Blue Innovation Co., Ltd.

Blue Innovation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese drone systems integrator based in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. It develops and supplies solutions for social issues using drones, robots and sensors that are controlled and managed remotely through its own device platform, the Blue Earth Platform (BEP). The firm offers drone services for inspection, surveying, non-destructive testing and disaster response.

Inspection and survey drones

• ELIOS 3: a spherical drone for indoor inspection, which the site says now has a larger battery that gives about 1.5 times the flight time.
• Measurement payloads: an ultrasonic thickness testing payload, a LiDAR survey payload and a radiation detection attachment for the ELIOS 3 platform.
• BEP Line: a power line inspection solution in which the drone follows transmission lines on its own, offered as a subscription or as an outsourced inspection service.

Public and industrial projects

The site describes webinars and demonstration flights on sewer pipe inspection held with industry associations. The company's disaster response systems use the DJI Dock 3 platform, and it has signed a comprehensive partnership with Itabashi ward in Tokyo for an urban drone project. Through a Japan-Taiwan partnership, the firm is also taking its inspection and agriculture solutions to Asia.

Safety features and events

The ELIOS 3 also gained a smart return-to-home function, which the company says improves safety and operating efficiency, and its larger battery doubles the number of charges possible. The firm has run webinars with NTT e-Drone Technology on no-entry sewer inspection and with Sekido on drone disaster prevention systems built on the DJI Dock 3. It also exhibits at trade shows, including Japan Drone.

Key facts

• Based in: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Products: ELIOS 3 indoor inspection drone; Blue Earth Platform; BEP Line power line inspection; ELIOS 3 UT, LiDAR and radiation payloads
• Markets: Japan and Asia, through its Taiwan partnership