Blue innovation
About
About Blue innovation
Blue innovation builds coordinated drone and robot systems around the Blue Earth Platform, a device-integration layer for remote control, automatic operation and multi-machine cooperation. Its solutions cover plant, factory, power-line and water-infrastructure inspection, disaster response, logistics, smart facilities and operator training.
The company integrates both its own platform technology and third-party aircraft or robots, including Flyability indoor inspection drones. Founded in 1999 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market under code 5597, Blue innovation serves government agencies and large industrial customers from its headquarters in Bunkyo, Tokyo.
Deployments
- Operating use
2025-07-23 - ELIOS-series systems had been introduced at more than 300 Japanese plant, power, water and other inspection sites. - ELIOS-series inspection deployments in Japan
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Financials
- 5597.T - Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market - JPY
Team
- Takayuki Kumada - President and Chief Executive Officer - Leads Blue innovation’s drone and robot operating-platform business.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-01 - Partnership - Blue innovation and Itabashi Ward launch urban-drone implementation partnership
The programme spans disaster readiness, infrastructure and environmental monitoring, logistics and mobility, plus local industry and workforce development. The partners will progress from trials through operational expansion and routine use, using Itabashi as the test field. Blue innovation will assess automated and remote operations using Blue Earth Platform and drone ports, with effectiveness measured against staffing, time, safety and efficiency.
Source - 2025-09-01 - Partnership - Blue Innovation announces disaster-support drone R&D programme
Mitsui Fudosan and Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate are implementation participants; testing will use Itabashi Drone Field at a logistics facility. The stated research period is July 2025 through June 2026, with autonomous survey, cloud visualization and API integration planned.
Source - 2025-07-23 - Partnership - Blue innovation and NTT e-Drone begin ELIOS 3 sales partnership
The partnership combines Blue innovation’s ELIOS distribution and BEP integration with NTT e-Drone’s nationwide field and communications capabilities. The companies target enclosed, dark and wet inspection environments including sewer infrastructure. Blue innovation reported more than 300 ELIOS-series deployment sites in Japan at the time of the announcement.
Source - 2025-06-27 - Product Launch - Blue innovation begins Japanese sales of a high-capacity ELIOS 3 battery
Blue innovation announced same-day Japanese sales of a high-capacity battery for Flyability’s ELIOS 3 indoor-inspection drone. The company says the battery increases flight time by about 1.5 times and doubles the number of chargeable cycles versus the previous battery. Flyability developed the battery, while Blue innovation supports its introduction as the authorized Japanese distributor.
Source - 2025-05-20 - Product Launch - Blue innovation launches BEP Port disaster-response system
The system automates drone launch, recovery and remote operation around a drone-port deployment. Blue Earth Platform coordinates aircraft, devices and external systems for disaster missions. The launch extended Blue innovation’s earlier tsunami-evacuation drone work into a packaged disaster-response offering.
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Relations
Relationships
- NTT e-Drone Technology
Elios 3 Sales And Infrastructure Inspection Partner - Blue innovation and NTT e-Drone Technology jointly market and support ELIOS 3 indoor-inspection solutions in Japan.
- Itabashi Ward
Partner - Blue innovation and Itabashi Ward are developing ITABASHI SKY LINK PROJECT as an urban drone implementation programme.
- Mitsui Fudosan
Disaster Support Drone R&d - Mitsui Fudosan participates in Blue Innovation’s funded disaster-support drone R&D programme and provides the Itabashi Drone Field for validation.