Flyability company information

VISION

No more humans doing dangerous jobs.

Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for operating indoors, in complex and confined spaces, and in contact with people. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, inside buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solving the two most critical issues of one of the fastest-growing industries: collision and injury risks.

MISSION

Send robots instead of humans to gather data in dangerous and hard-to-reach industrial places. Build a rewarding human adventure, true to its values and sustainable

CERTIFICATION

Flyability is certified with ISO 9001. This ISO standard pertains to specified requirements for quality management systems and demonstrates that Flyability provides products meeting regulatory requirements.

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TEAM

The Red Team

Flyability is a passionate team of roboticists from the best universities of the world and specialists in diverse fields such as composite materials, aerodynamics, building companies, and dealing with the fun of international shipping.

deep dive in the fast-growing industry of drones and get a rewarding experience within a dynamic startup environment!

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Flyability is always looking for new talents! Learn fast and make a real positive change in the world of drones!

> If you prefer asking forgiveness than permission

> If you are ready to get out of your comfort zone and jump in the unknown

> If you want to taste the CTO's famous home-baked cookies

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FOUNDERS

FLYABILITY SA IS A SWISS COMPANY FOUNDED IN 2014 AND BASED IN LAUSANNE.

SPIN-OFF FROM THE ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE AND THE LABORATORY OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, IT CURRENTLY EMPLOYS >100 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, DEDICATED TO TURNING DRONES INTO REAL PARTNERS FOR HUMANS.

Flyability Founders

After a MSc in robotics at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Harvard University, Adrien pursued a PhD at EPFL (Laboratory of Intelligent Systems) during which he developed and patented novel approaches for the stabilization of flying robots in cluttered environments. Through 6 years of research in the field, Adrien mastered all aspects of the flying robots technology including mechanical, electrical and software engineering.

Flyability Founders

Patrick is Co-founder and CEO of Flyability, the leading professional indoor drone company aiming at increasing efficiency and reducing risks for humans in industrial inspections. Under his tenure, Flyability grew from 2 to over 60 employees and acquired over 300 customers. Before founding Flyability, Patrick worked as a strategy consultant as a specialist in product launches for the life sciences industries. Patrick graduated from EPFL in Switzerland with an MSc in Engineering.

AWARDS

UAE DRONES FOR GOOD AWARDFEBRUARY 2015 - 1’000’000 USDWinner of the $1M prize granted by the most famous drone competition in the world.VIGIER FOUNDATION2015Winner of the 2015 Vigier Foundation prize. TANK STORAGE AWARDMARCH 2017.Most innovative technology for the bulk storage industry.SWISS ECONOMIC FORUMJUNE 2017.Among the 3 High-Tech finalists of the swiss economic awards out of the 60 applicants.VIVATECHNOLOGYJUNE 2017.Winner of the RATP Lab and 2nd of the Sanofi Lab contests out of 30 startups respectively. CTI/KTI LABEL2016.Certified by the Swiss Government as a startup “ready for high-growth”. NCCR ROBOTICSFEBRUARY 2014Most successful robotic spin-off.EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUMMARCH 2014Top-3 European robotics startups.VENTURE LABMARCH 2014Among the 20 participants of venture leaders programme.HELLO TOMORROW CHALLENGEAPRIL 2014Winner of the robotic track and 2nd out of 1’200 best startup.VENTURE COMPETITIONMAY 2014Top-3 business plan out of 140 submissions.VENTURE KICKAUGUST 2014Phase I and II award.SWISS STARTUP AWARDOCTOBER 2014Top-3 out of 150 submissions.IMD STARTUP COMPETITIONDECEMBER 2014Among the 11 winners.

OUR SUPPORTERS

FLYABILITY IS A SPIN-OFF FROM EPFL (ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE) AND WAS BORN AT THE LABORATORY OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS OF PROF. DARIO FLOREANO, AND SUPPORTED BY THE SWISS NATIONAL CENTER OF COMPETENCE IN ROBOTICS (NCCR ROBOTICS).

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