The startup develops scientific and technical instrumentation that integrates electromagnetic detection, navigation, and characterization systems with high-sensitivity electronics and algorithms for subsea and industrial robotics. This technology enables precise local mapping of environments, facilitating obstacle avoidance, wall tracking, and docking in complex underwater and industrial settings.
Funding
$3.6M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Underwater and industrial environments present complex challenges for robotics due to limited visibility, congestion, and the need for precise navigation and object detection. Existing sensor technologies often struggle in turbid water, confined spaces, and when identifying both conductive and non-conductive materials.
Solution
ELWAVE designs and manufactures electromagnetic detection, characterization, and navigation systems that provide real-time, 360° perception in challenging underwater and industrial settings. Their "electric sense" technology, inspired by the sensory mode of weakly electric fish, enables robots and vehicles to navigate autonomously, avoid obstacles, and detect a wide range of objects regardless of material composition. This technology offers a unique combination of capabilities for applications such as ROV/AUV navigation, buried object detection, infrastructure monitoring, and industrial robotics safety. ELWAVE's systems are adaptable to various vehicle types and operating conditions, providing enhanced situational awareness and improved operational efficiency.
Target Audience
The primary customers are manufacturers of robotic arms, armed forces, operators of critical maritime and port infrastructure, and stakeholders in the energy and offshore infrastructure sectors who require advanced detection and navigation capabilities for underwater and industrial robotics.
Features
- Employs "electric sense" technology for 360° real-time detection of both insulating and conducting objects.
- Enables autonomous navigation functions, including obstacle avoidance and wall tracking, without prior environmental knowledge.
- Operates effectively in seawater, freshwater, sediments, and air, as well as in confined and congested environments.
- Provides object characterization, determining position, size, and material properties.
- Facilitates local mapping of the surrounding environment for improved situational awareness.
- Offers a detection range of up to 5 times the length of the subsea vehicle.
- Features low energy consumption and robust instrumentation with no moving mechanical parts.
- Can be customized and adapted for different types of ROVs, AUVs, and industrial robots.