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Stephan Hrabar

Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Emesent, maker of the Hovermap SLAM-based LiDAR mapping and drone autonomy solution.

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PODCASTS

Oct 6, 2026

Visions: A Machine Vision and Automation Solutions Podcast

Visions: A Machine Vision and Automation Solutions Podcast

When There is No GPS: Inside SLAM and LIDAR Navigation

Oct 6 · 21m

9:18

Well, then what are some common environmental challenges you're running into with this?

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:23

So for SLAM in particular, I mean, the way SLAM works is by recognizing the features in the environment again and again over time.

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:31

So imagine you see a wall in front of you three meters away.

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:36

A second later, you recognize the same wall that's two meters away.

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:40

So you know you've moved one meter in that direction.

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:42

So what it's doing is identifying thousands of recognizable 3D patches or features in the environment and tracking those over time.

Stephan HrabarGUEST

9:53

So if there's an environment where everything looks the same or there's nothing to track, then SLAM is going to have challenges.

9 MINS LATER

19:05

What's the next step for something like HoverNet, for example? What's the next great thing you want to accomplish with it?