Product profile
Hovermap
Hovermap is Emesent SLAM-based lidar mapping system for drones, vehicles, backpacks and handheld use. It captures 3D data in GPS-denied environments such a...
Facts
- Company
- Emesent
- Product type
- autonomy_mapping_payload
- Status
- launched
- Website
- https://www.emesent.com/emesent-product/hovermap-series/
About Hovermap
Hovermap combines lidar, inertial sensing and SLAM to build dense three-dimensional maps while moving through GPS-denied environments. The sensor can be transferred between drones, Boston Dynamics Spot, vehicles, backpacks and handheld mounts, allowing one system to cover aerial and ground surveys.
Pilot Assist adds omnidirectional collision avoidance for close inspections, while autonomous modes allow drones to explore and map underground or enclosed spaces. Emesent’s Aura software processes the resulting point clouds and panoramic imagery for mining, infrastructure, construction and public-safety workflows.
Market context
Portable LiDAR Mapping System, localization_hardware, Portable LiDAR Mapping System, lidar_systems, component, portable_lidar_mapping_system
Summary
Type: LiDAR payload
Core: SLAM LiDAR
Function: Mapping
Audience: Inspectors
Specifications
- capture_rate
- more than 1 million points per second
- deployment_modes
- Drone-mounted, handheld, backpack, vehicle and ground-robot-mounted scanning
- lidar_range
- up to 300 m
- live_point_cloud
- Live point-cloud stream to Hovermap app when in communication range
- mapping_mode
- AI-powered autonomous mapping for GPS-denied environments
Operations
- Product detail
- Portable LiDAR Mapping System, localization_hardware, Portable LiDAR Mapping System, lidar_systems, component, portable_lidar_mapping_system
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Emesent receives A$3m grant for Cortex AI autonomy platform — 2026-08-05
- Emesent secures A$25M financing package for autonomous mapping scale-up — 2026-07-02
- Long-distance SLAM scanning of mine tunnel - testing of precision and accuracy of Emesent Hovermap ST-X — 2025-01-13
- Emesent launches Hovermap Backpack for walk-through LiDAR mapping — 2024-06-25
- Emesent integrates Hovermap with Freefly Astro drone — 2024-02-08
- Emesent launches Hovermap ST-X with higher-resolution mobile mapping — 2023-09-05
- Emesent launches Hovermap ST autonomous LiDAR mapping payload — 2022-02-28
- Heterogeneous Ground and Air Platforms, Homogeneous Sensing: Team CSIRO Data61's Approach to the DARPA Subterranean Challenge — 2021-04-19