Clearpath OutdoorNav software eases mobile

Robotics Development

Organization Name: Clearpath Robotics

Country: Canada

Website: clearpath.ai

Year Founded: 2009

Number of Employees: 101-250

Innovation Class: Technology, Product & Services

Innovation Subclass: Technology & Product Introduction

Description:

Clearpath Robotics launched an autonomous navigation so ware platform called OutdoorNav in October 2022. The technology provides GPS-based navigation for outdoor mobile platforms, including those om Clearpath and third-party companies.

OutdoorNav so ware provides point-to-point, GPS-based autonomous navigation through proprietary fusion of vehicle sensor data. When paired with compatible hardware, the so ware also provides built-in obstacle detection and avoidance, as well as continuous path planning, allowing off-road vehicles to navigate autonomously between waypoints.

Analysis:

Robotics product development can often be a difficult experience. Building a robust navigation system is expensive and risky, and it may prevent you from bringing your product to market in a timely fashion.

Clearpath Robotics designed OutdoorNav to streamline the development of autonomous robots. You no longer need a full team of robotics navigation experts and months of prototyping to get your autonomous system into the field. OutdoorNav comes with a well-documented

API that allows developers to expand their capabilities by integrating custom ROSbased applications and graphical user interfaces or by connecting third-party fleet management tools.

Highly configurable and customizable, OutdoorNav could be ideal for prototyping and developing the next generation of smart autonomous industrial machines that aim to increase productivity, improve efficiency and address forecasted labor shortages.

RR – Steve Crowe