VECROS TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED develops autonomous drones that navigate using vision-based Spatial AI, eliminating dependence on GPS and radio signals. Founded by a student group at IIT Delhi, the company addresses a critical vulnerability in traditional drone systems: GPS signals can be jammed, spoofed, or are simply unavailable in indoor and complex environments. Their approach uses onboard cameras combined with computer vision and AI to enable drones to detect obstacles, predict trajectories, and navigate through challenging spaces with what the company describes as pilot-level precision.
The flagship product, ATHERA, is designed to operate in GPS-denied environments where conventional drones fail. The system performs onboard sensing, detection, and prediction entirely through camera-based perception, allowing autonomous flight without external positioning infrastructure or human pilots. This capability positions ATHERA for deployment in defense operations, industrial inspections, and emergency response scenarios where GPS availability cannot be guaranteed and autonomous operation is critical.
VECROS targets safety-critical applications across defense, industrial inspection, and disaster response sectors. The technical challenge they're addressing - reliable autonomous navigation without GPS - represents a fundamental constraint in robotics for contested or infrastructure-limited environments. Their vision-based navigation system aims to provide an alternative localization and mapping solution that operates independently of satellite positioning, addressing operational vulnerabilities in missions where signal denial or indoor operation is a factor.