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Lucid Bots' Sherpa HighLine Pushes Drone Cleaning to 280 Feet

Lucid Bots' Sherpa HighLine Pushes Drone Cleaning to 280 Feet

Charlotte, N.C. – October 01, 2026 -- Lucid Bots has unveiled the Sherpa HighLine, a motorized rooftop pulley system that enabled its Sherpa drone to clean exterior surfaces at 280 feet above ground level, a height the company says marks the tallest drone-cleaning operation recorded in the United States.

Drone cleans 23-story Colorado casino tower at 8,000-foot elevation

The late-September operation took place at Monarch Casino Resort Spa in Black Hawk, Colorado, on the property's 23-story hotel tower. The work was completed in partnership with BlackJet Drone Solutions, MG Cleaning Systems and Oklahoma Drone Technologies. Black Hawk sits roughly 8,000 feet above sea level, where lower-density air makes generating lift more demanding for aircraft.

Lucid Bots Debuts Tethered Power System for Cleaning Drones

Lucid Bots Debuts Tethered Power System for Cleaning Drones

Charlotte, N.C. – September 07, 2026 -- Lucid Bots has launched the Power Tether, a ground-powered continuous-power system for its Sherpa cleaning and spraying drone, eliminating the battery-swap interruptions that have long constrained commercial drone operations.

Fleet logs 8,760 cumulative flight hours across 600-plus drones

Telemetry data measured as of August 17 shows Lucid Bots' connected network of more than 600 Sherpa drones has accumulated over 8,760 flight hours, the equivalent of a full calendar year in the air. The figure aggregates activity across the fleet rather than reflecting a single continuous flight or exclusive Power Tether usage.