SentiSystems offers a sensor fusion platform that synchronizes diverse sensor data with microsecond accuracy for autonomous systems. Their SentiBoard hardware and software framework enable robust situational awareness and navigation, particularly in GNSS-denied environments.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Autonomous systems, including AGVs, AMRs, and drones, require precise sensor data synchronization for reliable operation, especially in GNSS-denied environments. The complexity and cost of developing custom sensor fusion solutions, coupled with the need for accurate time-stamping across diverse sensor inputs, present significant integration challenges.
Solution
SentiSystems provides a sensor fusion platform designed to enhance the efficiency, precision, and resilience of autonomous operations. Their core offering, the SentiBoard, ensures high-precision time-synchronization of data from various sensors, including IMUs, cameras, LiDAR, and GNSS, with nanosecond to microsecond accuracy. This enables robust situational awareness and scalable autonomy, particularly in environments where GNSS signals are unreliable or unavailable. The platform's vendor-agnostic design and compatibility with ROS1 and ROS2 facilitate rapid integration and development of autonomous solutions across multiple sectors.
Target Audience
The primary customers are developers and integrators of autonomous systems, including robotics companies, defense contractors, maritime technology providers, and logistics/warehousing operators seeking to improve the precision and reliability of their sensor fusion capabilities.
Features
- SentiBoard: A hardware solution for high-precision time-synchronization of diverse sensor data streams (IMU, cameras, LiDAR, GNSS, etc.) with nanosecond to microsecond accuracy.
- SentiUtils: A software framework for interpreting SentiBoard data, providing timestamped sensor data structures, and offering sensor data filtering and aggregation algorithms.
- SentiConnect: Interface cards that enable plug-and-play integration of serial sensors by abstracting hardware interfaces and utilizing sensor-specific time synchronization signals.
- Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) Support: Enables deterministic communication and precise time synchronization, crucial for real-time operations and predictable latency in autonomous systems.
- ROS1 and ROS2 Compatibility: Facilitates seamless integration with popular robotics middleware for further processing and development.
- GNSS-Denied Navigation (SentiNAV): A specialized solution for localization and perception in environments lacking reliable GPS signals.
- Modular and Vendor-Agnostic Platform: Allows for flexible sensor selection and integration, reducing development time and cost compared to proprietary solutions.