Port heavy equipment · Remote operation & vision

Operate ship-to-shore and gantry cranes from the control room — at 130 ms.

AI vision replaces stacked sensors, and glass-to-glass latency stays at 130 ms over an ordinary LAN — no 5G, no carrier network.

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End-to-end latency · Glass-to-glass
130ms
Measured operator-screen to camera on a standard LAN.
This system
130 ms
5G teleop.
~200 ms
Std. limit
250 ms
130ms
End-to-end video latency
1:N
One operator, many cranes
0/5G
No carrier-network dependency
3layers
Defence-in-depth deployment
How it works

One set of cameras. One GPU. Your control room.

Cameras already on the crane feed a single edge GPU. RVMS handles remote operation while the AI-vision subsystems run on the same streams — operators work from the control room over an ordinary LAN.

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Cameras on the crane

Existing remote-operation cameras — TALON on the spreader, fixed and PTZ around the machine.

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NX wireless link

Low-latency, transparent transport. No 5G, no carrier network.

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Edge GPU · RVMS + vision

One GPU runs remote operation and every safety subsystem on the same streams.

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Control room · HELM

Operators run the crane by hand at 130 ms, away from height.

Real-time AI video stitching: left and right spreader cameras merged into one panorama
In operation — left & right spreader cameras merged into a single real-time panorama.AI video stitching
Product architecture

One platform. Every safety subsystem, fused.

RVMS is the core. Every AI-vision safety capability runs on the same cameras and layers in as software, at a marginal cost approaching zero. Remote operation, collision avoidance, intrusion detection and alignment — working together on one platform.

Core platformRemote-operation base · platform + console
Platform · RVMS

RVMS — Remote Video Operation System

Multi-stream remote operation for ship-to-shore and gantry cranes: one-to-many operation, hot-standby failover, automatic scene layout. Deployed once, it becomes the base that carries every safety subsystem.

  • 130 ms latency, no 5G
  • One-to-many operation, up to 1:N
  • Hot standby, seamless takeover
  • Runs long-term — no watchdog restarts
  • Safety subsystems plug in as software
Console · HELM

HELM — Remote Control Console

Manual remote-control console for STS, RTG and RMG. Integrated control grips, multi-screen video and status display. Paired with RVMS, the operator runs the crane by hand from the control room.

  • Fits STS / RTG / RMG
  • Grips, pedals and multi-screen video
  • Low-latency link to RVMS; manual / semi-auto
  • Control-room operation, away from height
Optional safety subsystemsSame cameras · software · as needed
OPTION
Option · VISION

Vision Safety & Assist

AI-vision safety on the remote-operation cameras: video collision avoidance and spreader visual alignment. Proven on production cranes.

  • Collision avoidance, no extra sensors
  • Spreader alignment by visual offset
  • Reuses the remote-operation cameras
OPTION
Option · ARGUS

ARGUS — Intrusion Detection

Personnel intrusion detection and work-surface warning for RMG, RTG and ship-to-shore cranes. A multi-stage confidence chain confirms every alert, keeping false positives to a minimum in the red zone.

  • Multi-stage gating, very low false-positive rate
  • 15 m red zone, fixed cameras to PTZ tracking
  • For RMG / RTG / STS
OPTION
Option · POLARIS

POLARIS — Cooperative Alignment

Pixel-level visual-servo alignment: gantry alignment and truck guidance together. It reads the reference in real time and drives the actuator to a closed-loop stop, with no added positioning sensors.

  • Pixel-level offset, no box type or tier height needed
  • Gantry alignment + truck guidance
  • No encoders or laser rangefinders
Foundation & deploymentHardware & security base
Hardware · TALON

TALON — Spreader Camera Series

A low-latency IP camera line built for the spreader: compact, single-piece body, fully potted, rated for all-weather outdoor duty.

  • Low-latency IP, seamless one-piece body
  • IP68, oil- and water-proof, 10 G shock
  • Aviation connector + PoE, single cable
Infra · NX

NX — Industrial Wireless Link

High-reliability wireless data link for heavy-equipment remote control. Transparent at the link layer, Modbus RTU plug-and-play.

  • 428–438 MHz, 3000 m reliable range
  • ≤50 ms end-to-end, zero protocol intrusion
  • -40 to +85 °C industrial grade
Security · AEGIS

AEGIS — Hardened Deployment

Multi-layer hardened deployment for core algorithms: compiled, hardware-bound and runtime-verified in depth — guarding against reverse engineering and unauthorised copying.

  • Core algorithms compiled, never in the clear
  • Hardware-bound licensing, dead off-device
  • Layered checks resist reverse engineering
Our approach

Two engineering routes: stack sensors, or reuse vision.

Port safety can be built two ways: add a dedicated sensor for every function, or let the cameras already deployed for remote operation do more, with capability added in software. We chose the second — and proved it on real cranes.

Conventional hardware route

A dedicated sensor per function

  • Collision avoidance needs added lidar
  • Intrusion detection needs safety light curtains, channel by channel
  • Spreader alignment needs encoders and laser ranging
  • Safety sensors take a sizeable share of the retrofit
  • Remote control often rides a 5G private network, tied to the carrier
Astra Oculus vision route

Reuse the cameras, add in software

  • Remote-operation cameras reused; collision avoidance in software
  • Personnel warning deployed in software, marginal cost near zero
  • Spreader alignment by visual offset, no extra hardware
  • One set of cameras + GPU, capabilities in parallel
  • 130 ms over an ordinary LAN, no 5G
  • Modern software architecture — no watchdog restarts
Company

The hard part is latency, vision and deployment. We solved it on real cranes.

Astra Oculus builds remote operation and machine vision for port heavy equipment. Our core asset isn’t a single technique; it is the field experience of working out, on real wharves, where a camera goes, how it mounts, and how it decides.

Field-proven

Tested in production

Latency figures and vision-safety capabilities are validated on production cranes and gantries in real terminal networks — not on a lab bench.

Full-stack

Built in-house

From video ingest and low-latency rendering to AI-vision decisions and hardened deployment, the core is developed in-house, with no third-party black boxes, and tailored to the site.

Proven uptime

No restarts to stay stable

Running continuously since deployment in April 2026, with zero software crashes and no watchdog restarts. The one interruption came from a site power outage — external, not a fault — and it returned to service on power-up.

Let’s talk about your terminal.

A remote-operation retrofit, a vision-safety upgrade, or a hardened deployment — we start from what your site actually needs.

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