The company has developed a technology that can collect data and map challenging areas such as mines, telecommunications infrastructure, and environments struck by natural disasters.
Brisbane-based drone company Emesent has launched what it has dubbed as the „first plug-and-play payload“ that enables industrial drones to fly beyond communications range and into unmapped areas.
Built on Emesent’s Hovermap simultaneous localisation and mapping (SLAM) autonomous flight system, the autonomy level 2 (AL2) technology was designed to enable companies to map, navigate, and collect data in challenging environments, such as mines, civil construction works, telecommunications infrastructure, and areas hit by natural disasters.
„With the intelligence to navigate environments without a prior map, customers can use the system to carry out complex missions, secure the safety of personnel, and drive greater efficiency in their operations,“ Emesent co-founder and CEO Stefan Hrabar said.
Emesent added that using AL2 would mean the drone processes data on-board in real-time to stream a 3D map of the environment back to the operator’s tablet.
