World-Leading RTLS for Robotic Guidance and Navigation
Continuous 1.5 mm real-time positioning through complex industrial environments facilitates navigation and localization with unparalleled precision.
The Problem
AGVs and AMRs are critical to efficient material movement in modern factories and warehouses, but traditional navigation systems like SLAM or RFID often suffer from drift, interference, or signal loss. When an AGV/AMR goes off-route or stalls, it disrupts production flow, creates congestion, and poses safety risks to nearby workers and equipment.
The Solution
ZeroKey's Quantum RTLS 2.0 provides millimeter-accurate real-time tracking of AGVs and AMRs across entire facilities. By enabling precise drift-free route adherence, real-time visibility, and intelligent task allocation, ZeroKey customers benefit from smoother material flow and optimized AGV utilization with minimal downtime or human intervention.
Hyper-accurate localization and tracking anywhere
ROS2 compatible open API enables seamless integration
6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) for rotation and heading
Unlock fleet capacity with dynamic routing and navigation
ZeroKey vs The Competition
Legacy Challenges
Traditional SLAM navigation methods break down when reference points change in dynamic environments or when views are obstructed, resulting in unplanned downtime that requires human intervention and erodes ROI.
ZeroKey's Solution
ZeroKey’s best-in-class 1.5 mm positioning accuracy and availability ensure AMRs never lose precise localization, even in dynamic environments, because Quantum RTLS doesn’t rely on feature points.
1.5mm 3D Ground Truth System
ZeroKey’s indoor positioning system offers millimeter-accurate ground truth for AGV/AMR navigation and robotics localization. Guidance is no longer restricted to predefined routes or reliant on outdated and unreliable RTLS technologies with limited accuracy.
Better and Cheaper than LiDAR/Vision
The ZeroKey system overcomes the limitations of expensive vision and LiDAR-based systems, delivering hyper-accurate, continuous, wide-area tracking to support virtually any use case. Unlike competing technologies, Quantum RTLS 2.0‘s industry-leading calibration technology automatically calculates the exact location of every fixed device, eliminating the need for costly surveying or mapping throughout the deployment process.
100% Positioning Availability
Quantum RTLS 2.0 combines several core technologies to provide always-available, real-time positioning across entire facilities. Online provisioning supports rapid scalability across the shop floor, while advanced sensor fusion algorithms and multichannel operation enable simultaneous operation of a large number of devices.
Stop ROI Leakages from AGV “Rescues”
Unplanned interventions kill payback. Every time an AGV drifts, stalls, or loses localization, a human has to step in—halting flow, stacking queues, and burning labor you didn’t plan for. That’s the hidden cost most TCO models miss.
Real Results: 18.4M Annual ROI in Cost Savings
The Challenge
When a major automotive OEM launched a new production program, they built an experimental factory to validate their AGV-based material handling strategy. The AGVs relied on high-end LiDAR and visual SLAM, but real-world conditions quickly exposed critical flaws. Frequent localization dropouts and inconsistent feature detection forced the AGVs to operate at reduced speeds to avoid collisions. Slower travel meant more AGVs were required to maintain line-side delivery rates, inflating capital costs. Operators routinely intervened to rescue stalled units, and the LiDAR hardware carried significant cost premiums.
The Solution
The manufacturer replaced their LiDAR-based navigation stack with ZeroKey’s Quantum RTLS™, equipping each AGV with a compact mobile tag providing continuous, millimeter-accurate 3D positioning. With absolute, drift-free ground truth the AGVs could navigate at full rated speed with no risk of localization loss and no need for periodic remapping. This allowed the OEM to reduce the total fleet size, remove costly LiDAR units from every robot, and eliminate unplanned human interventions entirely.
The Impact
After integrating Quantum RTLS, the OEM achieved:
2x
Increase in AMR throughput
through full-speed,
drift-free navigation
100%
Elimination of manual
interventions, restoring
continuous flow
18.4M
Annual cost savings driven
by fleet reduction, LiDAR elimination,
and higher utilization across
the full-scale rollout
TOKEN = "< YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN >"
URL = "https://.edge.zerokey.com/hubs/eventHub"
rclpy.init()
node = Node("zk_rtls")
pub = node.create_publisher(PointStamped, "/zerokey/position", 10)
hub = HubConnectionBuilder().with_url(URL, options={"access_token_factory": lambda: TOKEN}).build()
hub.on("positionUpdates", lambda e: pub.publish(
PointStamped(header=node.get_clock().now().to_msg(),
point=type("P", (), dict(x=e["position"][0], y=e["position"][1], z=e["position"][2]))())))
hub.start(); rclpy.spin(node) {
"Timestamp": "2025-10-08T15:42:11Z",
"WorkflowID": "WF-TRK-042",
"StepType": "BoltSequencing",
"OperatorID": "E0:05:6E:B9:C1:0A",
"Status": "Completed",
"Bolts": [
{ "ID": 1, "TorqueNm": 320.4, "Status": "OK" },
{ "ID": 2, "TorqueNm": 322.1, "Status": "OK" },
{ "ID": 3, "TorqueNm": 319.7, "Status": "OK" },
{ "ID": 4, "TorqueNm": 318.9, "Status": "OK" }
],
"Summary": {
"CompletedBolts": 4,
"Missed": 0,
"OutOfOrder": 0,
"AvgTorqueNm": 320.7
}
}import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
import json
BROKER = "yourdomain.edge.zerokey.com"
TOPIC = "zerokey/tools/torqueEvents"
TOKEN = ""
def on_message(client, userdata, msg):
data = json.loads(msg.payload)
print(f"{data['Timestamp']} | {data['ToolID']} | {data['TorqueNm']} Nm | {data['Status']}")
client = mqtt.Client()
client.username_pw_set(username="token", password=TOKEN)
client.connect(BROKER, 1883, 60)
client.subscribe(TOPIC)
client.on_message = on_message
client.loop_forever()
Seamless Robotic Integration
ZeroKey’s open API and SignalR streaming interface connect directly to robotic middleware like ROS2, feeding millimeter-accurate position data in real time. Developers can subscribe to position and quaternion updates from Quantum RTLS 2.0, instantly syncing ground-truth data with navigation stacks, fleet management systems, or simulation environments.
WANT MORE INFO?
DOWNLOAD OUR WHITE PAPER
ZeroKey’s Quantum RTLS 2.0 technology is backed by more than thirty patents and extensive research and development! Want to learn why we’re the most accurate RTLS technology in the market? Read all about how we do it in our white paper.
CALGARY
HEAD OFFICE
3120 – 12 St. NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 8T3
RESOURCES
SITE MAP
CALGARY
HEAD OFFICE
3120 – 12 St. NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 8T3