Revolute Robotics brings in $1.9M to deploy its driving, flying robots

Revolute Robotics’ hybrid mobility robotic encompasses a sturdy exoskeleton and customizable payloads for inspection and surveillance duties. | Supply: Revolute Robotics

Revolute Robotics, a startup constructing totally autonomous floor and aerial robots, yesterday stated it has raised $1.9 million in funding. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm plans to make use of the proceeds to speed up deployments throughout inspection, safety, and protection purposes.

“Drone and rover developments have made distant inspection a actuality, however the complexity of every inspection requires groups to deploy a number of robotic options for every distinctive software,” acknowledged Collin Taylor, Revolute’s co-founder and CEO. “Our hybrid aerial-terrestrial functionality permits for a single answer to cowl a number of makes use of, just like the Swiss Military Knife of robotic inspections. One strong system as a substitute of a number of area of interest platforms, which isn’t solely cheaper, however simpler to implement and extract actionable insights from a number of knowledge streams.”

Revolute was based in 2020, however its know-how has been within the works since 2017. Co-founder Sahand Sabet constructed hybrid aerial/terrestrial robots for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory earlier than dedicating his Ph.D. to the topic. 

Revolute robotic can deal with quite a lot of payloads

Revolute’s robotic can drive on the bottom to increase battery life and fly when it must get round obstacles. The corporate claimed these capabilities allow longer inspections in bigger areas in comparison with conventional drones. As well as, the robotic can navigate confined, advanced, and GPS-denied areas the place current inspection and surveillance robots can’t entry.

The firm designed its system to be a multi-tool for robotic inspection of services and websites. It helps visible, thermal, fuel, and radiation detection, lidar mapping, and ultrasonic testing for oil and fuel, energy, chemical substances, building, mining, and different industries.

Safety groups use the Revolute robotic to patrol areas of curiosity, monitor perimeters, and reply to threats. Protection groups can deploy it for base patrol, ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance), automobile inspection, and search and rescue. The platform additionally helps swarm coordination, customizable payloads, and autonomous navigation.

Already, the workforce has realized classes from early deployments. “Some issues we’ve got realized embody: the necessity for a sturdy navigation system that may steadily fly in confined areas, and the significance of a number of sensors to gather a number of knowledge sorts relying on the job (lidar, visible, thermal, fuel, ultrasonic) as our robotic is seen as a multi-tool – it should be capable of carry out a number of jobs effectively, not only one particular sort of job,” Taylor stated.

“Above all else, we’ve got additionally been studying/validating the necessity for our robotic in areas the place people are nonetheless performing harmful workloads as a result of no different robots can carry out the job,” he continued.

Revolute participates in MassRobotics Accelerator

ANIMO Ventures and Ascend led the spherical, which additionally included participation from a number of high-profile angel buyers.

“Revolute is constructing the way forward for area robotics,” stated Antonio Osio, basic associate at ANIMO Ventures. We consider Collin and his workforce created a system that can grow to be the go-to instrument for inspecting the world’s most important and least accessible belongings.”

On high of the enterprise funding, Revolute was not too long ago chosen for the MassRobotics Accelerator, receiving $100,000 in nondilutive funding and entry to high robotics advisors.

Revolute stated it’s at the moment making ready for pilot deployments with a number of massive enterprise prospects, together with one of many world’s largest oil and fuel producers. A number of inspection service suppliers have additionally joined the rising waitlist.

The corporate plans to develop its workforce and assist product growth, early income era, and scaling operations.

“Our objectives for 2026 are to proceed pilot deployments with choose prospects and launch our flagship product earlier than the tip of the yr,” Taylor instructed The Robotic Report.

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