Voliro T
About
About Voliro T
Voliro T uses independently tiltable rotors to generate force in any direction while maintaining its position in flight. This allows the aircraft to press an inspection tool against vertical, overhead and inclined surfaces with up to 30 N of controlled contact force. Lidar, optical-flow sensing and RTK positioning support flight around structures and inside GPS-denied areas.
Swappable payloads include ultrasonic, electromagnetic acoustic, dry-film-thickness, pulsed-eddy-current and lightning-protection-system sensors. Operators calibrate the instrument, collect live readings and upload measurements into Voliro’s reporting workflow or a customer asset-management system. The platform is deployed for tanks, piping, chimneys, wind turbines, bridges and other elevated industrial assets.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Capability areas: GPS-denied operation, Aerial contact inspection, NDT inspection
- Workflows: Enterprise aerial inspection
- Contact and NDT inspection
Claimed - Voliro presents T for stable 360-degree aerial contact inspection using tiltable rotors.
Source - Robotic inspection
Claimed - Voliro presents T for stable 360-degree aerial contact inspection using tiltable rotors.
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Deployments
- Commercial Activity
Commercial PEC deployments across four named regions; one named refinery use case - 2025-08-29 - Osprey Integrity - insulated industrial tanks and assets - Voliro reported commercial Voliro T PEC deployments across the United States, Canada, Europe and APAC, including Osprey Integrity use at a Suncor refinery.
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Observed use
Exact-product configurations are shown without inferring supply, purchase, customer status, standard fit, deployment or partnership.
- Horus Solutions wind-turbine LPS inspection operations in Thailand
Operational - Connected - Physical - Horus Solutions operates Voliro T with its LPS payload for recurring wind-turbine inspections in Thailand, completing each turbine in about 30 minutes.
Source - Minerva Energy wind-turbine LPS inspection operations
Operational - Connected - Physical - Minerva Energy operates Voliro T for wind-turbine LPS inspections and is a certified Voliro operator for current UK and European work.
Source - SkySpecs wind-turbine LPS inspection campaigns in Germany and the United States
Operational - Connected - Physical - SkySpecs used Voliro T to inspect 210 wind turbines across Germany and the United States, completing 8–18 turbine inspections per day.
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Research
- Voliro Launches First Ever Drone-Based PEC Inspection Sensor
2025-03-11 - Research Publication - Voliro and Sixpec launch a pulsed eddy-current payload designed exclusively for Voliro T to inspect corrosion beneath insulation.
Source - Versatile Airborne Ultrasonic NDT Technologies via Active Omni-Sliding with Over-Actuated Aerial Vehicles
2023-11-08 - Research Publication - An omni-sliding payload turns Voliro T into a contact-maintaining platform for dynamic ultrasonic wall scans.
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Timeline
- Voliro appoints Gresco UAS as a U.S. channel partner
2026-01-20 - Partnership - The agreement expanded U.S. access to contact-based aerial inspection capabilities. Gresco was identified as a sales, deployment and support channel rather than a Voliro T end customer.
Source - Voliro appoints Timo Müller as CEO
2026-01-13 - Executive Hire - Müller had helped shape the Voliro T platform and the company since its founding. Gutzwiller retained a strategic governance role on Voliro’s board of directors.
Source - Voliro and MontiPower integrate robotic surface-treatment tools
2025-12-04 - Partnership - The partners targeted coating removal, corrosion remediation and surface preparation in hard-to-reach locations. Voliro said early access was expected in the first quarter of 2026; the announcement was a partnership and integration milestone, not a completed deployment.
Source - Voliro secures Sixpec PEC intellectual-property rights
2025-08-29 - Capability - The transaction concerned PEC intellectual property, not the acquisition of the Sixpec company. Commercial deployments span the United States, Canada, Europe and APAC, including Osprey Integrity use at a Suncor refinery.
Source - Voliro reaches US$23M total after Series A extension
2025-06-16 - Funding - noa joined as a new equity investor, UBS provided the debt facility and Cherry Ventures remained the original Series A lead. The extension supports the next Voliro T generation, deeper cloud integration, AI-assisted inspection diagnostics, increased autonomy and additional modular payloads. At announcement, Voliro reported more than 40 customers in 17 countries and more than 100 contact inspections per month.
Source - Voliro launches PEC payload for Voliro T
2025-03-11 - Product Launch - The modular payload was made available to order, with first deliveries scheduled for April 2025. Voliro positioned the configuration for insulated pipes, tanks and other hard-to-reach industrial assets.
Source - Voliro T cuts Grupo DR1 chimney inspection time by 40%
2025-02-24 - Deployment - Voliro T carried a high-temperature ultrasonic probe to measure chimney-wall thickness in real time at Klabin, described by the case study as Brazil's largest packaging-paper producer. The drone reached hard-to-access structures without scaffolding or elevated work platforms, so the inspection could be completed while operations continued. Grupo DR1 reports that the process cut inspection time by 40% and reduced the setup and downtime associated with conventional access methods.
Source - Voliro T accelerates AssetTech wind-turbine inspections sixteenfold
2025-02-14 - Deployment - The aircraft uses a lightning-protection-system probe to take contact measurements directly on turbine surfaces without climbing or manually handling a cable. AssetTech says an inspection that previously took a full day can be completed in about 30 minutes, a sixteenfold speed improvement. The case study reports a 50% cost reduction—from about $1,000 to $500 per inspection—and roughly 95% less downtime for the turbine owner.
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Context
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