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Robot model

Faraday-1

aerialresearchby Voltair

Fixed-wing autonomous drone that charges on pole-mounted inductive pads.

Track Faraday-1
Manufacturer
Voltair
Form factor
aerial
Maturity
research
Lifecycle
active
Website
voltairlabs.com ↗

Overview

Fixed-wing autonomous drone that charges on pole-mounted inductive pads. Designed for continuous utility infrastructure inspection without human intervention.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
research(Lab-stage only; no commercial or public deployment reported.)
Sources on file
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No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.

Key facts

Form Factor

aerial

Maturity

prototype

Flight envelope

Voltair lists Faraday-1 at an 85 mile range and 135 minutes of flight time, and says autonomous utility inspections run at 35 to 60 miles per hour (Voltair).

Sensors and ground station

Voltair says Faraday-1 carries RGB, radiometric thermal, and LiDAR sensors, and that Lighthouse-1 substations recharge the aircraft and handle GNSS corrections and data uplink (Voltair).

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Faraday-1. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Faraday-1.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (3)

  1. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/voltair
  2. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/y-combinator_voltair-is-building-the-worlds-first-globally-activity-7438630040529084416-HskY
  3. https://www.voltairlabs.com/

Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names Faraday-1.

Companies (1)

Voltair

Common questions

What is Faraday-1?
Fixed-wing autonomous drone that charges on pole-mounted inductive pads. Designed for continuous utility infrastructure inspection without human intervention.
How much does Faraday-1 cost?
Faraday-1's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Faraday-1 from Voltair. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Faraday-1 actually deployed in the real world?
Faraday-1 is at the research stage: it exists, but DEPLOY has no verified real-world deployment on record. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes Faraday-1?
Faraday-1 is made by Voltair, based in San Francisco, California, USA, founded in 2025.
Can you buy Faraday-1?
Faraday-1 is at research stage and is not yet available for sale.
What are alternatives to Faraday-1?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Faraday-1 include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.
How does Faraday-1 compare to Wing Delivery Aircraft?
Faraday-1 and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Faraday-1 has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Faraday-1 a top aerial?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Faraday-1 ranks in roughly the top 84% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
What is Faraday-1's maturity stage?
Faraday-1 is at the research stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Research stage means active development without commercial deployments on file.
Where is Faraday-1 deployed?
No verified deployments of Faraday-1 are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Faraday-1 safe?
Faraday-1 has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: research

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Faraday-1.