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.
