July 15, 2024, Mumbai, India & Paeonian Springs, VA: ideaForge Technology Limited, a leading global drone technology company, today announced its partnership with Inertial Labs, a global leader in innovative inertial sensors and integrated GPS systems, to integrate Inertial Labs’ RESEPI LiDAR solution into ideaForge’s high-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This collaboration represents a significant advancement in UAV-based LiDAR mapping, offering industries an enhanced, highly accurate, and reliable solution.
Customers increasingly realize the need for LiDAR-based drones for aerial data collection and precise 3D mapping capabilities across surveying, mapping, mining, construction, forestry, power line inspection, and search and rescue.
LiDAR technology has immense potential in India’s varied landscapes, with new applications constantly emerging. As part of the partnership, ideaForge and Inertial Labs will collaborate to provide surveying, mapping, and inspection solutions across specific applications in mining, forestry, GIS and land surveys, and water resources management, among others. The seamless integration of Inertial Labs’ precise LiDAR payloads with ideaForge’s advanced NETRA/Q6 class of UAVs will help deliver aerial data with extreme precision, speed, and actionable insights.
Mr. Ezhilan Nanmaran, Head of Product and Strategic Partnerships at ideaForge Technology Limited, said, “Our collaboration with Inertial Labs signifies a major leap forward in our UAV-based LiDAR mapping capabilities. This advancement enables us to achieve unparalleled precision and efficiency in data collection, revolutionizing mapping practices across agriculture, infrastructure, and environmental monitoring sectors. We are dedicated to driving innovation and offering our customers state-of-the-art solutions that expand the horizons of UAV-based LiDAR technology.”
Integrating Inertial Labs’ RESEPI LiDAR solution with ideaForge’s UAVs, particularly the NETRA/Q6 class, ensures users receive highly accurate and reliable data for their mapping and surveying needs. This advanced technology maintains high accuracy and point density at recommended flight altitudes, making it essential for various applications. LiDAR mining assessments offer precision for stockpile volume calculations, slope stability analysis, and environmental impact assessments. For long-range surveying, it enables high-density mapping with extended flight times and lightweight design. Additionally, in utility infrastructure management, the high point cloud density and precision allow the system to capture the most minor details, including the powerlines of transmission towers.
Key specifications include:
| Feature | Description |
| One-man portable | MTOW <6kg |
| Multi-use platform | 27X Zoom, Thermal, Mapping, Multispectral, LiDAR |
| GCS software | Fully autonomous flying, built-in fail-safes for high wind, communication loss, GPS failure |
| Custom maps and terrain-following | Ensures accurate resolution in hilly areas/mines |
“We are excited to partner with ideaForge, highlighting our commitment to industry advancement. In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, staying ahead is crucial. This collaboration combines our innovative technologies to deliver top-tier accuracy and reliability, empowering users across diverse sectors,” said Jamie Marraccini, CEO at Inertial Labs.
Integrating LiDAR-based solutions into ideaForge’s UAVs is essential to building surveying and mapping solutions capabilities. These UAVs will be equipped with various autonomous capabilities, including autonomous flight to predefined waypoints, automatic takeoff and landing, obstacle avoidance, fail-safe return to home, and the ability to fly at negative altitudes.
About Inertial Labs
Inertial Labs is a leading designer, integrator, and manufacturer of cutting-edge Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), GPS-aided inertial Navigation Systems (INSs), and Attitude and heading Reference Systems (AHRSs). Their team leverages highly accurate and temperature-calibrated MEMS gyroscopes and accelerometers to provide high-performing inertial solutions across many applications. As experts in sensor fusion, Inertial Labs designs and develops quality products at the best price-performance ratio, providing solutions capable of utilizing data from an array of sources, including air data computers (ADCs), ToF Mesh-Based Software Defined Radios (SDRs), Visual Odometry, Air Speed Sensors, Odometers, Encoders, and Standalone Magnetic Compasses (SAMCs).
For further information and specifications on the Inertial Labs products, please call +1-703-880-4222, e-mail sales@inertiallabs.com, or visit us on the Web: www.inertiallabs.com
About ideaForge Technology Limited
ideaForge is the pioneer and the pre-eminent market leader in the Indian unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”). Leading investors, including Qualcomm, Infosys, Celesta Capital, Florintree, EXIM Bank, Infina Finance, and other marquee institutional investors back the company. It was ranked 5th globally in 2023 as a top dual-use (civil & military) drone manufacturer by Drone Industry Insights, the world’s leading drone market research and analytics company. ideaForge has the most significant operational deployment of indigenous UAVs across India, with an ideaForge-manufactured drone taking off every five minutes for surveillance and mapping applications. ideaForge customers have completed over 450,000 flights using ideaForge UAVs. To know more about ideaForge, visit www.ideaforgetech.com!
Media contacts:
Leo Liu
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Website: https://inertiallabs.com
Yashima Kewalramani
PR Manager, ideaForge
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Phone Number: +91 9654903094
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