Ground vehicle autonomy

Autonomy for the vehicles a force already owns.

Hainu is a retrofit kit. It installs on an ordinary second-hand pickup and turns it into an autonomous vehicle - so the cheapest ground robot on the field is the one already parked outside.

What it is

Purpose-built autonomous ground vehicles start at around $150,000. That price is the reason a force sends a person instead. Hainu separates the intelligence from the vehicle and sells only the intelligence: sensors, a computer, and actuators on the steering column, the pedals and the gear selector.

Installation is a professional job, done once, by a workshop certified in the customer's own country. The vehicle stays the customer's - bought locally, second-hand, in their own economy.

The vehicle identifies and flags. A human authorises any engagement decision. We do not supply weapons and we do not offer autonomous engagement.

Where it is used

Humanitarian demining

Trigger the field instead of the sapper. Survey and ground preparation on contaminated land.

Border security

Continuous patrol of routes that repeat every day, with no crew and no fatigue.

Defence logistics

Supply runs and reconnaissance on roads nobody should be driving.

How it is built

Nine layers, from the sensors to the steering, built from the bottom up.

01FoundationOne clock, typed messages, a written contract for every sensor
02SensorsEach one simulated with its real faults, not just its data format
03LocalisationKnowing where it is when satellite positioning is jammed or spoofed
04PerceptionPeople, vehicles, and the ground types geometry alone cannot see
05The mapEvery patch of ground records how well it was observed, not just what is there
06PlanningA route to the destination — and a named reason whenever it refuses
07Speed & steeringNo speed setting anywhere: the commanded speed is the lowest of eight measured limits
08SafetyAn independent computer that can cut every actuator in hardware
09HealthEvery part reports its own condition, so a failure is visible rather than silent

Where we are

The full system runs today in simulation. Hardware integration begins when the current funding round closes.

No Hainu has yet driven a real vehicle. When one has, this page will say so, and it will say when.

Contact

Enquiries
omer@hainu.tech

Hainu is pre-incorporation. Enquiries from component suppliers, certified installers, demining operators and border agencies are welcome.