Space is Getting Crowded

Space is becoming more congested and contested, making it crucial for satellite operators to get better and faster data to avoid collisions and improve efficiency.

Consequently, the SDA market is growing rapidly, and is expected to reach $2.7B by 2030.

Optera is a spin out from the International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems at Western Sydney University, one of the leader research laboratories in applied neuromorphic engineering research and development.

Conventional computer vision systems are not optimised.

They suffer from a wide range of issues:

Power-hungry

Significant power consumption in post processing and storage – which is uneconomic an environmentally unsustainable

Collects too much information

Most of which is redundant data for computer vision tasks

Struggles in real-world environments

Works in limited operating environments due to light integration across the sensor array

Constant deluge of redundant data

Always produces data regardless of what is happening

Neuromorphic sensors change the game

In comparison event based sensors approach the challenge in a completely different way providing all the benefits of a high speed camera without the downsides.