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PRENAV develops software & systems to enable the digital inspection of infrastructure (e.g. bridges, dams, buildings, industrial facilities, etc.). The company’s technology combines high-resolution 3D reconstructions with AI to detect cracks, corrosion, and other common defects.
Published July 16, 2020
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Updated August 30, 2020
Oil & Gas
Power & Utilities
Asset Management & Digitization
Production
Product Overview
Overview
PRENAV.XYZ is a web-based software platform that combines drone-based photogrammetry, 3D visualization, measurement tools, and AI/ML to enable the inspection of industrial structures. Additionally, PRENAV offers a “precision guided” drone system for automated flight in and around structures, relying on computer vision, lidar, and high speed tracking cameras to navigate without GPS.
Business Model
We charge monthly or annual fees to use our software product based on usage (size/amount of reconstructions and AI development required). Offer POCs and sell hardware systems to customers that require high levels of automation and repeatability. Optional drone enabling autonomous flight and repeatability.
Technology Innovations
- PRENAV.XYZ – cloud-based or on-premise, GPU-accelerated photogrammetry pipeline can support large inspection jobs with thousands of photos, 3D voxel-based rendering engine for visualizing dense 3D point clouds with more than 100 million points, flexible inspection and measurement tools, plus a powerful AI training engine that supports synthetic training data and inspector feedback as part of the learning process.
- PRENAV Drone System – leverages computer vision, and a base station equipped with lidar and high speed tracking cameras to help the PRENAV Drone navigate with extreme precision (+/- 5 cm flight trajectory accuracy indoors with no wind).
Applications
Infrastructure inspection (dams, power plants, substations, transmission towers)