Opteran

Opteran is a UK-based autonomy software company that specializes in creating Natural Intelligence by reverse-engineering the brains of insects and animals.

Founded in 2019 and headquartered in London, with an R&D lab in Sheffield and a US office in Boston, Opteran develops lightweight, ultra-low-power software for robots and drones. Their technology operates on edge vision without the need for data training or cloud infrastructure. The company's primary product is the Opteran Development Kit (ODK), which includes modules for panoramic vision, real-time optic flow calculation, and upcoming components for autonomous decision-making and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Opteran targets the B2B market, providing its AI technology to businesses in industrial robotics, autonomous vehicles, and consumer robotics. Their innovative approach leverages computational neuroscience to achieve efficient machine autonomy, enabling robots to navigate complex environments with minimal power consumption.