Dragonfly

Precise 3D location for robots and drones using standard cameras

Dragonfly Visual Positioning System provides accurate indoor location to robots and drones, using a standard camera.
Dragonfly's patented technology uses simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technology to deliver indoor and outdoor location with centimeter accuracy, by analyzing in real time the video stream coming from an on-board camera. Dragonfly is a cheap alternative to LiDAR and UWB, and can be used for indoor positioning and navigation of automated guided vehicles (AGVs) or to perform forklifts tracking inside warehouses.

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How it can be used

Sample applications

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Logistics Automation: Tracking and locating autonomous mobile robots (AMR) and automated guided vehicles (AGV) to allow indoor navigation. Equipment tracking indoors is also enabled.
Warehouse management: Tracking the location of mobile robots and lift trucks enables automating inventory management, as items are placed on racks.
Forklift Tracking: Forklift location tracking facilitates accident prevention and enables fleet management.
Autonomous Robots: Autonomous self-driven robots, often used in retail and healthcare, can navigate indoors and outdoors using Dragonfly's centimeter precision location technology and allowing remote monitoring of their position in real time.
Various industries: Drones 3D indoor location and navigation enables inspections and tasks requiring visual identification. Drone positioning and tracking indoors is also possible.

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System Architecture and Features

How it works

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Dragonfly is a visual 3D positioning/location system based on Computer Vision SLAM:

A valid alternative to LiDAR and Ultra Wide Band for accurate indoor positioning and location of drones, robots and vehicles.

Based on a patented proprietary technology.

Computer vision and odometry to create an accurate SLAM system.

Just an on-board camera (mono or stereo) required.

The SLAM location engine can run on board of the device or on a remote server (local or cloud).

API for Developers
Dragonfly gives access to an indoor positioning location library and API that can be implemented to achieve centimeter accuracy, indoors and outdoors.

X, Y, Z and WSG-84 Location
The output of this 3D positioning system is provided to developers as latitude, longitude (WSG-84) + altitude, or as x, y, z Cartesian coordinates.

Location Recognition and Centimeter Accuracy
Dragonfly's accurate indoor location system is based on venue and place recognition:

Dragonfly navigates and creates a 3D map in real time.

The map can be shared among different devices.

Dragonfly comes with an intuitive camera calibration tool for the configuration of the on-board camera.

5 cm accuracy.

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Features

Cameras: An on-board camera, monocular or stereo, is the only required sensor to use Dragonfly visual positioning system.
Software: Precise and accuware indoor location is computed by Dragonfly software. Dragonfly SLAM engine can run locally on board of the device or on a remote server.
Location Provided as latitude, longitude and altitude (off the floor). Centimeter-level indoor location is provided as WSG-84 (latitude, longitude) + altitude off the floor, or as X, Y, Z Cartesian coordinates.
Accuracy Dragonfly can provide location accuracy within a few centimeters when properly calibrated.

Components

Mobile equipment such as autonomous mobile robots or drones have to be equipped with monocular or stereo cameras

Visual Markers are required for the initial system calibration

Modular software can run client-side or on a local server

API and SDK for custom development and integration

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