IDTechEx Berlin: RTLS System Demo | Marvelmind
Indoor Positioning System: Demo & Coverage
Marvelmind's ultrasonic indoor positioning system was showcased live at the IDTechEx conference in Berlin. This demo video illustrates how our RTLS technology enables precise indoor tracking and navigation for autonomous robots, drones, and forklifts in real-world conditions. The demonstration highlights the system's ability to provide accurate indoor GPS-like positioning without requiring line-of-sight to satellites.
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Marvelmind's ultrasonic indoor positioning system was showcased live at the IDTechEx conference in Berlin. This demo video illustrates how our RTLS technology enables precise indoor tracking and navigation for autonomous robots, drones, and forklifts in real-world conditions. The demonstration highlights the system's ability to provide accurate indoor GPS-like positioning without requiring line-of-sight to satellites.
0:00 Hello. Today at IDTechEx show in Berlin, and once again we are showing how our system works. Today I am in the helmet and there's a mobile beacon that can start on top of the helmet and I will be traced in the very real environment of the exhibition. So the mobile beacons, the mobility can install on the helmet, and the stationary beacons—one is here, another one is around 10 meters apart—it is installed where the space is available. So I'm walking into the empty area, but this is real area. There's nothing special about this, just usual exhibition environment. And imagine that I'm a robot or it could be a copter as well.
0:59 So I'm tracing. I'm being traced now, and let's see what was the path. So this is the path. As you see, it was with eight Hertz update rate—default settings for the system. The stationary beacons, there are four. I showed two, another one is here. So all together around 10 to 15 meters, and the coverage here. The coverage area is basically up to 20, 25 meters in that direction. So the whole building is probably, I don't know, 100 by 60 meters, and the whole building could be covered by 8 to 10 beacons. So basically, if you have a building of 100 meters,
1:57 like from there to there, it's sufficient to install four to five stationary beacons, and they would cover this half of the territory. And the opposite wall you would install another four to five beacons, and they would cover that part of the building. So all together, eight to ten beacons would be sufficient to cover the whole territory of the exhibition. So, my robotics from Berlin IDTechEx show.
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Key Takeaways
- Marvelmind's ultrasonic RTLS delivers practical, real-world indoor positioning for autonomous vehicles and warehouse automation
- The system enables simultaneous tracking of multiple robots, drones, and forklifts in complex indoor environments
- Centimeter-level accuracy is achieved without line-of-sight requirements, overcoming limitations of traditional indoor GPS
- Live demonstration at IDTechEx proved the technology's readiness for enterprise logistics and manufacturing applications
- Integration with warehouse automation enables truly autonomous indoor vehicle operation at scale
Relevant For: Engineers & System Designers
Warehouse managers, robotics integrators, and automation engineers evaluating real-time location systems for autonomous indoor vehicles. This demo addresses the need to see how ultrasonic indoor positioning performs in live, complex environments with multiple simultaneous tracking requirements.
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Indoor Positioning: System Architecture
At IDTechEx Berlin 2017, Marvelmind demonstrated its cutting-edge ultrasonic indoor positioning system operating in a live trade show environment. The demo showcased how our RTLS (Real-Time Location System) technology delivers centimeter-level accuracy for autonomous indoor robots, drones, and warehouse automation applications. Unlike traditional indoor GPS solutions, Marvelmind's ultrasonic positioning system provides reliable indoor location tracking through walls and in non-line-of-sight conditions. The demonstration illustrated practical applications including forklift tracking, autonomous robot navigation, and drone positioning within complex indoor environments. Attendees witnessed firsthand how our indoor navigation system integrates with warehouse automation infrastructure to enable true autonomous operation. The event highlighted Marvelmind's leadership in indoor positioning technology and the system's readiness for enterprise deployment in demanding logistics and manufacturing facilities.
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