Fixstars and AtracLab Develop Physical AI Drones

Fixstars Corporation, a leading company in performance engineering technology, has partnered with AtracLab, a field robot SIer for drones and autonomous mobile devices, to begin developing and supporting the demonstration of application-specific drones utilizing physical AI and autonomous driving software technologies.

We will support the development, proof-of-concept (PoC), and field testing of drones optimized for operational requirements in a variety of fields, including inspection, monitoring, disaster response, surveying, and logistics.

Leveraging over 20 years of experience and expertise in embedded systems development, along with our AI model development technologies such as image recognition and autonomous driving, we will lead the software development that constitutes the “brain” of the drone.

Based on video analysis and edge AI development technologies, we implement features such as recognition of the surrounding environment, detection of objects, anomaly detection, path planning, and flight decision-making.

Leveraging our expertise in unmanned aerial vehicle design, small-batch manufacturing, and field operation, we will be responsible for aircraft development.

Based on our extensive experience in developing a wide range of autonomous mobile devices, including not only drones but also autonomous vehicles and unmanned vessels, we design aircraft and systems that are tailored to actual field environments.

We also support payload (onboard equipment) design, assisting from proof-of-concept (PoC) to field demonstration.

Going forward, both companies will develop a prototype that integrates various sensors and AI technologies, and accelerate the PoC (Proof of Concept) deployment of application-specific drones for use in fields such as inspection, monitoring, disaster response, and logistics.

Leveraging Fixstars‘ physical AI development technology and AtracLab’s aircraft development capabilities, we will contribute to solving on-site challenges in a wide range of fields, including national security, infrastructure, and logistics, together with our partners and customers.