UVIFY Elevates Commitment to Open-Source Autonomy as Platinum Member of the Dronecode Foundation
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SAN FRANCISCO - Californer -- UVIFY, a global developer of drone, robotics, autonomous systems, and physical AI technologies, today announced that it has elevated its membership in the Dronecode Foundation to the Platinum level, deepening its commitment to the open-source technologies and standards shaping autonomous systems.

UVIFY has been a Dronecode Foundation member since 2018, while CEO Dr. Hyon Lim has contributed to the PX4 ecosystem since 2012.

"UVIFY's relationship with Dronecode goes back many years, and becoming a Platinum Member is the natural evolution of that relationship," said Robert Cheek, COO of UVIFY and a member of the Dronecode Foundation Board of Directors. "Open source and open standards have accelerated innovation across our industry. As UVIFY grows, we believe our responsibility to contribute to that ecosystem should grow with us."

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Founded in 2014, UVIFY develops integrated hardware, software, autonomy, perception, and content. Its portfolio includes professional drone-show systems and content; developer and research platforms; educational drones; autonomous and swarm robotics; defense and industrial drones; and advanced perception and physical AI.

UVIFY has also recently entered the engineering education and control-systems market, developing platforms for teaching and research in controls, robotics, mechatronics, autonomous systems, and applied AI.

For developers and researchers, UVIFY develops platforms including OMEGA - the Open Modular Environment for General Autonomy - and IFO-S, supporting work in autonomy, swarm robotics, AI, perception, and multi-agent systems.

UVIFY's xEye is a visual perception and V-SLAM platform enabling drones and other robots to understand, navigate, and digitally reconstruct the physical world. It supports autonomous operation in complex environments and generates spatial data for digital twins, inspection, simulation, monitoring, and analysis.

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UVIFY also develops autonomous systems for industrial and defense applications and recently participated in the Dronecode MAVLink-Military Hackathon, demonstrating integration with the emerging MAVLink-Military framework.

As a Platinum Member, UVIFY will deepen its participation in the Dronecode community and support open technologies and standards for autonomous systems.

About UVIFY

UVIFY develops drone, robotics, autonomous systems, and physical AI technologies for commercial, entertainment, industrial, defense, education, and research applications.

For more information, visit https://www.uvify.com/#1

About the Dronecode Foundation

The Dronecode Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, supports open-source technologies and standards for the drone and autonomous-systems industry.

For more information, visit https://dronecode.org/uvify-rises-to-platinum-membership-at-the-dronecode-foundation/