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Enabling the future of autonomy
February 2022
AutonomouStuff leads the industry in enabling, accelerating and deploying the future of autonomy.

Our team works hard to remain at the forefront of technology in this fast-paced, ever-changing industry, with one main goal: help our customers succeed.

Communication is a vital component of that goal, so each month we share what's new and the success of our partnerships.
In this issue:

Feature
  • Autonomy off-road and on-the-water 

Poll
  • The future of our newsletter

Video
  • Safe off-road autonomous navigation

Career feature
  • Senior perceptions engineer
Where we're going, we won't need roads
Enabling the future of autonomy means developing positioning technologies, sensors and software stacks that work on-road, off-road, in the air and on the water. Across Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division, we're driving innovation for autonomy wherever it's needed.

In collaboration with Hexagon's Mining division, we developed autonomous road-train hauling platforms with Mineral Resources Ltd in Western Australia. The automated off-road road-train solution improves the safety of long-range haulage, provides cost-efficiencies and reduces emissions to assist companies in lowering their carbon footprint. Beyond mining, this innovative solution will also benefit bulk haulage in many other off-road primary industries.

Autonomy at sea faces unique challenges. Autonomous systems rely on absolute positioning technologies almost exclusively as there are no landmarks to assist sensors like cameras or photogrammetry. In the case of the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, the positioning system from Hexagon | VERIPOS was a lifesaver when the autonomous vessel had technical issues.

The expertise at Hexagon | AutonomouStuff provides the foundation for Hexagon to develop autonomous solutions like these; it also makes us the ideal partner in enabling autonomy with our clients and in collaboration with universities.
Above: A Mineral Resources Ltd road-train haulage platform travels the western Australian desert.


Below: The Mayflower Autonomous Ship had a save at sea thanks to the GNSS solution powering their autonomous navigation.
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Watch: Safely accelerating off-road autonomous navigation
Autonomous mobility means enabling autonomy wherever your platform navigates.

This latest video from Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division features the technology from Hexagon | NovAtel and Hexagon | AutonomouStuff empowering users to develop autonomous perception systems that are safe, reliable and robust.
Career feature: Senior perception engineer
Perception engineers are a driving force behind the innovative technologies Hexagon | AutonomouStuff develops. This places our perception engineers at the forefront of solving interesting and challenging positioning and perception problems across a variety of industries and applications.

We're looking for a perception engineer to join our growing team and work on perception solutions for mining, agriculture and many other industries key to the future of autonomy. This position can be based in Ottawa, Detroit, Morton, or fully remote.