About

About A3R

A3R combined an industrial multirotor aircraft, lidar mapping payload and ExynAI autonomy for exploration inside mines and other GPS-denied spaces. The system created its own map while flying, identified obstacles and selected routes without a preloaded environment model. Missions could continue without persistent communications between the aircraft and operator.

The platform was deployed for underground survey and inspection, producing three-dimensional maps of stopes, drifts and inaccessible areas. Exyn subsequently introduced ExynAero and the modular Nexys mapping system as newer generations of its autonomous-reality-capture portfolio. A3R is a legacy product and is no longer the company’s current aerial platform.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

Workflows: Autonomous flight, 3D mapping, inspection data capture, survey support and exploration of confined or hazardous industrial spaces.
Operating environments: Mines, industrial sites, tunnels, infrastructure assets and other environments where GPS, communications or prior maps are unavailable.
Target markets: Mining operators, survey teams, inspection groups and industrial asset owners needing unmanned data collection in difficult sites.
Deployment model: Integrated aerial robot and autonomy package built around ExynAI, Exyn FlightGuide compute and sensing hardware.
SLAM mapping
Commercial deployment - Exyn records delivery of its A3R autonomous aerial systems to Dundee Precious Metals for underground mining operations.
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Autonomous mine exploration
Commercial deployment - Exyn records delivery of its A3R autonomous aerial systems to Dundee Precious Metals for underground mining operations.
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Operations

Customer Site
Dundee Precious Metals underground deployment - 2019-02-26 - Dundee Precious Metals - underground gold mining - Dundee Precious Metals selected A3R for autonomous mapping in its underground gold-mining operations.
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Timeline

Exyn launches A3R commercially with Dundee Precious Metals deployment
2019-02-26 - Deployment - Dundee Precious Metals selected Exyn to support digitisation and automation at its underground gold-mining operations. A3R operates without a human pilot, prior map, persistent communications or GPS. The deployment was intended to improve map frequency and quality while reducing personnel exposure underground.
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Context

Market context

A3R was Exyn's autonomous aerial robot system for GPS-denied industrial data collection and 3D mapping.

Target environment: Mines, industrial sites, tunnels, infrastructure assets and other environments where GPS, communications or prior maps are unavailable.
Workflow context: Autonomous flight, 3D mapping, inspection data capture, survey support and exploration of confined or hazardous industrial spaces.
Customer context: Mining operators, survey teams, inspection groups and industrial asset owners needing unmanned data collection in difficult sites.
Deployment model: Integrated aerial robot and autonomy package built around ExynAI, Exyn FlightGuide compute and sensing hardware.
Commercial maturity: Legacy Exyn aerial autonomy system; the product reflects Exyn's earlier hardware-led deployment model before later software and autonomy-stack emphasis.
Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on site safety rules, payload needs, flight endurance, airspace constraints, data workflow fit and support for legacy hardware.
Market position: GPS-denied aerial mapping platform that helped define Exyn's position in autonomous industrial inspection and survey robotics.
Adjacent products: ExynAero, ExynAI SDK, Emesent Hovermap, Skydio X10