Mission autonomy for air and ground robots

We build the software that lets aerial and ground robots carry out missions an operator defines, navigating by camera and map rather than GPS.

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Platform vision · concept animation

01Launch

02Transit

03Recharge on the ground robot

04Transit

05Mission area

Navigates by what it sees.

A camera frame is matched to an offline map to fix the position, with no GPS. This is our first module, and it works in simulation.

Working in simulation

A simulated camera frame beside an offline map tile, with matched points joined by lines; consistent pairs are marked in yellow. — Recorded simulation: camera frame matched to a 2025 offline map tile. 333 of 512 point pairs passed the geometry check.

The operator sets the mission.

The operator defines the route and the task; the system carries them out. People stay responsible for every decision.

Mission interface in development

Overview map with the planned route as a dotted line and the recorded 30 km track as a solid line. — Planned route and recorded track, 30 km in changing wind. Recorded simulation.

Air and ground, one mission.

A drone docks on a ground robot to recharge, then flies on. We are building toward aerial and ground robots that work as one team.

Development direction

Line drawing of a drone docked on a tracked ground robot. — Concept drawing.

One autonomy stack. Air and ground.

Navigation and mission execution are designed to sit above the airframe, connected through widely used protocols and flight-controller firmware. These are the platform types we design for.

Quadcopter, line drawing — QuadcopterAir

Heavy-lift hexacopter, line drawing — Heavy-lift hexacopterAir

Fixed-wing UAV, line drawing — Fixed-wing UAVAir

Twin-boom UAV, line drawing — Twin-boom UAVAir

Flying wing, line drawing — Flying wingAir

Tube-launched UAV, line drawing — Tube-launched UAVAir

Unmanned helicopter, line drawing — Unmanned helicopterAir

Tracked ground robot, line drawing — Tracked ground robotGround

6×6 ground robot, line drawing — 6×6 ground robotGround

Your platform.

Manufacturers and integrators: tell us what you fly or drive.

Discuss integration

Platform types shown as design-system drawings. Compatibility with a specific model is confirmed by testing and named once confirmed.

One flight, on record.

A complete flight in simulation: 30 km along a planned route, through thirteen changes of wind, positioned by camera and map.

distance flown: 30.07km
flight time: 28:29
mean ground speed: 68.5km/h
camera frames passed the geometry check: 609/616
from the target at arrival, inside a 25 m zone: 14.3m

Recorded simulation. Environment isolation unverified; no physical flight shown.

Proven in simulation first.

Every capability is tested in simulation before it reaches hardware. This recording follows a full 30 km flight, including the frames that did not match.

01The camera captures the ground.
02Offline map tiles around the predicted position are searched.
03A neural network pairs points across both images.
04A geometry check keeps the consistent pairs.
05The position estimate is corrected. Between frames, the inertial sensors carry it.

Recorded simulationFlight time 28:29, shown at 27.6× speedNo physical flight shownImagery: Beeldmateriaal Nederland / PDOK, CC BY 4.0

Built with the people who use it.

Requirements change faster than development cycles. We work from current operational feedback, verify each change and ship the next iteration.

A cycle: 01 User feedback, 02 Product update, 03 Verification, 04 Next iteration, which leads back to user feedback.

Where we are.

Now: The navigation prototype works in simulation.
December 2026: Hardware testing with a Ukrainian drone manufacturer, under a confirmed collaboration.
Next: Integration with existing platforms, and joint air and ground missions.

Operators decide. Autonomy executes.

Autonomy carries out the mission. People remain responsible for it.

01The operator defines every mission.
02Automatic target selection and engagement are outside our scope.
03Simulation results are labelled as simulation.

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