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- u-locate: Indoor Positioning
Locate anything indoors
u-locate is the comprehensive RTLS solution designed to help you track assets' location accurately.
What is RTLS?
Real-time locating systems (RTLSs) automatically identify and track the location of objects or people in real time. These systems are designed for indoor applications, typically those intended to localize items within a building or enclosed area.
An RTLS is a multi-layered solution that includes both hardware and software components.
u-locate: u-blox’s RTLS comprehensive solution
Thanks to its components, including software and hardware, u-blox’s RTLS solution accurately calculates indoor locations.
One significant advantage of this solution is that some components can be customized independently to integrate with other solutions.
Overview of components:
Element | Description |
u‑locateHub | This is the leading omlox™ locating middleware of u-locate. It offers easy integration and distribution, flexible deployment, and independence from any location technology. |
u‑locateEngine | The u-blox positioning engine complies with omlox™. Its well-documented API platform includes severalAPIs for real-time positioningand configuration. The positioning engine also offers easy installation and maintenance. |
u‑locateAnchor | The anchor point, also known as the locator, includes our ANT-B10 Bluetooth LE Antenna board and is housed in a waterproof and durable case. It enables connection via Wi-Fi (either 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz), Ethernet, and NFC and is powered by Power over Ethernet (PoE) and USB-C. The anchor point can be freely oriented or fixed to ceilings and walls. |
u-locateTag | Highly configurable Bluetooth LE AoA tags withlong battery life. |
u‑locateEmbed | Embedded software developed by u-blox thatrunson allu-locate hardware components. |
ANT-B10 | Self-contained Bluetooth Low Energy board for direction finding and indoor positioning. |
ANT-B11 | Compact Bluetooth Low Energy angle-of-arrival antenna and sensor board. |
s-center 2 | The support tool that helps you configure the u-locate solution. |
How it works:
The system enables efficient asset monitoring and management through interconnected components. Attached to the assets, u-locateTag transmits location data to u-locateAnchor. This mounted infrastructure communicates angle, distance, and other data to u-locateEngine, the software that processes data from the tags to calculate their position. u-locateHub manages the information from the engine. Finally, the Remote System provides an interface designed for end users to monitor and manage their assets.
u-locate components
A unique combination of market-leading components offering an end-to-end solution to locate anything indoors
Related links
u-locateAnchor Product Summary
u-locateTag Product Summary
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How to select:
The application landscape illustrated in the table above is vast. u-locate adapts to various indoor positioning scenarios depending on specific needs. Below is a condensed list of options to give you a taste of its potential.
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A complete end-to-end indoor positioning solution.
“I'm looking for a comprehensive location positioning solution that reduces time-to-market and requires minimal development.”
u locateHub is the u-blox locating middleware built on top of the u-locate solution. Based on the omlox™ standard, it minimizes your efforts, allowing you to focus on vertical-specific analytics.
Solution benefits
Applications:
Logistics and warehouse
When you apply asset tracking to logistics, you can reduce search time to track assets, employees, vehicles, and other resources, improve asset storage location and routing, manage inventory efficiently, decrease the risk of lost assets, automate documentation processes, and enforce security zones with alerts.
Smart buildings
The goal of RTLS is to streamline the movement and tracking of objects and people to reduce operating costs, maximize sustainability efforts by reducing energy and material waste, and increase safety for people in the building.
Industrial automation and monitoring
u-locate helps improve operational efficiency and enables higher-level use cases such as automated inventory management and optimized factory workflows. It also reduces costs by monitoring equipment and machinery utilization and by automating documentation of machinery inspections and staff safety.
Healthcare
Looking for a solution to track the whereabouts of medical equipment, medications, staff, and even patients? u-locate helps you reduce asset search time and redundant equipment inventory, understand where and when critical medical equipment is being used, and limit patient roaming or access to restricted areas.
Livestock management
u-locate balances accuracy, cost, and power consumption, making it an ideal solution for monitoring livestock health and behavior. Supported by our range of livestock tracking devices, you can track and monitor livestock and access data on location and movement history, speed, geofencing, inactivity alerts, and more.
Mobile robotics
RTLS plays a critical role in enhancing the performance of mobile robotic systems by providing accurate real-time location information. It supports fleet management, task allocation, inventory management, and collaboration of mobile robots.