SwarmInspect Robot Swarm Covers 200+ Supertall Buildings in Shenzhen: Inspection Efficiency 40x Faster Than Manual

SwarmInspect Robot Swarm Covers 200+ Supertall Buildings in Shenzhen: Inspection Efficiency 40x Faster Than Manual

Shenzhen-based construction technology company SkyEye today announced that its SwarmInspect facade inspection robot swarm has covered external wall safety inspections of over 200 buildings exceeding 200 meters in Shenzhen. The system comprises 30 micro-drones and 120 wall-climbing robots, completing comprehensive facade inspection of a 300-meter skyscraper in 72 hours—40 times the efficiency of traditional manual gondola inspection.

Each SwarmInspect unit is equipped with a high-resolution camera, thermal imaging camera, and ultrasonic flaw detector. The AI system compares inspection data across different time periods to identify facade tile debonding, crack propagation, and structural deformation with 0.1mm precision.

SkyEye CEO Lin Haoran stated: "Shenzhen has over 350 supertall buildings exceeding 200 meters. Facade safety inspection is a critical urban governance challenge. Traditional manual inspection is not only inefficient and expensive but poses serious safety risks—elevated work accidents occur every year."

SwarmInspect is registered with Shenzhen's Housing and Construction Bureau and holds building facade inspection qualifications. Per-building inspection costs approximately 150,000 RMB—a 60% reduction from traditional manual methods. City management authorities in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai have already expressed interest in collaboration.

However, construction trade unions have raised questions about liability allocation for automated inspection—when a robot swarm causes facade material to fall and injure someone, should responsibility fall on the building owner, the robot operator, or the manufacturer? Current regulations remain insufficient.