Ubihere has leveraged a decade of research conducted by Dr. Alper Yilmaz’s Photogrammetry Laboratory at The Ohio State University to develop Ubinav. The technology allows for real-time on-board multi-sensor navigation based on an innovative series of edge-enabled Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithms developed by the team.
Ubihere has demonstrated its artificially intelligent computer vision thought leadership via the deployment of the company’s Ubivision solution. Ubivision is a suite of highly efficient and customizable deep neural networks developed by Ubihere to support real-time AI/CV processing of existing video streams or on the company’s compact, low-cost, compact, multiple camera framework. Ubivision has been demonstrated to add real-time value-added business intelligence for retail, healthcare, and logistics.
Ubihere is excited to extend the capabilities of the Ubivision-based Ubinav solution with the support of the Department of Defense. In the fall of 2021, Ubihere received a $750,000 STTR Phase II award to demonstrate Ubinav’s computationally efficient localization and mapping for unmanned systems.
Eric Wagner, Executive Vice President of Ubihere explains, “If we go to war, the first thing the enemy will target is GPS and other RF-enabled technologies. Having localized assured position navigation solutions will be critical to maintain operational superiority. This is why the U.S. Air Force and DOD is very excited about the potential of Ubinav.”
The 15-month project, funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, will demonstrate the potential of the Ubinav intelligent navigation system to support autonomous drone flight using only onboard visual processing and sensor systems, rather than GPS. To this end, the team is developing a set of novel GIS-enabled algorithms which enable non-GPS non-networked visual navigation for all classes of UAV systems. Michael Karnes, Ubihere’s Chief Engineer, states “Our solution incorporates the latest geo-localization research to enable complex onboard real-time fully autonomous navigation on small computationally constrained platforms.”
Ubihere is working to extend the functionality of Ubinav to enable operation on autonomous ground systems, augmented reality solutions, and other defense and commercial applications