Exyn Technologies closes $16M Series A for aerial autonomy

Exyn Technologies，，，，a Philadelphia-based developer of aerial autonomy software for drones, has raised $16 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Centricus, with Yamaha Motors Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Corecam Family Office, and Red and Blue Ventures newly participating, and IP Group Plc reinvesting. Exyn’s total funding to date is now over $20 million.

Exyn成立于2014年，是宾夕法尼亚大学的Grasp实验室的衍生产品，正在开发一种工业级解决方案，可为无人机在GPS贬低的环境中自动飞行。Exyn的高级自动空中机器人（A3RS）是一种完整的解决方案，去年在商业上部署。

Exyn正在与客户合作进行采矿和国防，并从新行业和应用程序中获得对技术的不断增长。

Exyn首席执行官Nader Elm说：“仅在采矿业中，Exyn就证明了有可能改变效率，提高生产率并大大减少人类对不安全环境的接触的潜力。”“这只是一个应用程序。我们才刚刚开始刮擦真正的真正自主权的表面。”

Exyn’s A3Rs operate without the need for a pilot, any prior information, or any communication during its flights. With Exyn’s A3Rs, companies can safely acquire previously inaccessible high-value data, such as point clouds, imagery, gas readings, and more, in GPS-denied environments like underground mines and indoor buildings.

Exyn的系统使用多个传感器来感知其环境- 相机，激光雷达，雷达和RGBD以及后期传感器融合，可实时编译数据，以估计无人机的位置和方向相对于其开始的位置。Exyn使用LiDAR作为SLAM的主要传感器，以及系统的一部分状态估计功能。Exyn说，它使用机器学习和深层神经网络来帮助解释数据并了解环境。

Exyn said it will use the new funding to focus on commercial growth by increasing its customer base, expanding its global reach and developing offerings for customers in new industries. The funding will also accelerate its technology development to bring to market advanced swarming capabilities and move its autonomy intelligence to ground-based robots.