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MARKFLEX®AIR DRONE

Category
Green Building
Teaser
Why drones can prospectively make work safer?
Sustainable Development Goals
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Company / Institution
Spiral Europe
Place
Vienna
Homepage
What makes your innovation unique?
MarkFlex®Air Drone is a GPS-free indoor drone system, specifically designed for tunnel inspections. It offers real-time monitoring, easy set-up via an app and operation at low light. Cloud data is used to optimise safety, efficiency and decision-making as well as promote digitisation, sustainability and innovation in the construction industry.

Advantages
• The system is ideal for autonomous inspections in hazardous areas such as construction sites within tunnels.
• Due to real-time video surveillance and data stored in the cloud, well-founded decisions can be made quickly.

Awards
• GO AUSTRIA ALUMNUS – 2023 & 2024
• Named as one of 100 venture companies by Nikkei Construction Architecture – 2022
• Winner Kyushu Electric Power Open Innovation Programme – 2023
• Participant for Japan at Viva Technology – 2019 & 2024

About the company
Founded in Tokyo in 2016, Spiral is known for its patented MarkFlex®Air Drone system for construction sites, specifically for mountain tunnels. Cooperation with companies such as Kajima and TOSIL has resulted in successful tests. A launch in Japan and a branch establishment in Austria are planned in order to combine drone technology with construction expertise and further develop it.