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About Featured Expert: Voliro

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Voliro AG is a pioneering aerial mobile robotics company that develops advanced flying robots designed for industrial inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT) applications. The company traces its roots to research at the Autonomous Systems Lab at ETH Zurich and was incorporated with support from Wyss Zurich, bringing academic innovation into practical, field-ready industrial solutions.

Voliro’s flagship product is the Voliro T—a purpose-built unmanned aerial system engineered for contact-based inspections where traditional “fly-and-see” drones fall short. Unlike conventional multirotor platforms, the Voliro T features a unique tiltable-rotor design that enables omnidirectional flight and stable, controlled interaction with vertical, inclined, and overhead surfaces. This capability allows operators to apply consistent force and torque during inspection tasks, enabling accurate surface contact needed for many advanced NDT measurements. 

Voliro’s drones support a suite of interchangeable sensor payloads tailored for industrial inspection workflows, including ultrasonic thickness gauges, high-temperature ultrasonic transducers, dry-film thickness sensors, pulsed eddy current tools, and lightning protection system (LPS) testers. These payloads allow the Voliro T to perform a broad range of inspection tasks — from measuring material degradation and corrosion to assessing protective coating integrity — without requiring human inspectors to work at height or erect scaffolding.

With integrated navigation systems, advanced autonomy features, and stable contact control, Voliro’s technology enables precision inspections in challenging environments — including GPS-denied indoors, cluttered industrial zones, and at significant height near infrastructure.

Voliro’s aerial robotics solutions are deployed across multiple sectors where asset integrity, safety, and regulatory compliance are critical. Typical applications include inspections of storage tanks, chimneys and stacks, wind turbine blades and lightning protection systems, offshore and onshore energy platforms, and complex civil infrastructure. By enabling inspections while assets remain in service, Voliro’s technology helps reduce downtime, lower inspection costs, and improve worker safety. 

Asset owners and service providers worldwide adopt the company’s products and platforms, and Voliro continues to evolve its offerings with upgrades such as Voliro T Version 5, which features enhancements to stability, data connectivity, and operational reliability. 

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