Advanced Robotic Vehicles, Inc. (ARVI) was formed to invent, develop, and deploy mobile robotic vehicles. The company provides customers with vehicles to inspect and treat large surface areas at significantly reduced cost and cycle time, with significantly improved accuracy and reliability.

ARVI's robots are the key component in a dramatically more efficient means of performing work on large structures. Traditionally, the only way to perform this work has been with individual laborers and hand tools. This usually necessitates the employment of scaffolding so workers can reach the required surfaces. The work is inherently slow. The hazards are often substantial. The quality of the work is often uneven.

A number of organizations have sought to develop mobile robots capable of performing work on the surface of airplanes, ships, buildings, storage tanks, and similar structures. None have achieved this objective. The problems are gravity and friction-- the vehicle must be able to cling to vertical and inverted surfaces and at the same time move with speed and precision carrying tools and supporting umbilicals that weigh multiples of the vehicle itself.

ARVI has succeeded in overcoming these technical challenges. Utilizing the company's "Sticktion Technology" (patent pending), ARVI robots can carry large loads across surfaces oriented in any direction to the force of gravity.

Working on large area surfaces, ARVI mobile robots enable tasks to be performed with increased speed and accuracy and with vastly reduce labor costs. The robots can operate in hazardous environments and are easy to set up, maintain, and transport among job sites.