
- Location
- Switzerland/Lausanne
- Operator
- Flyability
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
a795518b-6115-46da-9850-7ed2839aa8e5
Timeline
- Jun 2026created
- Jul 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Elios 3 operates in Lausanne. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (5)
- https://www.flyability.com/case-studies
- https://www.flyability.com/elios-3
- https://www.flyability.com/casestudies/ndt-inspections-for-power-generation
- https://hsereview.com/regional-coverage/europe/case-study-vattenfall-deploys-drones-to-map-hazardous-zones?internal_render=1
- https://djm-aerial.com/case-studies/3d-modelling-of-efw-boiler-using-the-elios-3-drone/
Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: aerial
Sources by quality tier
- 5
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Elios 3 at Lausanne.Common questions
- What is the Elios 3 deployment at Lausanne?
- Elios 3, built by Flyability, is recorded as a deployment at Lausanne on the DEPLOY registry. Flyability operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Elios 3 at Lausanne?
- Flyability, the manufacturer of Elios 3, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the Elios 3 deployment at Lausanne?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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