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◆ Built In-House

TECHNOLOGY
& R&D

Everything designed, built and maintained in Italy. Open source at the core.

◆ Products

HARDWARE

30+
min hover flight time
10–15 min show time
LuminousBee fleet in golden hour light Aerial view of the LuminousBee drone fleet in formation LuminousBee fleet with Italian mountains in background Tilt-shift view of LuminousBee drones ready for takeoff Technician preparing the drone fleet Close-up of a LuminousBee outdoor drone
LUMINOUSBEE OUTDOOR
The outdoor show drone. Best 5" class quadcopter.
◆ 30+ min hover flight time (2x 21700 5000mAh)
◆ 10–15 min show time (movement + lights)
◆ RTK GNSS multi-band (ublox ZED-F9P) for centimeter precision
◆ H7 MCU flight control with solid-state SD card
◆ Integrated Single PCB Design
◆ BlHeli32 ESCs with bidirectional telemetry, DSHOT 1200
◆ Optimized proprietary design proven at work daily
“The entire volume acts as a single luminous body.”
<100
grams with battery
Indoor Drone
Mini-LuminousBee 3-inch indoor drone close-up
MINI-LUMINOUSBEE
The indoor show drone.
◆ Under 100g with battery
◆ 3" propellers, 1S Li-Ion power
◆ 28 RGBW LEDs on board
◆ H7 processor, BlHeli32 ESCs
◆ WiFi, IMU, Compass, Barometer
◆ Integrated solid-state memory for choreography storage
◆ Safe for close proximity with performers and audiences
3–5
cm precision
UWB System
UWB beacons and tag hardware laid out and labeled
UWB INDOOR POSITIONING
Swarm UltraWideBand indoor localization.
◆ DWM3000-based module
◆ Precision: 3-5cm (tunable)
◆ Tag weight: under 8g
◆ Scalable: no bottleneck on number of trackable objects
◆ Works in non-square rooms, around obstacles
◆ Far less expensive than motion capture systems
◆ Supports Tdoa2 and Tdoa3 modes
◆ Software Stack

SOFTWARE
ECOSYSTEM

SKYBRUSH SUITE
Ground Control Station — mission planning, fleet management, and real-time monitoring.
Collmot
SKYBRUSH STUDIO
Choreography design environment built as a Blender add-on for 3D previsualization and path composition.
Collmot · Blender
ARDUPILOT / ARDUCOPTER
Open source flight controller firmware. The foundation of our flight stack, customized for show operations.
Open Source
MISSION PLANNER
Configuration, calibration, and parameter management for each drone in the fleet.
ArduPilot Ecosystem
◆ Beyond Shows

CUSTOM
SOLUTIONS

We design custom drones tailored for specific professional and research needs.

◆ High-resolution imaging and mapping
◆ Infrastructure inspections
◆ Aerial photography and videography for events
◆ Precision agriculture
◆ Rescue and security operations
◆ Research

RESEARCH

Where science meets spectacle.

Macro detail of PCB with Made in Italy text visible
2025
EU-Funded
SFIDA PROJECT
Surveillance of Crags with Autonomous Drone Inspections. Funded under POR FESR 2021-2027. Expanding into civil protection and environmental monitoring.
2017
Pioneer Project
SUPERORGANISM
6-part Cyber Hyper-System connecting live bee observation, computer vision waggle dance decoding, and aerial drone choreography. Proposed for Ars Electronica Prix.
2019
ACM Published
DEEP MUSIC ON AIR
AI-driven aerial data visualization. Published in ACM Digital Library at ARTECH 2019 (Braga). Co-authored with Politecnico di Milano.
Academic Partners
University of Genoa (DIBRIS) ◆ Politecnico di Milano ◆ Linz Art University (Interface Cultures) ◆ CIMA
Open Source ◆ ArduPilot ◆ Custom Solutions ◆ Made in Italy
◆ From the Workshop
Top-down view of six different drone PCB models showing the evolution and range
Artistic macro of lit-up drones with yellow propellers and warm glow
Many drones stacked closely together on a table ready for deployment