Kudan

Kudan develops spatial perception software for localization, mapping, autonomous navigation and digital twins. Its public materials connect the technology to robotics, mobile mapping and physical-AI workflows that need 3D understanding of real-world environments.

Facts

Segment: Spatial Intelligence
Country: Japan
Founded: 2011
Website: https://www.kudan.io/

Market context

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MOVEL AI - stack adjacency - capability: Mobile Robot Navigation Stack
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Applied Intuition - stack adjacency - stack: Autonomy Software

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Timeline

2026-06-04 - Partnership - Kudan and MRDVS integrate Visual SLAM into smart sensor modules - The companies targeted robots, autonomous mobile robots, forklifts and industrial fleets across indoor, outdoor and mixed environments. The integration aims to run localization directly on sensor modules to reduce cloud and external-compute dependency. - source: kudan.io
2026-02-04 - Partnership - Kudan expands UCS collaboration into robotics solutions - The companies added robotics-focused business development in Korea to an existing spatial-technology collaboration. Kudan framed the work around applying its spatial perception technology to robotics and Physical AI systems. The partnership connects Kudan to… - source: kudan.io
2025-08-05 - Award - Kudan selected for NEDO robotics software platform project - The project targeted a common platform for construction robotics and multi-robot collaboration. Kudan planned to verify practicality through demonstrations involving multiple robotic systems. The recognition validates Kudan selected for NEDO robotics… - source: kudan.io

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Team

Kosei Ohno - Founder and Representative Director - Founder leadership connects Kudan's SLAM and spatial-perception software to its company formation and public robotics focus.

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Relations

NexAIoT / Taiwan factory operator - Deployment Partner - Kudan Visual SLAM used in NexMOV-2 AMR live factory operations in Taiwan.

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Deployments

Live Factory Operations Status - NexMOV-2 AMR in live factory operations - 2025-05-19 - NexAIoT / Taiwan factory operator - factory AMR operations - Kudan said NexAIoT deployed the NexMOV-2 AMR into live factory operations in Taiwan using Kudan Visual SLAM and NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor. … - source: kudan.io

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