Factories
In the spaceLayout changes, people and forklift traffic
On the assetsMotors, compressors, conveyors
IN DEVELOPMENT
Kaiinos sensing layer
The world keeps changing. Now the twin does too.
A sensing layer that connects the sensors on your site, knows where every reading belongs and keeps the living digital twin in sync with reality. Kaiinos Node, the edge device we are developing, brings it all together.
Why a sensing layer
A twin is only as good as its last update.
Surveys, drone flights and robot scans give you snapshots. Between them, pallets move, valves turn, soil dries out and bearings wear. The twin drifts away from reality, and every robot planning on it inherits the error.
- Snapshots go stale. Accuracy is highest the day of the survey and falls every day after.
- Robots only see where they are. A fleet cannot watch the whole site all of the time.
- Sensors never leave. Fixed sensing keeps the living twin current between every survey and every mission.
How closely the twin matches reality
Same site over 30 days, with a survey every 10 days
Surveys plus sensing layerSurveys only
ILLUSTRATIVE MODEL · NOT MEASURED DATA
Two ways to deploy
Watch the place. Watch the thing.
The sensing layer works in two roles. In the environment, it keeps the space current. On an asset, it keeps the machine's condition current. Both feed one living digital twin.
01 · IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Keep the space current.
Mounted on walls, racks, poles and ceilings. Nodes see what moved, what appeared and who is where, and update the twin the moment it happens.
Layout and obstaclesOccupancyBlocked routesAir and climate
- E-12 sees a new object in aisle 2
- Twin updated · pallet 1.2 × 0.8 m
- AMR-02 rerouted through aisle 3
3Nodes
<1 sChange to twin
24/7Coverage
Illustrative example
02 · ON THE ASSET
Keep the machine current.
Clamped or bolted to pumps, motors, transformers and vehicles. Nodes track condition and position, so the twin knows how each asset is doing, not just where it is.
VibrationTemperaturePosition and tiltUsage
- M-07 vibration up 38% over 6 days
- Twin flags pump P-2 · health 82%
- Inspection mission booked for UGV-04
4.1mm/s vibration
62°CMotor
82%Health
Illustrative example
Connect what is there. Add what is missing.
One node. Any sensor the environment needs.
Kaiinos Node connects the industrial sensors a site already uses and adds Kaiinos sensing modules where there are gaps. Every reading is tagged with where it belongs in the twin, so a substation and a cold store run on the same platform with different eyes.
KAIINOS NODE
Edge compute, spatial tagging, time sync and radio.
Connects existing industrial sensors over standard interfaces, runs change detection on the device, stamps every reading with precise time and position, and only sends what matters.
BATTERYSOLARPOE
Spatial
Solid-state LiDAR and depth. Sees geometry change: new objects, blocked paths, moved layouts.
EnvironmentVision
RGB and thermal. Reads gauges, spots hotspots and counts what is there, processed on the node.
Environment · AssetMotion
Vibration, IMU and tilt. Catches wear on rotating machines and movement on structures.
AssetEnvironment
Temperature, humidity, gas and particulates. The conditions robots and people work in.
Environment · AssetPosition
GNSS with RTK and UWB. Tracks where assets are and gives robots fixed anchors to localise against.
Asset · RobotsAcoustic
Listens for leaks, grinding and alarms. Sound often changes before anything can be seen.
Environment · Asset
From signal to decision
It sends what changed. Not everything it sees.
Raw data stays on the node. What travels is a small, precise event that the twin understands and robots can act on.
SenseModules sample the space or the asset continuously.
EdgeOn-device AI filters noise and detects change.
ConnectMesh, cellular or satellite, whatever the site has.
TwinKaiinos updates the living digital twin in place.
ActRobots reroute, missions launch, people get told.
One event. Everything downstream knows.
This is what the sensing layer sends when a pallet lands in the wrong aisle. A few hundred bytes, not a video stream.
- Stamped with precise time and a surveyed position
- Linked to a named object in the twin
- Privacy by design: images stay on the node unless you ask for them
EVENT · 14:02:08.412● CHANGE
- node
- E-12 · Hall 2 · aisle end
- position
- Aisle 2 · x 24.1 m · y 8.6 m
- detected
- New static object
- size
- 1.2 × 0.8 × 1.4 m
- confidence
- 0.94
- twin
- Object OBJ-3312 added
- action
- AMR-02 rerouted · aisle 3
Payload 0.6 KB● RAW FRAMES KEPT ON NODE
Sensing and robots
Fixed sensors make mobile machines smarter.
Robots move. Nodes stay. Together they cover what neither can alone.
LANDMARK
A fixed point to trust.
Every node is surveyed once and never moves. Robots localise against them indoors, under canopy and anywhere satellite positioning fails.
RELAY
Signal where there is none.
Nodes mesh together and carry the link into tunnels, plants, forests and below deck, so robots stay supervised deep inside.
TRIGGER
The right robot, at the right time.
A node spots heat, a leak or an intruder and Kaiinos sends the machine best placed to check. Robots go where they are needed, not on a loop.
Where it goes
Built for the places robots are heading.
The same sensing layer, placed two ways, in six kinds of environment.
Sensing in the spaceSensing on an asset
Warehouses
In the spaceAisles, docks and blocked routes
On the assetsForklifts, dock doors, chillers
Energy sites
In the spaceSubstations, solar rows, perimeters
On the assetsTransformers, inverters, pumps
Plants and pipelines
In the spacePipe racks, gas and leak zones
On the assetsValves, gauges, pressure lines
Farms and forests
In the spaceSoil, microclimate, fire risk
On the assetsIrrigation, machinery, tanks
Ports and construction
In the spaceYards, stacks and site progress
On the assetsCranes, containers, heavy plant
Connect your environment. Keep every machine in step with it.
Tell us about the environment, the assets and the sensors you already have. We'll come back with a plan.
Talk to Kaiinoshello@kaiinos.ai