Autel Robotics

Autel Robotics designs and manufactures unmanned aerial vehicles for enterprise and consumer markets. The company was founded in 2014. It works on research, development, design, manufacturing, and sales of civil UAV products. Its headquarters is in Shenzhen, China. It maintains overseas subsidiaries in the United States, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Vietnam. The company also runs after sales service centers in Mainland China, Germany, the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Italy, Poland, and Mexico.

The company builds multi rotor drones and tilt rotor fixed wing aircraft. Its enterprise multi rotor line includes the EVO III series, EVO Lite Enterprise series, Autel Alpha, EVO Max 4T V2, EVO Max 4N V2, and EVO II series variants. The EVO III series features mesh networking, artificial intelligence tracking, and navigation without GNSS. The Autel Alpha carries a 4K camera with 35x optical zoom and 56x dual thermal zoom. The Dragonfish series offers vertical takeoff and landing fixed wing platforms with extended flight times. Consumer models include the EVO II Pro V3 camera drone. The aircraft carry features such as thermal imaging, optical zoom, and autonomous flight modes.

Autel Robotics produces docking stations, controllers, and software for drone operations. Hardware includes the EVO Nest, Dragonfish Nest, and Smart Controller series. The Smart Controller series includes the V3, V2, and SE models for piloting and mission control. Software offerings include Autel Mapper for photogrammetry and the Autel Integrated Command System. The company also provides the Smart Antenna Transmission system and Dragonfish Repeater for extended communications. These tools support remote and automated operations.

The company serves public safety, energy, transportation, and inspection sectors. Security solutions cover patrol, key site protection, coastal surveillance, and pilot positioning. Energy solutions include substation monitoring, power line inspection, and pipeline surveys. Transportation solutions cover bridge and highway inspection, accident response, and traffic enforcement. Mapping and surveying support is available through Autel Mapper photogrammetry software. The systems are used for mapping, surveillance, and infrastructure checks.

Autel Robotics develops flight control, imaging, networking, and autonomous operation technologies. The company applies artificial intelligence and foundation model technologies to its air ground collaboration systems. By March 2026, it reported over 1,800 authorized patents and more than 3,100 patent applications. The company has received Red Dot Design Awards and iF Design Awards for several drone models. It focuses on artificial intelligence and air ground collaboration for industry applications.

Services

• Patrol and surveillance
• Key site security
• Coastal surveillance and anti-smuggling
• UAV pilot positioning
• Substation surveillance
• Power transmission line inspection
• Pipeline inspection
• Bridge inspection
• Highway patrol and inspection
• Accident rapid response