Maritime Robotics

Sonair is developing 3D ultrasound sensors for spatial awareness. First application focus is to give autonomous robots better environmental perception and thereby enable human-robot coexistence. Sonair has the potential to replace all the ultrasound parking sensors on one side of a vehicle with one invisibly integrated Sonair device, and greatly expand the field of view. Sonair's new ultrasound technology is based on proprietary MEMS (Micro-ElectroMechanical System) sensors combined with the latest signal processing techniques from medical ultrasound imaging. We call this new technique ADAR - Acoustic Detection and Ranging.

Nomono simplifies recording, production, and collaboration for podcasters and broadcast journalists. We’re building hardware and software that is simple to use and delivers excellent recordings from the field. It eliminates tedious tasks and technical hurdles so you can focus on your story and the people telling it. In the process, we’re transforming the listening experience by enabling anyone to record object-based spatial audio in the field that is compatible with formats from binaural all the way to Dolby Atmos. Nomono was founded in 2019 by SINTEF Venture V AS, CTO Audun Solvang, CEO Jonas Rinde, and our Head-of-Software, Sigurd Saue as a spinout from SINTEF Digital. The company has received funding through seed investors including SINTEF Venture 5 AS, Skyfall Ventures, Spintop Ventures, Investinor, and research support grants from the Research Council of Norway, and Innovation Norway.

Neat designs and engineers elegant video meeting devices that make virtual meetings feel as real as meeting face-to-face. Seamlessly bringing rich and meaningful experiences to people’s work, interactions, and lives across any meeting space, Neat devices have crystal-clear audio and video, plus advanced capabilities that support an enhanced, engaging, and safer hybrid working and learning environment. Neat was founded in Oslo, Norway, by a team of creative mavericks that, for decades, have shaped game-changing innovations for some of the world’s most recognized video communications brands.

Lonestar is a technology company specializing in offering secure and unchangeable storage and edge processing solutions to their clients. They deliver data services to the moon to cater to the needs of both the archive market on Earth and to aid space operations through services like data analysis, archiving, and high-speed internet connections to public and private clouds on Earth.

RaySecur is the developer of 3D desktop scanners for the safe detection of concealed and potentially dangerous items. The company revolutionizing security imaging with scalable terahertz scanners and remote analysis and threat detection solutions. RaySecur’s systems are used by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations around the world to keep their people and critical assets safe. RaySecur MailSecur device contrary to X-Ray, is easy to use, requires minimal mail screening training, it is light, portable, and rugged, small enough to fit in the smallest of mailrooms, and does not require a secure mail screening area. RaySecur uses millimeter-wave technology similar to the scanners you find at airport security to examine suspicious letters, flat envelopes, and small parcels. Its technology can detect powders as small as 2% of a teaspoon or a single drop of liquid.

Quindar provides a cloud hosted, one-stop-shop for spacecraft analysis, test and operations. We maintain the infrastructure and software so you only need to manage your spacecraft procedures and operational processes. Control all of your unique missions on a single platform that scales to each constellations requirements. Spend more time focusing on your mission and less on the software with Quindar's comprehensive platform.

Distalmotion is a medical device company founded and based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Our mission is to remove the complexity out of robotic surgery in order to establish a new standard of care, where all patients in general surgery, gynecology and urology have access to best-in-class minimally invasive care. To do so, we have developed a surgical robot called Dexter. Designed, developed and manufactured in Switzerland, Dexter integrates the benefits of laparoscopy and robotics. Dexter combines the affordability of laparoscopy with the benefits of robotics through his novel, on-demand approach to robotic surgery. For further information, visit: dexter.surgery and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter: @Distalmotion.

Ursa Major Technologies is a company that creates new propulsion options for the upcoming market of microsatellites and nanosatellites launches. Their manufacturing process is highly advanced and optimized for creating one-of-a-kind parts. Using their internally-developed methods and materials, their engines are made up of over 80% additive manufacturing. Ursa Major Technologies was established in 2015 and is situated in Berthoud, Colorado.

Infinite Orbits is a company that specializes in providing satellite servicing such as satellite maintenance, orbit correction, and de-orbiting services.

FMC is the provider of extremely efficient FeFET memory solutions for non-volatile storage. FeFET is ultra-low-power, high-performance, very dense, and extremely temperature stable. It will scale to transistor sizes ranging from 28nm to 5nm and below. The FMC team has been supported by “EXIST Forschungstransfer”, a program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The company is based in Dresden, Germany.FMC commercializes a disruptive material innovation that will solve this problem for current and future technology nodes, i.e. eNVM based on ferroelectric hafnium oxide (FE-HfO2). The unexpected physical effect of ferroelectricity in HfO2 allows for the transformation of classical high-k metal-gate (HKMG) transistors into nonvolatile ferroelectric field effect transistors (FeFET). In this way, MCUs can easily be scaled from e.g. 65 nm down to 28 nm and beyond enabling tremendous advantages for the overall system: SoC cost reduction of around 80%, per bit write energy reduction by a factor of 1000 and an overall performance gain of the system of around 70% due to the transition to advanced process nodes. Due to the close relation of FeFET and CMOS baseline, there is no roadblock for FMC’s technology to be applied to cutting-edge technology nodes like 22 nm FDSOI, 1X nm FinFET and beyond.

Transcelestial is developing the fastest, long-distance, point-to-point wireless communication network possible. It will be delivered as a space data network for terrestrial and satellite applications, which will use lasers to transfer data at up to 1000x faster than what is currently available. The network will be difficult to jam and will not need any spectrum pre-allocation or regulation.

Hullbot is a company that creates a robotic system for cleaning boat hulls underwater. This system doesn't require a human operator and is designed to inspect, map, and clean the hulls autonomously. Hullbot provides services for design, development, and deployment of autonomous drones that prevent marine organism growth, enhance performance, and prolong the interval between haul-outs. The robots are equipped with advanced intelligence that allows them to adapt to the surroundings in real-time.