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Cleo Robotics’ Thrust Vectoring Tech Powers Innovative Drone

Organization: Cleo Robotics
Country: USA
Website: www.cleorobotics.com
Year Founded: 2016
Number of Employees: 1-10

Cleo’s unique design could open up drones to new markets and applications.

Description:
RBRlogoCleo Robotics released Dronut X1, a stable and highly maneuverable ducted bi-rotor drone. Its patented thrust vectoring technology has made the hyper-efficient ducted fan design stable in flight. The drone uses counter-rotating propellers that are on top of each other surrounded by an enclosure, which allows the drone to bounce off objects.

The Dronut X1’s shell is made out of carbon fiber, and the drone weighs 15 oz and measures 5.5 inches in diameter. It has a flight time of just 12 minutes and sells for $9,800.

The Dronut X1 is designed to be used for unmanned inspection of GPS-denied environments such as tanks, pressure vessels, crawl spaces and more. It can also be used by law enforcement involved in high-risk situations or as a flying surveillance camera for facility security.

Analysis:
The Dronut X1 is the first professional-grade, bi-rotor ducted-fan drone – a drone without exposed rotor blades. Offering a drone that sells for under $10,000, the MassRobotics resident has attracted several major customers in the industrial and commercial space, a major oil and gas company and the US Army.

Historically, drones have been limited to operating in open fields away from humans. According to ABI Research, at press time, indoor drones comprised no more than 2% of the overall market. Cleo’s unique design could start to increase that percentage and open up drones to new markets and applications. – Steve Crowe

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