MAVTech within the CAPRI Project

With the start of the new year, the CAPRI project (Cooperative UAVs Positioning for bRidge Inspection) is entering an increasingly operational phase.
Within the project, MAVTech will develop a solution based on its own drones, capable of operating in a “swarm” configuration: autonomous and cooperative UAVs designed to monitor bridge structures. This architecture will allow the drones to operate in a synchronized manner even in the absence of GNSS signals, enabling the inspection of the most critical and hard-to-reach areas, such as those beneath bridge spans.

The project is structured into several phases, with initial laboratory tests followed by trials in real operational environments. In both scenarios, fleets of drones will be deployed, with one drone dedicated to inspection tasks and multiple support drones providing precise positioning through Ultra Wide Band (UWB) radio technology. The number of support drones will be progressively reduced from an initial 4 to 3 and then 2, in order to evaluate and compare the performance of different configurations and identify the optimal solution.
In addition to the hardware and software development of the drones, MAVTech will contribute to the market analysis for this application, with the aim of defining a viable operational solution for infrastructure inspection.

MAVTech is proud to take part in such a significant project, alongside important partners such as TXT e-solutions (Lead Partner), Fondazione LINKS, Inspection Drone, and the City of Turin, with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) programme.

For a complete overview of the project, we report here an excerpt from the Dire.it – TG Hi-Tech, available in full at the following link: Friday, December 5, 2025 edition.