The same AI stack that powers RigidPulse CNC motion control, applied to autonomous ground vehicles. Starting with RC-scale prototypes, scaling to full-size platforms with a direct TACOM unmanned systems angle.
RigidDrive Autonomous takes the AI perception and control technology developed for CNC motion control and applies it to autonomous ground vehicles. The same closed-loop feedback architecture, the same sensor fusion approach, the same sovereign data pipeline — different platform.
The prototype platform is an RC car equipped with 360-degree camera vision, AI perception running on dedicated edge compute, and a competition-grade radio for instant human safety override. Every autonomous run generates training data that streams back to RigidVault, building a proprietary dataset with real value.
Dedicated AI compute module mounted on RC platform with 4x wide-angle cameras for 360° vision. Competition-grade radio transmitter as safety override. Imitation learning — the AI watches human driving and learns to replicate it. Every run logged to RigidVault.
Object detection, lane following, obstacle avoidance on a dedicated backyard track. Continuous autonomous runs with WiFi telemetry streaming to RigidVault. Dataset grows with every session. SLAM mapping builds environment awareness.
Transition perception and control stack to full-size platforms. TACOM manages the Army's ground vehicle fleet 5 miles from our facility. Autonomous ground vehicle perception in GPS-denied environments is an active Army research priority.
Every autonomous run — camera feeds, sensor logs, AI decisions — streams to RigidVault over WiFi. The dataset grows continuously. Companies pay millions for labeled real-world driving data. We're building ours in the backyard.
Autonomous ground vehicle perception and control is directly relevant to TACOM's unmanned systems programs. A small company with a working autonomous platform, proprietary training data, and a CMMC-compliant vault is exactly the kind of nontraditional contractor the DoD actively seeks.
Same edge compute architecture as RigidPulse. Same sensor fusion approach. Same ROS 2 robotics framework. Engineers who build CNC motion control can build vehicle autonomy — the skills transfer directly.
Liam designs the camera and compute mounts in NX. Connor manages the RigidVault data pipeline from Indiana. Kathryn designs the KI livery. A branded autonomous RC car at a demo is a showstopper.
dedicated AI compute module + 4x cameras + PWM interface + safety override receiver. Mount on any RC chassis. Full autonomous navigation stack.
Production autonomous ground vehicle. Warehouse, job site, or facility navigation. LiDAR + camera fusion. RigidVault training data pipeline.
TACOM-aligned unmanned ground vehicle. GPS-denied navigation. Sovereign AI. Air-gapped data. CMMC-compliant training dataset.
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