Oxford-based tech firms to develop integrated radar-based navigation and perception system
Summary
Two major UK technology companies, both based in Oxfordshire, Oxbotica and Navtech Radar, have announced their joint product development of a radar-based navigation and perception system to be launched in 2020. The multi-module localisation system (radar, vision and laser) allows customers to deploy autonomy in both on-road and off-road locations, whether in mines, ports or airports and whatever the weather conditions where standard GPS or lidar is not possible. The Oxbotica and Navtech product will not be reliant on any external infrastructure and can operate on its own or be fused with other location services driven by GPS, lidar or laser vision as part of Oxbotica’s modular and integrated approach. “This collaboration with Navtech is a key milestone in bringing autonomy especially to off-road domains such as mines, ports, or airports where existing lidar or GPS may not function effectively due to weather or operating conditions such as dust, rain, or snow,” said Ozgur Tohumcu, Oxbotica’s CEO. Oxbotica are world leaders in this area and together with our high-performance radars sensors, we believe the resulting system will deliver a step change in the performance available for all-weather all environment localisation and perception.