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Voliro

Advanced flying robots to revolutionize work at height

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Potential

The goal of Voliro is to revolutionize work at height. The team is developing a highly advanced flying robot with capabilities exceeding those of standard service drones. This powerful flying robot can be used to inspect and maintain critical infrastructure in a high-quality, cost-effective, and time-saving manner. In addition, the team is continuously seeking to develop new capabilities for the flying robot.

News

03-10-2024

Voliro AG closes Series A fundraising with USD 12M led by Cherry Ventures

Our alumni project, Voliro, recently closed a USD 12M Series A funding led by Cherry Ventures. The funding will be used to support the expansion of the startup's product offerings and bring its...

10-06-2024

Voliro is announced as winner at the Swiss Economic Awards 2024

The Swiss Economic Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial achievements in the categories of "Services", "Deeptech/Lifesciences" and "Production/Trade".

Key Figures

2019-23

Wyss Zurich period

26

Team size

Project Description

So far, flying robots have demonstrated great success in remote sensing and visual inspection tasks. However, many tasks require physical contact in difficult-to-access areas, including contact-based inspection and the painting, coating, and cleaning of elevated structures. The quadcopters that are currently on the market are incapable of executing physical work due to their design, and this is where the Voliro innovation comes in.

Voliro is developing the next generation of autonomous flying robots, an omnidirectional platform with the unique ability to approach, touch, and interact with the environment.

This expands the capabilities of service drones from “flying and seeing” to “flying, seeing, and touching.” Voliro robots are “Hands in the Sky.” This novel ability to interact with the environment through a flying platform opens the door to large markets in which construction or maintenance tasks require additional infrastructure. Such tasks include non-destructive infrastructure inspection, which often requires that a sensor be in contact with structures; the spraying of fluids to clean building facades; the cleaning of walls and windows; the painting and coating of surfaces; and even fighting fires through building windows.