Ukrainian defense startup Lanka Robotics created the Mammoth ground robotic complex, which became the basis for the company’s work on autonomy solutions.
Ukrainian defense startup Lanka Robotics created the Mammoth ground robotic complex, which became the basis for the company’s work on autonomy solutions.
Defender Media reports that Lanka Robotics has been working on the NRC for about three years.
The company has already released a ground logistics drone called Mamut with a payload of up to 200 kg and a range of up to 15 km/h. The founders invested about $20,000 in the development. Mamut is already undergoing field tests and is available for purchase through the Brave1 marketplace, although it has not yet been codified.
«Despite the fact that we have our own NRC, our strategy is aimed at spreading the technology as quickly as possible. Instead of selling ready-made robots, we are working on a software module that will be integrated into NRCs of other manufacturers that lack this intelligent software,» said Sofia, co-founder of the startup.
Lanka Robotics is currently working on increasing the reliability and autonomy of the NRC, namely on working in conditions of loss of communication.
«Currently, our system allows the drone to travel 100 meters without communication, where there is no GPS, because, for example, Starlink loses communication where there are forest belts, between tall buildings, where there may be a communication delay of 1-2 seconds, and this can already end in the loss of the drone. Our solution is based on computer vision technology and visual navigation,» said the company’s co-founder.
NRCs with an autonomy module will navigate using a camera and make decisions about the trajectory of movement without the participation of an operator while there is no communication. According to Sofia, this will be a kind of analogue of homing in UAVs, which will allow a ground drone to stay on the trajectory or return to the point where there was last communication.
