Autonomous SAR Drone Platform
Helping rescue teams find missing people in forests and mountains faster, safer, and much cheaper than today.
Search and rescue in remote areas is extremely manpower-intensive. Ground teams spend hours walking through dense forests with very limited visibility.
Most existing drones rely heavily on GPS, which quickly fails under tree cover or in deep valleys, making the drone unstable.
Current aerial solutions are expensive and manually flown, requiring expert pilots rather than empowering the rescue teams on the ground.
ORIX is an affordable drone platform that flies semi-autonomously in GPS-denied environments, detecting people in real time and guiding rescuers directly to them.
Maintains stability and navigates under heavy tree cover without satellite signals.
Onboard AI processes thermal imagery in real-time to detect human heat signatures.
Streams detections directly to a simple ground-station interface that rescuers can use without being drone experts.
Current Status
Gazebo Simulation
Full stack is currently running and tested in virtual environments.
Unit BOM Cost
€3,470
Direct testing and sales of initial systems to local rescue organizations to prove value in the field.
Customers pay for a reliable capability (Hardware + Software + Support) instead of just buying another drone.
Founder & CEO
Leads system architecture, hardware engineering, and strategic partnerships.
Simulation & Integration
Gazebo simulation, ROS2 integration, flight dynamics, and full-system testing.
AI & Computer Vision
Develops YOLO-based models, thermal data processing, and perception nodes.
Software & Autonomy
Works on ROS2 middleware, PX4 integration, mission planning, and autonomy logic.
Ground Control
Builds the simple ground-station interface for rescuers using rviz2.
Non-Dilutive Funding (€3k – €4k)
Required to build our very first physical flying prototype (based on the €3,470 BOM) and start pilot tests with local rescue organisations in Bremen.
€1,315
800mm Frame & Motors
€1,131
Vision & Jetson AI
€545
Pixhawk FC & Radio
€479
Batteries & Cables