Precise Positioning
Technical Requirements for Precise Positioning
“Precise localization is needed for our autonomous field robot, to ensure open field navigation that allows the robot to accomplish precision farming tasks.”
Josef Franko, Co-founder AI.Land
“At Angsa Robotics, we’re developing the world’s first autonomous trash picking robot. By using positioning technologies and computer vision, the robot recognizes its defined area. This data is used to determine the most efficient path and to avoid obstacles with confidence.”
Lukas Wiesmeier, Co-founder Angsa Robotics
“At Auve Tech, we’re building the world’s most flexible last-mile transportation ecosystem with our autonomous shuttles. The Swift Navigation GNSS module was installed on our shuttle to improve our autonomous mobility system. The intense testing with our system allows us to make our navigation safer with Precise Positioning.”
Jorma Hiie, Project Lead, Auve Tech
“At Capra Robotics, we’re creating a cleaner environment by eliminating cigarette butts from our cities. Our vision is to create mobile robots to help people everywhere.”
Niels Jul Jacobsen, CEO Capra Robotics
„It was never easier and more affordable to get positions accurate to the centimeter within a few seconds everywhere in Germany. Thanks to Precise Positioning from Deutsche Telekom and Swift Navigation!”
Erik Schütz, Managing Director ITS Geo Solutions GmbH
“We have developed an autonomous robotic lawn mower for large terrains. For our lawn mower, Precise Positioning provides markedly better results when compared to the standard GNSS solutions, which can be utilized to solve many robotic problems.”
Joan Kangro, CEO Kingdom Technologies
“With Precise Positioning, KNOT scooters can provide fixed and virtual parking infrastructure for the eScooters and ensure user safety, which will revolutionize Scootersharing.”
Polina Mikhaylova, Co-founder KNOT
“Precise Positioning technology is a compelling addition to our robotic development work and could transform our approach to autonomous delivery robots.”
Alex Lawrence-Berkeley, CEO Level Five Supplies
“Without the ability to accurately pinpoint the location of a defective infrastructure component, the maintenance provider will be unable to identify where a repair must be carried out. So, without a proper precise positioning system, predictive maintenance of train and railway infrastructure is not possible.”
Morteza Nokhodian, CTO, PANTOhealth
“Precise Positioning provides us with the accuracy and scalability we need to continually evolve our cleaning aqua-drones.”
Richard Hardiman, Founder and CEO of RanMarine Technology
“Thanks to Precise Positioning technology, we can provide an accurate and reliable summary to student drivers. Smartmoov will continue to work on revolutionizing driver learning for safer roads across Europe.”
Stephane Pau, CEO Smartmoov
“Precision is crucial for SolarCleano in many aspects, including that if our robots are not moving precisely, they may fall off the panel. It is critical that our robots drive very near to the edge in order to clean the beneath of the panel, which is only feasible with Precise Positioning.”
Christophe Timmermans, CEO SolarCleano
“Ensuring accurate positioning is a challenge for micro-mobility. With precise positioning technology delivering an accuracy of up to 10cm, ZEUS ensures that our riders park and access their scooters smoothly and safely.”
David O’Reilly, CCO ZEUS Scooters
The price of a Precise Positioning solution depends on your IoT tariff and the number of devices connected. Contact us for a free quote!
Precise Positioning provides correction data in the USA, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Positioning refers localisation of a person or object. This is usually done using a reference system. In the case of GPS positioning, the latitude and longitude of the earth are given in terms of coordinates.
Precise Positioning includes the cloud-based GNSS corrections service Skylark™ and Starling® Positioning Engine, a high precision and hardware agnostic positioning engine.
Skylark leverages advanced corrections models and carrier-grade networks deployed and operated in partnership with MNOs around the world to deliver GNSS corrections. Starling leverages GNSS and dead reckoning sensor fusion to deliver an absolute position, velocity, and time (PVT) compliant with ASIL-B safety standards.
This way Precise Positioning meets the stringent requirements of automotive deployments and provides accurate and reliable location in even the most challenging environments, such as urban canyons, underpasses, access roads, complex intersections, remote locations, inclement weather, and more.
GPS stands for Global Positioning System and is a method of locating GPS-enabled devices worldwide. This requires at least four satellites orbiting the earth at an altitude of around 20,000 km. They continuously transmit a GPS signal that contains the exact coordinates of the satellite with a time stamp.
GPS devices measure how long it takes for the signals from the four satellites to reach the GPS device. The positions of the four satellites and the corresponding times of their signals are then used to determine your own position in our coordinate system.
The biggest difference between GPS and Precise Positioning is accuracy. While GPS can determine a position to within a few metres, Precise Positioning can determine a position to within a few centimetres. This accuracy is particularly important for autonomous machines or construction measurements. It is achieved using the Skylark™ GNSS correction service and the Starling® Positioning Engine.