Company to Demonstrate UWB Technology to World’s Largest Gathering of Unmanned Systems and Robotics Professionals.
Washington, D.C. (USA), — Time Domain, a leader in ultra wideband (UWB) technology and developer of the PulsON® series of UWB OEM modules, will exhibit at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI)’s Unmanned Systems 2013 Conference on August 12-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C.
At the conference Time Domain will demonstrate its PulsON 410 (P410) UWB OEM module, a small, low-power wireless sensor based on the company’s pioneering UWB technology. The P410 can be used as a ranging radio to provide peer-to-peer distance measurements that are accurate to within 2 centimeters and cover a range of greater than 350 meters. Applications for the ranging technology include safe navigation of unmanned vehicles and robots, autonomous vehicle follower systems, precision surveying, and localization in GPS-denied areas. The P410 can also serve as a short-range radar sensor capable of detecting targets out to 40 meters (and to 80 meters under certain use cases). Applications for the radar technology include perimeter security, intrusion detection, safety zones, collision avoidance, and tagless tracking.
“Our customers understand the real benefits UWB technology offers for unmanned vehicle localization and guidance – greater productivity, increased safety, the ability to operate in new environments – and are integrating our PulsON modules into robotic platforms in the defense, industrial automation, and entertainment sectors,” said Jon Hedges, Director of Sales and Marketing. “AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013 is the perfect venue to highlight our customers’ successes while building relationships with new partners.”
The following are some of the mobile robotics innovators using Time Domain’s UWB technology:
5D Robotics uses PulsON modules as tags with their proprietary Behavior Engine (BE™) navigation software, allowing a robot to follow a human or other tagged object while avoiding collisions with other non-tagged objects.
iTrack designs and deploys autonomous precision navigation and tracking systems for defense, factory automation, and live theater productions.
Lockheed Martin is relying on Time Domain ranging radios as a key element of their Autonomous Mobility Appliqué System (AMAS) to provide safe and reliable autonomous convoying.
Exponent is developing UWB-based solutions for enhanced situational awareness and tracking.
Northrop Grumman is building a robotic cargo transport platform that uses UWB ranging to follow soldiers traveling on foot across unforgiving terrain.
Dataspeed has integrated the P410 module into their Smart Tracking Transceiver (STT), fusing UWB with GPS and inertial sensors for high-performance localization and tracking applications.
Time Domain’s location technology and several of its partners were profiled in the July 2013 Unmanned Systems magazine article “Ditching GPS.”
The company has introduced a ruggedized variant of the P410 module called the PulsON 412 (P412). The P412 has been certified by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and is being shipped to the company’s volume customers for application on unmanned and autonomous platforms, mining equipment, and rail maintenance vehicles.
Time Domain will be in Booth 4422 at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013. For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.auvsishow.org. For more information on Time Domain and its UWB product offerings, please visit http://www.timedomain.com or call +1.256.922.9229.
About Time Domain:
Time Domain is a world leader in ultra wideband (UWB) product development and services. Time Domain’s PulsON® OEM modules enable breakthrough capabilities for precision ranging, communications and radar applications for the military, government agencies, commercial clients, and academia.
Press & Media Contact:
Jon Hedges
Time Domain
Cummings Research Park
4955 Corporate Drive, Suite 101
Huntsville, AL 35805 – USA
+1.256.288.6720
jon.hedges@timedomain.com
