Small, lightweight and robust device for high-precision 3D localisation of people and objects in any environment using wireless communication

Summary

Profile Type

Technology offer

POD Reference

TOAT20250211013

Term of Validity

18 February 2025 - 18 February 2026

Company's Country

Austria

Type of partnership

Commercial agreement with technical assistance

Targeted Countries

All countries

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General information

Short Summary

An Austrian company developed a patented localization technology, that can be used for real-time-tracking and motion analysis, navigation and path planning as well as high precise indoor and outdoor 3D localization of assets. The device with deep-tech algorithms and ultra-wideband is very small and lightweight. It comes fully preconfigured, battery-powered, and ready to go. The company is seeking partners for commercial agreements with technical assistance to roll out the solution within Europe.

Full Description

The Austrian start-up was incorporated in 2022 and emerged out of R&D projects with national and international industrial partners. These partners include well-renowned companies like Airbus and Ariane Space. With this new product, the company offers the highest standards and innovations in the area of asset localization and tracking. Their products deliver high-precision and 3D localization for indoor as well as outdoor areas. All devices are delivered fully preconfigured, battery-powered, and ready to go. The convenient admin app guides the customer through the deployment process to minimize the installation efforts. All of the devices autonomously detect themselves, form networks, and distribute their resources efficiently to optimize performance.

The performance of the company’s ultra-wideband (UWB) localization is further enhanced through sophisticated sensor fusions that enable high data rates and resiliency against interferences. This enables a complex fusion of UWB distance measurements with data of temperature, acceleration, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensors. The resulting localization features improved accuracy without negatively affecting the system’s latency.

The centimeter precision ensures reliable positioning and tracking even in harsh industrial environments. The product offers real-time measurements with a scalable localization solution that enables latencies of 1-2ms per asset, as well as precise 3D localization for indoor and outdoor environments with large coverage areas. The company’s trade secrets and proprietary algorithms are protected with 14 patent claims within the European Union.

The small and lightweight device with dimensions of 3cm *2cm *1cm can be used for tracking and motion analysis, navigation and path planning, and precise indoor and outdoor localization. This technology is currently utilized for gateless entrance control, user guidance over Augmented Reality (AR), and search-and-rescue operations with drones.

Compared to competitors in the industry, the innovative technology offers 40 times higher precision, with only 0,3 cm deviation, and 60 times faster asset localization, with a duration of only 0,14 seconds per asset. Due to the unique calibration method, hardware tolerances can be accounted for to improve the robustness and accuracy of the solution. This also allows the utilization of cost-effective off-the-shelf components rather than expensive customized hardware.

Areas of current applications:
• Pharmaceutical smart lab solution with AR support for guidance and live asset tracking
• Emergency control: search and rescue operations with precise 3D localization
• Access control: seamless gate entrance and user guidance
• Industrial manufacturing: process monitoring, process tracking, and process validation
• Analytics: sporting arena with user tracking and guidance for valuable analytics
There are existing customers in the pharmaceutical, industrial manufacturing, and robotic/drone domains.

The company is looking for new partners to roll out their technology to applications where precise and robust 3D localization is essential. The generic and adaptive solution thereby allows a variety of different applications straight out-of-the-box.

Advantages and Innovations

• battery-powered and light-weight, ultra-small form factor of only 2x3cm
• high precision - reliable positioning even in harsh environments (e.g. industrial manufacturing –, Pharmaceutical Laboratories, drone and robotics applications)
• high accuracy with onboard calibration methods
• 3D localization for indoor and outdoor areas
• sensor fusion – complex combination of multiple sensor data for advanced robustness, precision, and motion analysis
• low latency - real-time tracking with a scalable solution and latencies of 1-2ms per asset
• high robustness - UWB-based localization solution with mitigation techniques to attain a high degree of resilience against interferences
• ease of installation - Turnkey solution that comes fully preconfigured and ready to be used. This includes the hardware and software, an administrator app for a convenient setup, and even an augmented reality app for user guidance straight out-of-the-box.

The device enables robust 3D position tracking of people and assets in any environment using wireless communication to attain cm precisions with ultra-low latencies of only a few milliseconds per asset. This technology revolutionizes robotics and drone use-cases, and sets completely new standards for industrial and pharmaceutical companies with automated monitoring, full back-traceability, guaranteed quality control, automated process logging, and even process validation.

Stage of Development

Already on the market

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

IPR status

IPR granted

IPR notes

granted patents – the company owns a number of trade secrets and proprietary algorithms, which are protected by 14 patent claims within the European Union.

stage of development comment: The technology features a generic on-premises solution that automatically adapts to environmental changes. Furthermore, the modules are certified, and no country restrictions apply. Currently, the technology is being utilized in Austria, Slovakia, UAE, and USA.

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner

The company is looking for partners/customers to explore new applications to bring novel and innovative technical abilities to industrial manufacturing, process monitoring & validation, self-logging pharmaceutical laboratories, and robotics and drone applications.

Type and Size of Partner