Our boats
We don’t only fly drones. We also sail them.
Dronisos builds autonomous boats for live shows: the Ducks, a swarm of small surface drones, and the AquaStage, a robotic fountain platform. All of them run on Orus, our show control system, with the same team, the same timeline and the same communication networks as our aerial drones.
Boreas aerial drones above the fountains · Disney Cascade of Lights, Disneyland Paris
Every night at Disneyland Paris
Drones, boats and fountains in the same show
In Disney Cascade of Lights at Disneyland Paris, our Boreas drones perform every evening alongside 12 AquaStage platforms and 100 Ducks on the water of Adventure Bay. Three different machines, one choreography.
Sky, surface and fountains follow one show clock: the water jets, the lights, the pyrotechnics and the flight paths are written together and supervised by a single operations team.
12
AquaStage robotic fountain platforms
100
Ducks, surface drones in a swarm
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show timeline, controlled by Orus
Nightly
operations, every day of the year
Orus · unified show control
One system. One timeline. Every robot in step.
Orus is the show control software developed by Dronisos. It brings aquatic and aerial platforms together in one coordinated system: from moving fountains to surface swarms and aerial formations, every movement and every effect follows a shared choreography.
In the control room, a single operator runs the Boreas drones, the Ducks and the AquaStage platforms from the same screens: one timeline, one set of communication networks, one checklist.
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Shared timeline
AquaStage, Duck and Boreas run on one show clock.
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Coordinated programming
Water, light, pyrotechnic and flight cues are written together.
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Centralized supervision
One operations team monitors every system, on the same communication networks.
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Consistent choreography
Sky, surface and stage effects stay in step, night after night.
The fleet
Three machines, built to perform together
Duck, Boreas and Orus are developed by Dronisos. AquaStage is co-developed by Aquatique Show and Dronisos.
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Robotic fountain platform · Aquatique Show × Dronisos
AquaStage
A modular, mobile fountain platform for water, light and pyrotechnic effects, built to move through the show. Today it carries a colour-lit straight jet of 18 m with RGBW lighting; it is designed to take an oscillating jet, a water screen, pyrotechnics, lasers or additional lighting.
- 1.9 × 1.9 × 0.7 m · 500 kg · 10 cm above the waterline
- 8 ducted propellers · up to 1.4 m/s
- 18 m illuminated water jet
- 1.5 h at full power, up to 5 h depending on configuration
- Stainless steel chassis, made in Europe
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Swarm surface drone · Dronisos
Duck
Small surface drones that move as one coordinated swarm, spreading light and pyrotechnics across the whole basin. Each unit is fitted with a lighting dome or a pyrotechnic payload, and every unit is commanded by Orus as part of one fleet.
- 45 × 27 × 15.7 cm · 3.8 kg per unit
- RGBW LED lighting dome, or up to 6 pyrotechnic effects per unit
- 1.5 m/s max speed, cruise about 1 m/s
- More than 1 h of endurance at cruise speed
- Operates from −10 °C to +40 °C
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Aerial show drone · Dronisos, designed and built in France
Boreas
The aerial show drone that shares the timeline with the fountains and the surface swarm, drawing the choreography into the sky. Its electronics are coated against fog, fountain spray and light showers, and it floats if it falls into water.
- 317 g per drone
- Up to 35 min of flight
- 36 km/h maximum wind speed
- Dual GPS with an independent safety system
- Pre-assembled landing plates for fast handling
In action
See the boats at work
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AquaStage
The robotic fountain platform, co-developed with Aquatique Show, in live operation.
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Ducks, AquaStage and Boreas
Drones, surface swarm and fountain platforms in the same show at Disneyland Paris, synchronized by Orus.
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Deploying the Ducks onto the water
Behind the scenes: the Ducks are placed on the water one by one before the show, already lit and connected to Orus.
AquaStage in the field
Moving fountains, from lake trials to the show basin
Trials with Aquatique Show on open water: single platforms and synchronized groups, by day and at nightfall. Photos: Aquatique Show.
Technical overview
Key figures
| Specification | AquaStage | Duck | Boreas |
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| Role | Robotic fountain platform | Swarm surface drone | Aerial show drone |
| Dimensions | 1.9 × 1.9 × 0.7 m | 45 × 27 × 15.7 cm | — |
| Mass | 500 kg | 3.8 kg | 317 g |
| Propulsion / speed | 8 ducted propellers · 1.4 m/s | 1.5 m/s max, cruise about 1 m/s | Flies in winds up to 36 km/h |
| Lighting | RGBW, 2 projectors | RGBW LED dome | RGBW LED |
| Effects | 18 m illuminated jet; pyrotechnics, water screen, lasers on request | Up to 6 pyrotechnic effects per unit | Aerial formations |
| Endurance | 1.5 h at full power, up to 5 h | More than 1 h at cruise speed | Up to 35 min of flight |
| Operating temperature | −10 °C to +40 °C | −10 °C to +40 °C | — |
| Control | Orus | Orus | Orus |
Figures from the Aquatic & Aerial Show Systems technical brochure. Availability of planned payloads is confirmed per project.
Let’s create the next generation of live shows.
Moving water effects, surface drone choreography, synchronized pyrotechnics and aerial formations, all under one show control. Tell us about your venue and your story.
