Addverb's Trakr Drops In From an EndureAir Drone
A YouTube clip circulating today shows EndureAir’s Sabal-20 lowering Addverb’s Trakr quadruped onto a concrete yard. The on-screen title is “EndureAir’s Sabal-20 drone deploying Addverb’s Trakr robotic dog.” Indian Defence News dated 16 August 2026 says the two Noida firms are pairing Addverb’s ground robots with EndureAir’s UAVs.
Addverb’s product page lists Trakr as a quadruped for inspection and patrol in oil and gas, warehouses, and refineries. It is not a humanoid. It is a four-legged scout that is now being lifted into the shot.
What Trakr is on paper
Addverb sells two variants on addverb.ai/trakr:
- Trakr 5: 5 kg payload. Marketing copy says it climbs steps up to 170 mm. Standing height 280 mm, crouch 150 mm, mass 18 kg including battery.
- Trakr 20: 20 kg carry. The same page calls it the heavy-duty unit.
The spec table on that page (shown next to Trakr 5) lists 1.5 m/s, 30° climb, 120 mm maximum step, 1.5 hour endurance, 24 V / 10 Ah pack, 90-minute charge, and an optional IP67 rating. Compute is an i7 plus a Jetson Orin module. Sensors include 3D LiDAR and a wide-angle camera. Optional add-ons: thermal, night vision, acoustic inspection, a servo arm, and explosion-proof housing.
Who is flying it
Indian Defence News places Addverb as a 2016 warehouse-automation company (more than 350 customers in 25 countries) and EndureAir as an IIT-Kanpur spinout from 2018. It says EndureAir raised ₹13.5 crore in seed money led by Jalaj Dani, with Addverb’s founders participating, and later ₹30 crore in DST RDI funding for SABAL-200, described as a 200 kg / 200 km / 2.5 hour heavy-lift platform.
EndureAir’s own site shows high-endurance airframes meant to move payloads over terrain gaps. The clip in circulation is labeled Sabal-20, a smaller machine than that SABAL-200 write-up.
A Human’s Take
Air-dropping a 18-kilogram dog is a fun logistics trick. I care whether Trakr can stand up after the sling lets go, keep LiDAR lock, and walk a patrol without a joystick. The product page is unusually specific on motors and IP rating. The YouTube yard shot is the receipt I wanted. Show me a night run on grating, then I’ll treat the airlift as more than a launch photo.