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Test Benches for Drones and UAV Systems


Design of test benches, validation systems and production lines for the drone industry.

From R&D to mass production, Gemesis designs custom platforms to qualify, validate and industrialize civil, industrial and defense drones.


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OUR VALUE CHAIN


Complete Solutions for Every Stage of Your Drone Projects

R&D

Validation and development

Production

Quality control and EOL

Qualification

Testing and characterization

Support

Commissioning and maintenance

Industrialization

Machines and production systems

Drone Laboratory Test Benches


Drone Electric Motor and Drivetrain Test Bench

Gemesis develops test benches dedicated to the characterization of electric motors, propellers, ESCs and complete propulsion systems for drones and UAVs.

Applications

  • Drone thrust measurement

  • Brushless motor validation

  • UAV propulsion qualification

  • Motor endurance testing

  • Thermal validation

  • Vibration analysis

  • Energy efficiency testing

  • Mission profile simulation


Integrated Technologies

  • Real-time acquisition

  • Torque and speed measurement

  • High-speed cameras

  • Power instrumentation

  • CAN and EtherCAT communication

  • Automated control


Drone HIL Bench and Embedded Controllers

Gemesis designs drone HIL (Hardware In The Loop) test benches for validating flight controllers, embedded systems and critical electronics.

Possible Functions

  • Drone environment simulation

  • Fault injection

  • UAV controller validation

  • Sensor simulation

  • Communication bus validation

  • Mission scenario replay

  • Control law testing

  • Critical systems validation

We have strong expertise in:

  • Real-time systems

  • FPGA

  • Industrial controllers

  • LabVIEW RT

  • MATLAB / Simulink

  • EtherCAT

  • Deterministic networks

Our aerospace HIL test benches significantly accelerate validation and software safety phases.


Drone and UAV Battery Test Bench

Gemesis develops battery test benches for drones to test cells, modules and complete battery packs.

Drone Battery Test Bench Applications

  • Lithium battery cycling

  • BMS validation

  • Charge/discharge testing

  • Capacity measurement

  • Accelerated aging

  • Drone mission simulation

  • Impedance measurement

  • Thermal validation

Integrated Equipment

  • Bidirectional power supplies

  • Regenerative loads

  • Climatic chambers

  • High-precision measurements

  • Synchronized acquisition

  • Advanced battery safety

Our solutions are compatible with high-power battery architectures used in professional and defense drones.


Drone powertrain test bench

Gemesis develops validation benches for:

  • Inverters

  • ESC

  • DC/DC converters

  • Embedded electrical networks

  • Power distribution

  • High-voltage drone systems

Main Functions

  • Efficiency analysis

  • Power validation

  • Transient testing

  • Fault injection

  • Harmonic analysis

  • Electrical safety validation

We work with specialized partners for industrial and aerospace power supply systems.


Drone Sensors and Avionics Test Bench

Gemesis develops test benches for sensors and avionics systems:

  • IMU

  • GPS

  • Lidars

  • Cameras

  • Inertial sensors

  • Environmental sensors

  • UAV navigation systems

Capabilities

  • Automatic calibration

  • Stimulus generation

  • Real-time synchronization

  • Communication validation

  • Environmental simulation

  • Avionics functional testing

Drone Production Test Benches and Special Machines



Drone Assembly Machines

Gemesis develops special machines and automated workstations for drone and aerospace subsystem assembly.

Applications

  • Battery assembly

  • Controlled screwdriving

  • Vision inspection

  • Glue dispensing

  • Robotics

  • Electronics integration

  • Marking and traceability

Our solutions can be manual, semi-automatic or fully automated.


Drone End Of Line (EOL) Test Bench

Drone EOL test benches automatically validate systems before delivery.

Test Functions

  • Electrical testing

  • Functional validation

  • Communication control

  • Motor testing

  • Battery validation

  • Sensor inspection

  • Leak testing

  • Safety verification

Industrial Functions

  • Automatic report generation

  • Traceability database

  • ERP/MES management

  • QR code reading

  • Multi-station control

These systems industrialize production while guaranteeing quality and test repeatability.

Drone, Aerospace and Defense Expertise

Gemesis supports manufacturers in the development and industrialization of civil, industrial and defense drones.

We provide:

  • Mechatronic design

  • Real-time software development

  • Instrumentation integration

  • Industrial automation

  • Electrical design

  • Special machine manufacturing

  • Commissioning

  • Support and maintenance

Our solutions are designed for the following sectors:

  • Drone

  • UAV

  • Defense

  • Aerospace

  • Energy

  • Hydrogen

  • Advanced mobility

 

Why Choose Gemesis for Your Drone Test Benches?

Multi-physics expertise

Custom design

Real-time and FPGA expertise

Power and battery expertise

Hydrogen integration

Laboratory and production test benches

Aerospace validation

Scalable architecture

Integrated software development

Industrialization support

Drone Test Bench Control Software

Gemesis test benches can integrate an advanced software platform for:

  • Real-time control

  • Automatic sequencing

  • Synchronized acquisition

  • Multi-bench supervision

  • Data analysis

  • Safety management

  • Report generation

  • Test data logging

Supported Protocols

  • EtherCAT

  • CAN

  • CAN FD

  • Modbus TCP/IP

  • OPC UA

  • Industrial Ethernet