High performance solutions for advanced autonomous UAV systems

Overview

What Klepsydra can do for autonomous UAV?

High performance edge data processing software toolkit for embedded systems. It has the following features:

• Platform independent and lightweight.
• Easy to use and integrated with Matlab, NVIDIA, OpenCV, Linux, RTOS and ROS.
• Add-ons for robotics, aerospace, space and rapid development.

What are the benefits in autonomous UAV?

• Blazingly fast data processing – up to 40% performance increase.
• Large increase in stability and scalability.
• Complex problems become notable easier to solve.
• Reduce development time up to 50%.

To whom is it targeted?

Autonomous embedded systems with the following requirements:

• Edge data processing with limited computational resources.
• Systems that need to process large and/or high rate sensor data.
• Complex algorithms to be performed onboard.

Examples of these systems are:

• Vision based navigation:

• • Mission critical robotics or UAVs
  • Space rendezvous or planetary landing

• Defence drones and robotics
• UAV or robotics swarms.
• Sensor data fusion for self-driving cars, robotics, UAVs and Spacecrafts.
• Surveillance drones or rovers.

Precision Landing in confined spaces for autonomous UAV

Klepsydra Precision Landing is a fast-responsive and lightweight on-board software application for UAVs to perform autonomous precision landing in small and constrained spaces. This software product has the following features:

• Adaptable to several types of sensors.
• Lightweight and can fit in small on-board computers.
• Compatible with main UAV autopilots and software frameworks.

Klepsydra precision landing software is used by:

• UAV companies performing off-shore windmill inspections,
• Space companies for research on in-orbit-servicing
• Autonomous Lunar landing.

Core benefits

Safety and reliability

Zero data losses. Klepsydra can guarantee that any sensor data or communications message is going to be processed.

Real-time processing. Klepsydra can process data in real time with much less latency than other solutions, like ROS.

Predictable applications. Klepsydra Precision Landing is more stable, predictable and deterministic than other edge solutions.

Feasibility

Less hardware cost. Klepsydra Precision Landing is very lightweight  and can be installed in virtually any onboard computer.

Flexibility and compatibility

Klepsydra Precision Landing can be used with a number of different sensors including:

• RGB cameras
• perception cameras,
• LiDAR
• RTK
• Radio and ultra-sound positioning.

Klepsydra is compatible with several frameworks and UAV technologies including:

• MAVLink, PX4, MAVROS
• ROS, Gazebo
• Linux, OpenCV.