Description

Starter Set HW v4.9 is a precise indoor positioning and navigation solution for various applications including autonomous robots, autonomous drones, autonomous vehicles. It also works very well for precise localization and distance measurement in industrial applications, for example: tracking of relative position of vehicles and assets; increasing safety by preventing of violation of geofencing zones; improving productivity by creating heatmaps of movements of vehicles inside a plant or a warehouse.

Content:

• 4 Stationary beacons with standard 50mm antennas
• 1 Mobile beacon without IMU
• 1 Modem supporting up to 250 beacons

This is a NIA only system. Use NIA SW from the SW pack: https://marvelmind.com/pics/marvelmind_SW.zip.

For IA, check IA starter sets: https://marvelmind.com/products/.

There are two HW variants of the system:

1. 433 MHz – license-free ISM band for the EU and other countries in the Region 1 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Region)
2. 915/868 MHz – license-free ISM band (915 MHz) for the US and countries in Region 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Region) and license-free SRD (868 MHz) band for the EU and other countries: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-range_device#SRD860)

We always recommend to check your country’s local regulations.

Marvelmind Indoor Navigation System is an off-the-shelf indoor navigation system designed to provide precise (±2cm) location data to autonomous robots, vehicles (AGV), and copters. It is also used to track other objects that the mobile beacon installed upon, for example, virtual reality (VR) systems, helmets for construction workers or miners, etc.

The navigation system is based on stationary ultrasonic beacons that are united by radio interface in a license-free band (433 MHz or 915/868 MHz). The location where a mobile beacon installed is calculated based on the propagation delay of an ultrasonic signal (Time-Of-Flight or TOF) to a set of stationary ultrasonic beacons using trilateration.

Key requirements for the proper system functionality:

• For 3D (X, Y, Z) tracking – An unobstructed sight by a mobile beacon of three or more stationary beacons simultaneously
• For 2D (X, Y) tracking – An unobstructed sight by a mobile beacon of two stationary or more stationary beacons simultaneously
• Distance to the nearest 2 or 3 beacons – not more than 30 meters (recommended). In ideal conditions – up to 50 meters