VIIDAR - Visual Identification Detection And Ranging - is a hybrid maritime Physical AI platform: AI where it excels, and deterministic algorithms where safety demands explainability and measurement precision.
- AI perception for object detection, classification, and maritime scene understanding.
- Regulation-aware identification of all objects including vessels, buoys, floating objects, and rare edge cases.
- Navigation-grade optical ranging that measures long-range distance with camera geometry instead of relying on radar or AIS fusion.
- Uncertainty-aware multi-target tracking for actionable bearings, ranges, speeds, courses, and risk outputs.
- 360° sensing for a precise local 3D maritime world model in harbors, channels, offshore areas, and docking scenarios.
- Software-defined architecture designed for bridge integration, fleet deployment, coastal sentinel nodes, and future autonomy stacks.
- Passive optical sensing for small, low-signature, and non-cooperative maritime targets.
VIIDAR is designed to support today's human operators and tomorrow's Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS), while also enabling strategic applications such as port, coastal, offshore, and defense-relevant Maritime Domain Awareness. Dynamic, rule-compliant path planning is under development as a later software module; our near-term focus is navigation-grade visual perception and situational awareness.