MobilityOne Prepares Commercial Deployment of Indoor Inspection Drone Service with 3D LiDAR-Based SLAM and AI Autonomous Flight

MobilityOne, a specialist in integrated operation platforms for heterogeneous drones and robots, announced that it has completed preparations for field deployment of its indoor inspection drone operation service, newly integrated into its proprietary platform M1UCS (MobilityOne Unified Control System). The service incorporates 3D LiDAR-based SLAM and AI-powered autonomous flight technologies.

The drones deployed for on-site operations are AI drones developed by Alux, capable of stable flight in GPS-denied environments such as indoor spaces, underground facilities, and confined areas. These drones are emerging as a practical alternative for industrial automation and advanced safety management across domestic industrial sites.

The technology utilizes 3D LiDAR sensors emitting hundreds of thousands of laser pulses per second to precisely detect surrounding distances and geometries. Based on this data, the system constructs a real-time 3D spatial map, enabling AI algorithms to autonomously determine optimal flight paths. Compared to vision-based sensors, LiDAR offers superior stability in challenging conditions such as darkness, dust, smoke, and rain, while enabling centimeter-level inspection accuracy. As a result, the solution has demonstrated strong applicability across complex industrial environments including construction sites, plants, logistics centers, and underground facilities.

Recent successful demonstrations jointly conducted by MobilityOne and Alux have attracted significant interest from overseas companies. Alux is reportedly in discussions with an Italian marine and plant engineering company regarding the adoption of a GPS-denied autonomous flight-based facility inspection solution. Given the complex piping structures, confined spaces, and presence of hazardous gases in ship and plant environments, the company has shown strong interest in the autonomous inspection capabilities enabled by this technology.

MobilityOne’s indoor inspection drone operation service is designed to efficiently process millions of point cloud data points along with real-time infrared (IR) and RGB imagery collected by drones, all within a user-friendly interface. The platform allows users to easily create 3D flight paths, offering an intuitive UI/UX that enables even non-expert operators to conduct inspections effectively.

Industry experts note that the adoption of such technologies and services can significantly reduce human entry into hazardous areas, prevent industrial accidents, automate and standardize repetitive inspections, lower operational costs for plants and underground facilities, and establish real-time precision safety management systems—ultimately accelerating the transition toward industrial automation.