Oxbotica and Navtech claim Terran360 autonomous vehicles first

Oxbotica and Navtech have launched Terran360, pitched as the world’s first all weather radar localisation solution for industrial autonomous vehicles.

This combines Oxbotica’s autonomy software platform and Navtech’s FMCW radar sensor, with the two companies claiming the offering is typically accurate to <10cm on any vehicle, in any environment.

Paul Newman, Founder and CTO at Oxbotica, says: "We are bringing a game changing localisation system to market that gives operators and manufacturers a new way to answer the crucial autonomy question of “Where am I?” – and one that is unimpeded by environment or place.”

Ocado Group

Last month, Ocado Group said it would invest £10 million in Oxbotica, as part of the venture’s Series B funding round.

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The round was led by bp ventures, and also included investors in the UK,, the UK, China and Australia, such as Tencent, Halma, BGF, HostPlus, IP Group, Venture Science, and funds advised by Doxa Partners.

Ocado will take a seat on Oxbotica’s board. The relationship between the two companies began in 2017, with a two-week trial using an early prototype delivery vehicle doing autonomous deliveries in Greenwich, London.

They are now collaborating on hardware and software interfaces for autonomous vehicles, enhancing and integrating Oxbotica’s platform into a variety of vehicles and the Ocado Smart Platform.

Alex Harvey, Chief of Advanced Technology at Ocado, commented: “We are excited about the opportunity to work with Oxbotica to develop a wide range of autonomous solutions that truly have the potential to transform both our and our partners’ CFC and service delivery operations, while also giving all end customers the widest range of options and flexibility.”