Ubudu Blog

Ubudu with its RTLS solution and HSC Technology Group with its Talius™ Platform partner to address a major social Issue: providing adequate care for elderly residents in aged car facilities

We are delighted to announce our participation in the Global Industrie exhibition, which will be held in Lyon from March 7 to 10, 2023.

Ubudu has announced a new partnership in Qatar with A101 Qatar Agency, a full-service digital agency. This partnership will bring Ubudu's location-based solutions to the Qatari market.

Hybrid RTLS combines the benefits of different location tracking technologies to provide the most efficient results for tracking needs and can be used for multiple use cases. As indoor and outdoor positioning become increasingly interconnected, it is important to consider how to combine different RTLS technologies to improve ROI and meet the needs of end-users.

RTLS and RFID are buzzwords often heard in manufacturing and healthcare sectors industries. Although they seem to provide similar benefits, they are distinct solutions with notable differences to serve unique and distinct purposes. In this article, you will learn what RTLS and RFID stand for, what are their differences and how to choose between them.

The FIM (Fédération des Industries Mécaniques) held its first "Start-ups & mechanical companies'' forum on December 14th in partnership with Cetim (Technical Center for Mechanical Industries).

Ubudu participated in the Journées Techniques Biomédicales in Pau, France. During the event, Ubudu showcased its RTLS solution and presented on the different technologies used in their indoor geolocation, including UWB, BLE, and WiFi. Ubudu Sales Director held a workshop highlighting the strengths and potential applications of each technology in various industries.  

Ubudu participated in the ITX event in Italy, showcasing its Hybrid RTLS solution for optimizing production and logistics flows in different industries. The company emphasized the importance of working with partners who share the same values and ambition to accelerate digital transformation of industry

Ubudu will have its own booth at the 40th edition of the Biomedical Technical Days organized by the AAMB (Association des Agents de Maintenance Biomédicale) at the Palais Beaumont congress center in Pau from December 6th to 9th, 2022.

Last week Ubudu participated in the Huawei Connect 2022 event. An opportunity to present its RTLS solutions, discuss about real-time location systems opportunities across different industries, and meet up with other Huawei partners such as SES Imagotag and Ubiant to share new perspectives and goals.

In partnership with the CETIM, the FIM (Fédération des industries mécaniques) is launching a club with the aim of connecting selected start-ups.

As a partner of Huawei, Ubudu will be exhibiting at the 2022 edition of Huawei Connect on 17-18th of October in Palais de Congrès in Paris.

Ubudu launches “BLE Controller”, a new feature available in Ubudu RTLS that will enable you to communicate with any RTLS tag remotely, right from your desk.

Paris Saint-Joseph hospital group has announced the launch of two mobile applications powered by Ubudu indoor location technologies. The first one allows healthcare professionals to locate medical equipment in the hospital and the second one helps patients and visitors find their way in the hospital using wayfinding.

Ubudu is now referenced as an official UWB solutions provider by its partner Qorvo, the world leader designer and manufacturer of high performance radio systems and solutions.

Ubudu was present at the 6th edition of Viva Technology, the international innovation conference, on the stand of its partner Huawei, in order to present its indoor geolocation solutions mainly intended for industries and hospitals.

Ubudu is proud to have been selected with 6 other companies from over 900 applicants to work with Cargotec / Kalmar to make their operations more efficient.

The world's leading event that showcases game-changing solutions & technologies.

The event that brings together European health actors to reflect on the new challenges facing European health at a time of global risks.

The major international industry event in France with 2 300 exhibitors covering the whole industrial ecosystem distributed in 15 implantation zones covering a 100,000m2 exhibition floor area.

The world’s leading tradeshow for industrial technology in Hannover, Germany.

Europe’s biggest startup and tech event will happen again this year in Paris between 15th and 18th of June 2022.

Ubudu is pleased to have participated in the SMART & CO show on B SMART TV, dedicated to companies and their partners.

Ubudu is proud to join Omlox, the world’s first open locating standard.

Ubudu is proud to join the FiRa™ Consortium as an Adopter member to support the growth of the UWB ecosystem.

Following the success of the Ubudu SDA to help companies keep their employees safe during COVID-19, Ubudu has adapted its solution to be able to measure real-time and precise distance between pedestrian workers and moving vehicles to prevent collisions from happening.

Hospitals can sometimes appear as real labyrinths for patients and visitors: many services present in the same place, spread over several floors, with a lot of traffic in the aisles; it is easy to get lost. Moreover, for medical staff, guiding visitors and patients can become a laborious and especially time-consuming task, as the time used to give directions to patients and visitors could be better spent providing care. It is therefore important to guide them as best as possible in order to make their hospital experience more pleasant, but also to limit the risks of delays that can impact the whole activity of the services.

Whilst MES is becoming mainstream in production facilities, there is often a need to input data manually in the MES to be able to make the most out of such system. Integrating RTLS to MES ensure data on where work orders are in real-time and how long they spend in each workstation is automatically and precisely inputted into the MES.

In addition to sometimes lacking financial resources, the management of medical equipment often represents an obstacle to the hospitals’ optimal functioning. According to a Frost & Sullivan study, an average of 20% of equipment is lost each year, representing additional costs to replace them. Robberies are also sometimes observed. For instance, on December 24th 2020 at Poissy Hospital (Yvelines), a theft of five ultrasound machines with a total value of 500,000 Euros unfortunately took place.

As France is facing the third wave of coronavirus, the daily number of cases registered is still growing. On the 19th of April, a total of 2066 infected patients were admitted in French hospitals and 502 new patients in ICU (Intensive Care Units), twice more than the day before. Facing this increase of cases in the hospitals, and despite the “Plan Blanc” deployed in France, doctors are getting more and more worried. In Paris, hospitals are overwhelmed by new cases. Numerous questions are ahead of us: do we have the number of beds to welcome new patients with Covid symptoms and without? Will ICU have enough oxygen equipment for the new cases presenting respiratory distress?

François Kruta, Ubudu CEO & Co-Founder, and Christophe Nicolaï, IT director at Paris Saint Joseph Hospital Group, were the guests of Thomas Hugues’s TV show called Ecosystème on B-Smart TV.

During this fireside chat, François Kruta goes back to the creation of Ubudu in 2011, which started from a B2C model before quickly pivoting to a B2B model with a complete hardware & software solution developed entirely by Ubudu.

Ubudu has been selected as one of the 2020 Top 10 Healthcare Startups in Singapore by SwiftNLift professional magazine.

With the outbreak of covid 19, companies are looking for ways to keep their businesses running and protect their employees from the virus. Ubudu has therefore developed Social Distancing Assistant.

Ubudu is glad to announce new partnership with Qonda System in Singapore to accelerate the deployment of Ubudu Real-Time Location System to healthcare, distribution and industrial automation sectors.

Major challenges in hospitals, especially during pandemic crises, are related to lack of visibility and traceability of patients and medical equipment.

Airports are relying more and more on automation technologies to offer a seamless passenger experience. At the same time, flight delays must be managed thoroughly by optimising airside operations. This can be achieved by leveraging RTLS to locate and utilise efficiently and safely equipment and vehicles required for performing airside activities such as catering, luggage / cargo handling or aircraft maintenance.

When considering Bluetooth-based Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) installations it is common to anticipate that they will be able to cover areas which are moderate to small. Bluetooth 5 brings a new feature to reconsider the status quo and allows to cover large sites with much less hardware infrastructure, up to the point of assets being tracked outdoors.

The lasting demand for commercial aircrafts requires both manufacturers and suppliers to increase their production capacity. A leading metal parts supplier decided to tackle this challenge by implementing a work order tracking solution, which would not only reduce waiting time between steps, but also provide a better visibility on the overall operations.

RTLS is often associated with “expensive” and “complex” in the minds of industrials. But technology adoption by the consumer markets changed everything, and provides now industrials with the opportunity to deploy an asset tracking solution with a sub-year ROI.

Slingshot@Switch organized by Enterprise Singapore and Startup SG in collaboration with Agorize gathered the Top 100 Global Startups.

Location tracking of medical equipment, staff and patients enables hospitals to generate operational gains in the millions of euros. It helps staff to save time in order to provide better care. Ubudu indoor location solution helps improve several operational processes using a single and small investment.

Last week, we were very happy to hear from one of our partners in Hong Kong, Accenture Interactive, that the Sky100 mobile app was rewarded during the MOB-EX Awards 2018.

Strengthening our partnership with JCDecaux Transport, we are proud to announce that Ubudu technology is being used for way-finding and proximity messages in Hong Kong and Central MTR Stations.

From New York to Hong Kong, parking has always been a huge customer pain point in large cities. See how location technologies can help improve parking user experience.

JCDecaux Transport, Ubudu Asia’s privileged partner and the No.1 outdoor advertising company in Hong Kong, has recently launched the WeChat Shake O2O campaign at Hong Kong International Airport for Coach.

Hosting more than 8m visitors each year, the Louvre has been world’s iconic museum – featuring its long waiting time to get in and the large maze causing visitors to easily get lost, besides its famous artwork collections. But this cohabitation might be over, as the pain points of customer are finally addressed with their newly launched geo-locator application, which gives you directions to the desired art pieces.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced that its next release, coming late 2016 to early 2017, will be called Bluetooth 5 and will include significantly increased range, speed, and broadcast messaging capacity. Extending range will deliver robust, reliable Internet of Things (IoT) connections that make full-home and building and outdoor use cases a reality.