Most inspection budgets start with the robot and treat sensing as an accessory line. On a US dealer's shelf today, that is backwards: the imaging payload frequently costs several times the machine that carries it.
All figures below were read on 13 August 2026 from the public product feed and product pages of Maverick Drone Systems, a US dealer carrying Deep Robotics, UVIRSYS, Nolvis, Flybotix and Genisom. Currency was confirmed as USD on the store's cart endpoint and in each product page's structured data. These are dealer list prices, not quotes, and they are the exception in a category where almost everyone says "contact us".
The platforms: $9,999 to $76,000
| Platform | Type | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Genisom L1 | Quadruped | $9,999 (EDU $18,999) |
| Genisom L1-W | Wheeled-leg quadruped | $11,999 (EDU $21,999) |
| Genisom M1 | Wheeled quadruped | $15,000 |
| Deep Robotics Lynx S10 | Quadruped | $16,000 |
| Deep Robotics Lynx S10 Pro | Quadruped | $32,000 |
| Deep Robotics Lynx M20 Pro | Quadruped | $55,000 |
| Deep Robotics Lynx M20 S | Quadruped | $76,000 |
| Nolvis X1 | Caged indoor/confined-space drone | $23,980 to $65,000 |
| Flybotix ASIO X | Confined-space drone, 40K lumens + gas | $33,899 |
Charging docks are separate: $4,800 for the Lynx S10 Pro, $4,900 for the M20 line.
The payloads: $35,000 to $79,800
UVIRSYS sells corona-detection and multispectral imaging that mounts on a robot dog or a drone. The 3-in-1 UV+IR+VIS system for a robot dog is $79,800, as is the compact drone version. The UV+VIS corona system for a robot dog is $59,800, the drone-carried ZH480 for the DJI Matrice 300/350 is $59,800, the ZH480-mini for the Matrice 4 is $39,800, the portable dual-field-of-view camera is $49,800, and the handheld is $35,000.
Put those next to the platforms and the arithmetic is uncomfortable. The $79,800 imaging head is 4.99x the $16,000 Lynx S10 it can ride on, and 7.98x a $9,999 Genisom L1. Even against the $32,000 S10 Pro it is 2.49x. Buyers who price the dog and assume "plus a camera" are budgeting the cheap half.
Slab pricing, and one $0.00
Five structurally different UVIRSYS products — the robot-mounted corona system, the substation multispectral system, the online analysis system, the ZH480-PRO imager and the drone-carried ZH480 — are all listed at exactly $59,800. The catalogue is priced in slabs ($35,000 / $39,800 / $49,800 / $59,800 / $79,800) rather than by configuration. One SKU, the ZH380 single-channel UV module, is listed at $0.00, which in our running tally of placeholder prices means "call us", not "free".
Treat identical prices across dissimilar products as a signal to ask for a written quote before you build a bill of materials from them.
Software and training are separate SKUs
Deep Robotics' Inspection Platform License is $29,000 — 1.81x the price of a Lynx S10 robot and 52.7% of an M20 Pro. Sensor modules for the M20 Pro are priced individually: PTZ camera $12,999, gas detection $7,900.
A worked build makes the shape clear:
| Line | Price |
|---|---|
| Lynx M20 Pro | $55,000 |
| PTZ camera module | $12,999 |
| Gas detection module | $7,900 |
| Inspection platform licence | $29,000 |
| Charging dock | $4,900 |
| **Total** | **$109,799** |
The robot is 50.1% of that. Everything else is sensing, software and infrastructure.
Confined-space aircraft: a 2.71x ladder on one airframe
Nolvis X1 runs $23,980 (X1) / $29,980 (Light) / $54,000 (Standard) / $65,000 (Pro) — a 2.71x spread on the same caged airframe, so what you are buying up the ladder is sensing and processing. Its spare parts say the same thing from the other direction: propeller $4, battery $177, charger $228, cage $333, motor set $340. Support is priced openly too — initial training $5,000, care package $6,000 (together 45.9% of the entry aircraft), cloud storage $1,980/year after the first year plus $1,190 per extra 500 GB.
Flybotix gives the category something rare: a public used price. The ASIO Pro pre-owned is $23,250 against $33,899 for a new ASIO X, a 31.4% discount on the shelf.
One catalogue-hygiene note worth knowing: the Nolvis X1 listing still sits at a URL carrying its previous brand name, so search results and old links may not match the product name you are quoted.
What to do with this
- Price the payload before the platform. In this category the sensor is usually the larger number.
- Ask what year two costs. Licences and cloud storage here run $1,980 to $29,000 and are not in the machine price.
- Query identical prices. Five unrelated systems at $59,800 is a catalogue convention, not five quotes.
- Ask whether the dock, training and gas module are in the figure you were given. On this shelf, each is a separate SKU.
Related reading: our inspection robot price guide category page and industrial drone listings.
