Skygauge Robotics has invented a new drone design to perform high altitude industrial work. The first application for the Skygauge is conducting industrial ultrasound in hard-to-reach areas. In the same way that doctors use ultrasound to diagnose people, inspectors can use industrial ultrasound to diagnose structures. Instead of sending workers up on ropes or scaffolding, our customers can use the Skygauge to take ultrasound readings on storage tanks, pipes, chimney stacks, bridges, ships, and other infrastructure.
Inspecting tall infrastructure is expensive and dangerous. It requires skilled workers to scale a building on ropes, or the use of expensive assistive devices like scaffolding and manlifts. In all cases, human lives are at risk.
The Skygauge does away with all that. Your inspection team remains safe on the ground, sending up a drone to complete the inspection in hours instead of days. There is no need for manlifts, scaffolding, or rope access.
The best way to reduce worker risk is to remove workers from dangerous environments completely. By using a drone, your inspection team remains safe on the ground, and can complete inspections 5x to 20x faster.
Performing frequent, low cost inspections will catch failures before they become critical. Minimize unplanned down-time and maximize your bottom line
Inspections with The Skygauge are 5 to 20x faster than traditional methods involving rope access, scaffolding, and boom lifts.
Conduct in-service inspections and move from point-to-point, structure-to-structure, and site to-site with unrivalled speed
The Skygauge flies by tilting the rotors to move while the center body remains stable. The probe uses a force sensor to mimic the precision of the human hand to get accurate readings.
With angled flight, the Skygauge is able to inspect any point 360 degrees around it. This enabled inspection of any industrial assets, regardless of their shape.
Our training academy is located at a decommissioned pulp and paper plant. Get training for operating the Skygauge in a safe environment before deploying the drone with customers.
The idea of the drone had great promise. For decades, sci-fi media had presented drones as the ever-capable flying robot: repairing structures, delivering packages, performing physical work. However, co-founder Linar Ismagilov noticed a large gap between what the movies promised and what existing drones were capable of. Outfitted with cameras and other recording devices, commercial drones were largely used for taking pictures and video. Linar dreamt of a drone that could interact with its environment and perform physical work like maintenance, repairs, painting, cleaning, construction, and much more. Inspired, he embarked on a journey to reinvent the drone.
The drone he created used thrust-vectoring technology to maintain stable, steady flight while in motion. This crucial feature enabled it to move with greater precision and dexterity than any other drone, enabling the possibility of executing physical work. With the help of Co-founder Nikita Illiushkin, applications of this novel drone were explored. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) was identified as an ideal use case. Large challenges exist in the NDT industry surrounding worker safety and high-cost inspections. Using a drone would eliminate worker risk, cut downtime, and reduce costs associated with equipment rental. Thus, the Skygauge was conceived. With the help of CTO (now CEO) Maksym Korol, the drone’s engineering was refined and advanced. Together, the three founders assembled a team of highly capable engineers and set out to revolutionize the industrial inspection industry.
