aiMotive Announces Professional Data Recording Hardware Lineup

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- aiMotive today announced the official launch of two professional data recording solutions: the aiMotive Rig and the aiMotive Rooftop Box. Both systems are designed to support high-quality ground truth data collection for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) development, testing, and validation workflows. By integrating high-precision SPAN GNSS+INS technology from NovAtel, part of Hexagon, they deliver accurate positioning, timing, and ego-motion estimation for reliable system evaluation. The aiMotive Rooftop Box additionally ships World Extractor-ready out of the box, providing a complete pipeline from raw sensor data to neural reconstruction and simulation-ready synthetic environments. Both solutions are packaged with aiMotive's in-house developed recording software, aiRec, featuring built-in live sensor diagnostics and monitoring to ensure precise synchronization and high-quality data.

aiMotive Rig

The aiMotive Rig is a compact, lightweight LiDAR-focused sensor configuration built on the Hesai OT128 LiDAR and the NovAtel PwrPak7D-E2 GNSS+INS enclosure. Its small form factor makes it easy to mount, relocate, and transport – deployable on virtually any vehicle platform with minimal setup time. aiMotive Rig delivers robust static world capture and high-precision positioning, enabling AI-based auto-annotation of the static environment, HD map creation, and lane-related function benchmarking – all natively supported by the aiData toolchain.

aiMotive Rooftop Box

The aiMotive Rooftop Box is a full multi-modal sensor suite combining a 6-camera Sony IMX728 array for complete 360° environmental coverage with dual Hesai LiDARs and the NovAtel PwrPak7D-E2 GNSS+INS enclosure. Like the Rig, the Rooftop Box is designed for easy installation on any vehicle platform. Designed for advanced testing and validation scenarios, it supports all aiData Rig capabilities. Additionally, it enables auto-annotation of dynamic actors, World Extractor neural reconstruction, and full ADAS/AD validation workflows.

NovAtel GNSS+INS: the precision foundation

Both systems rely on NovAtel's PwrPak7D-E2 to provide positioning and timing for ego-motion estimation. Trusted by leading organisations developing advanced driver assistance and automated driving technologies, NovAtel SPAN GNSS+INS provides the ground truth foundation that makes downstream annotation, map creation, and neural reconstruction reliable at scale.

"Reliable ground truth systems are essential for developing, testing, and validating complex sensor systems," said Andreas Niemann, Director of Global Sales, NovAtel. "Our advanced SPAN GNSS+INS technology combines high-precision positioning and timing through sensor fusion, providing customers with a source of truth for development and validation. With confidence in their data, teams can focus on accelerating innovation and improving performance."

Available as hardware and as a service

The aiMotive Rig and Rooftop Box are available for direct purchase and can also be deployed as part of aiMotive's Professional Services offering, where aiMotive's team handles data collection end-to-end on behalf of the customer. Both systems are natively integrated with the aiData annotation pipeline, ensuring the shortest possible path from raw recording to high-quality annotated data. The aiMotive Rooftop Box additionally supports the World Extractor neural reconstruction toolchain, enabling the full pipeline from recorded footage to simulation-ready synthetic environments.

"Developing and validating automotive AI – whether for ADAS or automated driving – starts with one critical foundation: data. The aiMotive Rig and Rooftop Box were built to eliminate the risk – error-free recording, hardware and software designed as a single system, and NovAtel's GNSS/INS precision as the foundation that makes everything downstream — from auto-annotation to neural reconstruction — high quality from the first recording," said Luca Csanady, Business Director of Professional Services at aiMotive.

For more information about aiMotive's data recording solutions and Professional Services: aimotive.com/professional-services

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Contact: Bence Boda, Marketing & Communications Director, aiMotive - [email protected]