Counter UAS
Drone detection and tracking
Neuromorphic Vision Intelligence
See FASTER.
Think at the EDGE.
Act in REAL TIME.
EtherX builds complete event-based vision systems, from AI algorithms to edge hardware, for real-time detection, tracking, and motion analysis of satellites, debris, drones, and aerial entities.
EtherX.AI
Neuromorphic Vision To Real-Time Drone Detection And Tracking
The next generation of intelligent machines will view the world differently! They will respond only to the dynamics of the world.
At EtherX.AI, we are building next generation intelligent perception systems using neuromorphic/event cameras that capture visual change asynchronously at extremely fine temporal resolution. We are putting this technology to work on one of the most demanding perception challenges today, namely, real-time detection and tracking of small, fast-moving drones.
Conventional cameras capture complete images at fixed intervals, even when most of the scene remains unchanged. A neuromorphic event camera works very differently. Each pixel responds independently when it detects a change in the corresponding intensity, producing a sparse and asynchronous stream of visual events.
For small aerial targets, this is a powerful advantage. A drone may occupy only a few pixels on an image sensor, accelerate rapidly, change direction abruptly, or move significantly between consecutive video frames. A neuromorphic event camera does not need to wait for the next frame. It captures change dynamically as it happens.
Event based tracking
At EtherX.AI, we have developed a complete neuromorphic processing pipeline that transforms asynchronous neuromorphic data into real-time drone detection and continuously updated target trajectories. The complete perception pipeline operates at millisecond-scale latency, enabling rapid response to fast target motion. Our system maintains robust, uninterrupted tracking under challenging conditions, including sun-glare, rain, multiple drones, and noisy environments
Our neuromorphic detection and tracking approach outperforms the state-of-the-art techniques.
Event Sensor
Neuromorphic
Processing Pipeline
Localization and Tracking
The pipeline is being optimized, quantized and deployed directly on edge hardware, reducing latency, bandwidth and dependence on cloud computing. Our goal is to build intelligent systems that are compact, power-efficient and ready for real-world deployment. This enables a new generation of intelligent systems across high-speed and edge-sensing applications.
Sense and Avoid
Airborne collision awareness
Critical Infrastructure
Perimeter and asset monitoring
High Speed Robotics
Fast motion perception
Persistent Surveillance
Efficient edge monitoring
Dynamic Target Tracking
Responsive trajectory estimation
As seen in these demo videos, the conventional RGB camera struggles to maintain reliable drone detection and tracking under challenging illumination due to its limited dynamic range and frame-based acquisition. In contrast, the neuromorphic camera provides high dynamic range and microsecond-scale temporal resolution, enabling more robust and continuous tracking under strong contrast, shadows, and rapid motion.
Hardware Platform
Meet HOMI
HOMI is our end-to-end EdgeAI platform, combining a high-speed event sensor with FPGA compute and our in-house AI accelerator in a compact board designed for deployment in space, aerial, and defense systems.
10x5cm
Compact form factor
Sub-ms
Ultra-low latency architecture
On-device
Full edge inference - no cloud
Multi-task
Detection, tracking & classification - simultaneously
Front view
Top view
Event Sensor
Asynchronous, sparse event-driven output that captures only change in the scene with microsecond temporal resolution.
FPGA
FPGA-based compute backbone with hardware-optimized preprocessing pipelines and headroom for multi-task deployments.
In-House AI Accelerator
Quantization-aware neural network accelerator optimized for sparse event data across detection, classification, and tracking.
Compact & Deployable
10 cm x 5 cm form factor designed for edge deployment in satellites, UAVs, ground stations, and embedded systems.
Algorithms built for event-based intelligence
01
Motion Estimation
Compute velocity vectors in real time from sparse event streams for trajectory prediction at speeds frame cameras cannot resolve.
02
Object Detection & Tracking
Continuously detect and track satellites, debris, drones, and aerial objects using event-based clustering and centroid trajectories.
03
Star vs. Satellite Classification
Distinguish satellites from stars and clutter in dense fields using AI models trained on event-based motion signatures.
04
Collision Avoidance & Prediction
Run real-time trajectory analysis and motion prediction to estimate collision risk and enable early warning.
Why event cameras outperform frame-based
Microsecond temporal resolution.
No motion blur and no missed fast events.
Sparse, low-power data.
Only changing pixels generate data.
High dynamic range.
Handles dark space and sunlit objects without saturation.
Edge-native.
Full inference near 1 ms latency with ultra-low power.
FeatureFrame-basedEvent-based
Latency~33ms~1ms
Temporal res.~30 fps>1M events/s
Data volumeFull framesSparse events
Motion blurSignificantNone
Power drawHighUltra-low
Dynamic range~60 dB~120 dB
Edge inferenceCloud-dependentOn-device
Built for any domain where speed matters
HOMI and our algorithm stack are domain-agnostic. If it moves fast and you need to understand it in real time, we can track it.
Space Domain
Track satellites and orbital debris in LEO, detect tumbling behavior, support collision avoidance research, and analyze object attitude.
Aerial & Drone
Detect and track UAVs, drones, and low-altitude flying objects in real time even in cluttered visual environments.
Defense & Security
Enable autonomous airspace surveillance with ultra-low-latency threat detection and on-device inference.
Research & Development
Use a full-stack neuromorphic testbed from event preprocessing to on-device AI with flexible latency/accuracy studies.
Build smarter vision systems with us
Whether you are working in space operations, defense, aerial robotics, or research, we bring neuromorphic hardware and AI algorithms to turn raw events into real-time intelligence.
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