Advanced Navigation Comes To Sydney

Australian artificial intelligence and robotics company Advanced Navigation has unveiled a new high-tech robotics facility for autonomous systems based at the University of Technology Sydney’s Tech Lab.  

The facility will scale up the manufacturing of Advanced Navigation’s world-first AI navigation systems for GPS-denied environments, including its digital fiber-optic gyroscope (DFOG) technology called Boreas.  

Advanced Navigation is one of only four companies in the world capable of manufacturing strategic-grade fiber-optic gyroscopes.

This technology empowers reliable navigation for marine vessels, space missions, aerospace, defense, autonomous vehicles and flying taxis. The company deploys its unique AI-based physics algorithms to solve complex challenges earth-bound and beyond. 

Xavier Orr, Advanced Navigation's chief executive officer and cofounder, said: “There is a critical need to improve Australia’s economic complexity and sovereign capabilities. A key step is to build our industrial capacity in high-tech, as well as drive knowledge exchange and propel collaborative initiatives between government agencies, academic institutions and industry leaders.”

Adopting a vertical integration framework, the new facility houses equipment and processes for automated manufacturing utilizing machine learning. This guarantees the delivery of reliable, durable and high-quality navigation systems.

In addition to the manufacturing capability, the facility will be home to extensive research collaborations between Advanced Navigation and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).

This will expedite the commercialization of several socially impactful technologies, including Light Detection, Altimetry and Velocimetry (LiDAV) systems, Cloud Ground Control for pilots and mission planners for uncrewed vehicles, and guidance for visually impaired passengers.

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