Although there are numerous drone trackers on the market, INVOLI present some “firsts”. KIVU is the first Remote Identification (Remote ID) compatible drone tracker and can be therefore used as a kind of license plate. In addition, the product is light enough to not affect the autonomy of the drone.
The design of INVOLI’s new product is based on the extensive feedback of the community. The tracker already passed a first test. It takes its name after Lake Kivu Challenge beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone competition, in Rwanda, where it was successfully used for the first time in February this year. “Our first trials with the INVOLI tracker were successful. It's light enough to be used with our drones without causing any interference with our system's communication, while delivering an accurate position in INVOLI's platform. We were very happy with it!” stated Andrea Blindenbacher from senseFly.
KIVU is the first drone tracker on the market to comply with the Remote ID standard created by ASTM, one of the largest voluntary standards developing organizations in the world. KIVU will act like a “license plate” of the drone in the sky, broadcasting its unique ID and GPS position to other users of the sky and thus allowing drones equipped with KIVU to comply to the European Laws which require to transmit this information during the whole flight. in addition, the drone tracker is self-sufficient, rugged and easy-to-use, being directly integrated into the INVOLI.live platform.
The advantage of the bundle with INVOLI.live is that KIVU users will be able to visualize at the same time the tracked drone and surrounding air traffic, while benefitting from all the other advantages of the platform, such as dynamic geo-fencing around the drone, precise analytics tools and actionable insights.
“Continuously tracking your drone with KIVU while checking your surroundings for potential collisions on a single platform helps minimizing risks in flight, even beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) – that is what KIVU and INVOLI.live bring to clients. But KIVU is an important product not only from the tracking perspective, but also because of its capability to enable Remote ID applications, which is an important aspect of drones’ integration into the air traffic around the world” said Manu Lubrano, CEO and Co-Founder of INVOLI.
KIVU is available for sale on the INVOLI web shop and includes a license for the INVOLI.live platform.
(Press release / SK)
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