Mechanical Engineer Danny Sekich works on making custom parts on a CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machine at Canvas Technology in Boulder on Monday. Paul (Paul Aiken / Courtesy Photo)
Robotics company Canvas Technology has been working quietly on its technology and flagship product, still to be revealed: an autonomous driving system that will move goods and materials in indoor manufacturing operations.
The technology is based on decade-long research conducted at CU's Autonomous Robotics and Perception Group by co-founders Nima Keivan and Juan Falquez. Their work on computer vision algorithms can take two-dimensional images, snapped by a robotic vehicle's cameras, and turn them into three-dimensional maps of indoor environments.