Give Machines Sight
Philip Constantine
Founder & CEO | Beautiful Blue | Revolutionizing Satellite Ownership
Shut your eyes for a minute, now take a quick purposeful walk. It must be purposeful, mind you - you need to have some goal you need to achieve, like say, fetching something from another room.
Of course, you will find this task tricky, especially if you're in an unfamiliar space. But, even if you're in your own home, you can be easily sabotaged by unexpected obstacles, like that piece of Lego that definitely wasn't not there an hour ago.
This is what navigation is like for a drone, or any other machine for that matter. Advanced though they may be, they do not see. Sure, they can process lines and lines of code which give them an inkling of the kind of are they're traversing, but because they can't actually see it in 3D, negotiating its twists and turns becomes challenging. Throw in an ambush stumbling block, and it's easy to see why there are so many accidents involving machines.
This has created a major brake on the drone usage throughout the world. But what if machines could see, just as well as you or I? This is, perhaps, the single action that would have the greatest impact on the machine industry. Unleashing potential in a way that would change human life irrevocably for the better.
And it is so easy to do. At the moment, most attempts at giving machines 'sight' hinge on the use of cameras - far from ideal, because of the implications for privacy infringements - or lasers, which are too heavy for most machines. LiDAR sensors are different, because they allow machines to measure distance, sense obstacles and locate objects. In that way, LiDAR is no different from finding the right spectacles after battling with your sight for some time.
The effect is similar too. Give machines sight, and they can think for themselves. Help them see, and they'll not only be able to handle data; their cognition and perception will also soar, as will their potential uses.
This is where LightWare comes in. With more than 40 years' experience in the field, we're all about making it possible for machines to 'see', but without incurring massive costs.
The results? A future where endless possibilities are in plain sight.