Neabotics

02/12/2025

🎉 Grande risultato per Neabotics! 🤖✈️

È stata pubblicata oggi la graduatoria ufficiale sul BURC e siamo felici di annunciare che il progetto DIVAX, a cui Neabotics partecipa insieme a un team di partner eccellenti, è stato approvato e finanziato!

👉 DIVAX si classifica 5º tra gli 11 progetti finanziati, con un punteggio di 80, posizionandosi tra le iniziative più innovative nel campo dell’aerospazio all’interno del programma PR Campania FESR 2021–2027 – RIS3 Traiettoria Aerospazio.

Per noi questo traguardo significa molto: rappresenta il riconoscimento del lavoro svolto negli ultimi anni e della nostra capacità di sviluppare tecnologie avanzate per la guida, il controllo e la gestione di piattaforme di volo di nuova generazione.

Nel progetto Neabotics avrà un ruolo chiave nello sviluppo del sistema di controllo del veicolo, portando avanti attività di ricerca, simulazione, integrazione e test che ci vedranno impegnati lungo tutta la durata del programma.

Un grazie speciale ai nostri partner di progetto e alla Regione Campania per il supporto concreto all’innovazione tecnologica sul territorio.

🚀 Pronti a portare l’aerospazio del futuro un passo più vicino alla realtà!

22/10/2025

🏆 Great news from Neabotics!

We’re thrilled to share that our drone-crawler system KOALA, developed for ultrasonic testing (UT) inspection of pipelines, has been awarded 3rd place in the “Scaling of a Robotic Solution” category at the 10th SPRINT Robotics World Conference 2025! 🎉

This award celebrates the innovation behind KOALA — a unique system that combines drone mobility and crawler precision to perform safe and efficient inspections in challenging industrial environments.

The project was funded by Equinor and technically supported by Aker Solutions — a big thank you to both for their trust and collaboration! 🙌

We’re incredibly proud of our team for reaching this important milestone and grateful to the SPRINT Robotics community for recognizing our work in advancing robotic inspection technologies.

Neabotics proudly presents the first field test of KOALA, our innovative drone-crawler system designed for ultrasonic testing (UT) inspection of pipelines.KO...

26/07/2024

3D camera with optical zoom and controlled divergence for critical immersive aerial inspection tasks

Neabotics has completed the field test of its innovative stabilized 3D camera with 10x optical zoom and controlled divergence that allows a remote 3D immersive inspection with a detection accuracy of up to 1 mm at 5 m away.

This innovative solution allows the operator to use a VR headset to control the pan-tilt and zoom of the camera to visualize both the general status of the equipment and infrastructure, as well as small defects.

In addition, the 3D view is maintained during the zoom thanks to the controlled divergence that allows the operator to appreciate not only the size, but also the depth of a defect, such as in the case of rust.

The next step will be the development of an ATEX version of this equipment that can be installed on board any commercial drone.

NEABOTICS has completed the field test of its innovative stabilized 3D camera with 10x optical zoom and controlled divergence that allows a remote 3D immersi...

19/07/2024

is proud to present its prototype NDT drone for ultrasonic measurements in action in a real plant for the first time.

The NDT drone features an ultra-lightweight robotic arm with 5 degrees of freedom (DoF) with a 6 DoF force/torque sensor in the wrist, a tool with a UT probe for thickness measurement with a coupling gel dispencer system.

Thanks to the possibility of measuring the interaction force and the dexterity conferred by the robotic arm in real time, the NDT drone is able to guarantee high quality measurements, comparable to those carried out by specialized human operators, even in geometrically complex conditions where other drone systems capable of measuring only via orthogonal access fail.

is proud to present its prototype NDT drone for ultrasonic measurements in action in a real plant for the first time.The NDT drone features an ...

16/03/2024

The H2020 Aerial-Core project has ended successfully. Neabotics contributed with the development of an anthropomorphic robotic arm with 6 degrees of freedom and a spherical wrist, ultra-light (4kg) but with high load capacity (3.5kg), and belt transmission. Tasks such as the installation of separators, bird diverters, cleaning of insulators, and more, will now be possible without putting the lives of operators at risk and with much lower costs.

The H2020 Aerial-Core project has ended successfully. Neabotics contributed with the development of an anthropomorphic robotic arm with 6 degrees of freedom ...

02/02/2024

This week we successfully performed on-site experiments featured a custom drone tailored specifically for ultrasonic inspection of concrete surfaces.

Thanks to this technology, in the near future it will be possible to enhance safety protocols and heavily reduce the need for manual inspections in hazardous environments, such as elevated structures or confined spaces.

The robot consists of a tilting drone, with a sensing tool that can be mounted on the front or on top of the main structure. This tool includes several sensors like Time-Of-Flight sensors and load cells to enable the autonomous interaction with the surface, as well as UT sensors used to perform measurements regarding the quality of the concrete structure.

The software consists of a customized version of the PX4 Autopilot firmware, running on the Holybro's Pixhawk 6C board.

Congratulations to the whole team for the successful work! Michele Marolla, Salvatore Marcellini, Giuseppe De Vito, Pasquale Campanile


This week we successfully performed on-site experiments featured a custom drone tailored specifically for ultrasonic inspection of concrete surfaces.

Thanks to this technology, in the near future it will be possible to enhance safety protocols and heavily reduce the need for manual inspections in hazardous environments, such as elevated structures or confined spaces.

The robot consists of a tilting drone, with a sensing tool that can be mounted on the front or on top of the main structure. This tool includes several sensors like Time-Of-Flight sensors and load cells to enable the autonomous interaction with the surface, as well as UT sensors used to perform measurements regarding the quality of the concrete structure.

The software consists of a customized version of the PX4 Autopilot firmware, running on the Holybro's Pixhawk 6C board.

Congratulations to the whole team for the successful work! Michele Marolla, Salvatore Marcellini, Giuseppe De Vito, Pasquale Campanile, Vincenzo Lippiello.

06/04/2023

The H2020 Aerial-Core project (aerial-core.eu) continues with the integration activities of the technologies developed by the research partners. Neabotics has contributed with the development of an anthropomorphic robotic arm with 6 degrees of freedom and with spherical wrist, ultra-light (4kg) but with high load capacity (3.5kg), and belt drive.

02/12/2022

Il prof. Vincenzo Lippiello intervistato al Sea Drone Tech Summit 2022 sul drone anfibio H2Drone risultato del progetto PON PLACE

06/11/2022

Dopo il recente debutto al Sea Drone Tech Summit, il team di NEABOTICS con il CEO Vincenzo Lippiello presenta il drone anfibio H²Copter alla manifestazione TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL dedicata alla diffusione delle tecnologie innovative applicate a territorio, beni culturali e smart city.

L'appuntamento è per il 21 novembre, info e iscrizioni 👉 https://www.technologyforall.it

24/10/2022

Il team di Neabotics debutta al Sea Drone Tech Summit 2022 il 25 e 26 ottobre presso il Polo Acquatico di Ostia con H²Copter un sofisticato drone anfibio per misurazioni in colonna d’acqua.
Il prof. Vincenzo Lippiello, CEO di Neabotics, durante la sessione “Velivoli unmanned per uso marino” il 26 alle 11.00 parlerà della genesi di H²Copter, nato dai risultati del progetto di ricerca PLACE svolto in collaborazione con il dell’Università di Napoli Federico II, e del processo che ha reso questo drone anfibio un prodotto commerciale per il mercato dei droni marini.
Per partecipare info e prenotazioni su https://seadrone.it/partecipazione.html

La partecipazione a Sea Drone Tech Summit 2022 come uditore è aperta a tutti gli esperti ed i professionisti interessati al settore dei veicoli e dei sistemi unmaned per impiego marino e subacqueo in ambito civile e militare. È necessario registrarsi online e acquistare un pass nominativo presso...

05/08/2022

NEABOTICS presents the latest generation of its Pipe-Drone for NDT inspection of insulated pipes for the identification of CUI (Corrosion under Insulation). This innovative hybrid drone is equipped with a mobile base capable of stabilizing on the tube and moving on it carrying and maneuvering different types of sensors. In the tests shown in this video, the drone was equipped with a new instrument that detects the stress of the tube generated by both CUI and normal internal corrosion through the analysis of the radial magnetic field. Tests demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed solution and all defects on the real-plant pipeline sample were correctly identified.