Robotics, AI and governed defect management for the built environment.
Defy-Hi develops inspection and defect management systems for commercial building portfolios. The company combines close-proximity robotic and drone-based data capture with engineer-validated workflows, governed defect tracking and remediation management.
RGB, thermal and LiDAR
Close-proximity inspection data for tall city office buildings and industrial assets.
BEAR access platform
Roof-mounted, wind-stable inspection robot designed for façade access and repeatable data acquisition.
Sovereign Australian dataset
Proprietary defect dataset and AI algorithms built for Australian building conditions and asset workflows.
Governed defect management
Engineer validation, defect tracking and remediation oversight, not just image collection.
Platform
A defect management system designed to support inspection, validation, prioritisation and remediation tracking across building portfolios.
Defy-Hi’s core product is the defect management platform. Robotics and aerial capture extend the quality, safety and repeatability of data collection, but the commercial value sits in governed workflow and decision support.
What the platform enables
- Geo-located defect mapping across façades and asset surfaces.
- Structured defect records that can be tracked over time.
- Engineer review and validation within a controlled workflow.
- Support for remediation planning, status management and reporting.
How data is captured
- BEAR for tall city office buildings requiring close-proximity inspection.
- Drones for industrial buildings and broader external asset capture.
- RGB, thermal and LiDAR inputs aligned to asset context.
- Repeatable capture methods designed to improve comparability over time.
Technical capability
Defy-Hi integrates access robotics, spatially referenced inspection data and proprietary defect intelligence into a single operating model.
The objective is not only to find defects, but to create a traceable and auditable process for managing them across time, assets and stakeholders.
BEAR
The Building Envelope Access Robot is a roof-mounted inspection robot engineered to remain stable in wind while operating on tall city buildings. It captures close-range inspection data where conventional access can be slow, costly or operationally constrained.
Defect intelligence
Defy-Hi combines a proprietary sovereign Australian defect dataset with proprietary AI defect algorithms to support consistent classification, triage and portfolio-level insight.
Delivery record
Demonstrated with major real estate owners, managers and service providers.
The business has previously delivered technical demonstrations, paid pilots and repeat paid jobs with some of the largest real estate companies globally, and has worked with several of Australia’s largest REITs.
Delivered repeat paid work with the world’s largest commercial real estate services company.
Demonstrated capability with a major global real asset owner and manager.
Delivered paid work with a global real estate and investment management firm.
Current focus
BEAR 4.0 productisation and commercial scale-up.
The next stage is focused on productising BEAR 4.0, strengthening deployment readiness and scaling the platform for broader commercial rollout.
Positioning
Defy-Hi is building an enterprise-grade operating layer for building envelope defects: safer capture, better data integrity, governed engineering review and measurable remediation workflow.