PROJECT UPDATE: AUG’s OVIN (OCI) funded project – Advancing Radar-based Detection and Monitoring System
With our unwavering commitment to excellence, AUG team is excited to announce that we are making good and steady progress working diligently on Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (led by the Ontario Centre of Innovation) funded project to enhance our radar-based detection and monitoring system! As an impact of this project, the reduced cost and improved capabilities of the technology will enable deployment in applications like Critical Infrastructure monitoring, Border Security, Highway monitoring, Airport monitoring, Traffic management, safeguarding work zones, and more. With this innovative technology fully developed, we aim to empower our customers with an affordable high-tech solution.
Reach out to us to chat and enquire how we can help you with your requirements using our radar-based detection and monitoring system!
ISO Certification above of A.U.G. Signals Ltd., water means: a) Drinking Water, b) Wastewater, c) Source Water, d) Sea Water, and in general all kinds of water.
With support from Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network (OVIN), led by the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), AUG and B&M will develop a cost-effective radar-based area-coverage large animal detection system (LADS v2) completed and qualified through test and demonstration.
Find us at the Canadian pavilion during the Smart City Expo World Congress – Barcelona November 15-17, 2022.
AUG Signals team will be back in Europe for the second time this year! Meet with our team on November 15-17 in the heart of Barcelona to arrange a live demo of AUG’s AirSENCE – Advanced, Accurate and Affordable continuous ambient air monitoring micro-station or just have a chat. While pre-event meetings are being arranged, it is never too late to give us a heads up that you will be around and want to reserve a timeslot with us.
Visit https://airsence.com/ to learn more about AirSENCE.
Stay tuned for more updates!
Image: AirSENCE Deployment
July 22, 2022
AUG Signals participated, together with other winners of the Global Space Markets Challenge 2021, in the Space Service Hub: Launch Event to experience different satellite-based services via the 3D web platform, The Space Service Hub, powered by ESA.
AUG’s work has been supported by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and by Agriculture Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). AUG is grateful for the support of these two organizations from early stage development as well as the ongoing work of this project. AUG would also like to acknowledge the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) on recognizing the companies and technologies whose innovative solutions positively impact the space market.
Fort McKay First Nation is located along the banks of the Athabasca River with approximately 800 members of Dene, Cree, and Métis descent. The community is situated in the boreal forest of northern Alberta and lies at the center of a large-scale oil sands extraction area. The influence of oil sands mining and processing on Fort McKay’s natural environment, public health, and politics has led to its participation in resource development discussions as a key stakeholder. The community is concerned about the environmental quality and liveability of reclaimed land; a rise in VOC (volatile organic compound) levels in the air surrounding the oil sands[1] has been observed, and community residents are justifiably distressed about the potential health impacts of these emissions.
The WBEA has monitored and reported air quality in northeastern Alberta since 1997. WBEA’s Ambient Air Technical Committee (AATC), composed of representatives from its member organizations, sets the strategic direction for air monitoring in the region.
AirSENCE units installed at Fort McKay will provide continuous measurements of particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, and PM10), CO, CO2, NO, NO2, O3, SO2, H2S, and VOC every minute. Access to this data will allow the community to keep tabs on local air quality and make better informed decisions to help protect the health and wellbeing of its residents as well as the surrounding environment. [1] FORT MCKAY FIRST NATION’S INVOLVEMENT IN RECLAMATION OF ALBERTA’S OIL SANDS DEVELOPMENT
AirSENCE Joining the University of Toronto to Start “Measuring Air Quality to Manage Canada’s Investment in Sustainability”
Canada has embarked upon a dramatic transformation to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The net-zero transformation must be monitored and evaluated in near real-time so that the knowledge gained can guide change and support continuous improvement. This two-year project aims to evaluate applications of low-cost sensor-based devices that measure both air-quality and greenhouse gases (e.g., AirSENCE) and to identify potential advantages of integrating them into Canada’s existing fragmented measurement infrastructure. The performance of AirSENCE will be further enhanced through in-lab research and validated through field deployment in a wide-range of locales such as urban traffic zones, neighbourhoods near freight hubs or airports, and indigenous communities. The synergies achievable by fusing data from low-cost monitors with data from space-based, mobile and government measurement infrastructure will also be explored.
Through this joint project, AUG will expand its AirSENCE product lines (AirSENCE-INDOOR and My-AirSENCE) to penetrate the residential and personal user market that has emerged due to increased interest in indoor air quality created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The project will also enable practical guidance on how to integrate low-cost monitors into air quality measurement infrastructure, and provide new knowledge needed to guide Canada’s economic recovery and investments in sustainability. After all, we can manage what we can’t measure.
Toronto, March 31, 2022
March 31, 2022 marked a special event for A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) – we successfully completed a 3.5 year collaborative project with our partners, York University, York Regional Police, and Ontario Good Roads Association, to develop ARGUS: Radar-based All-Weather Roadway Safety System under the Canadian Safety and Security Program (CSSP)supported by Defence Research and Development Canada’s Centre for Security Science (DRDC CSS).
Background – With millions of people on Canadian roads every day, roadway safety is a big priority for participants in road traffic and more so for first responders. At a typical scene of a road collision, the first responders such as police officers, firefighters, paramedics are among the first to arrive and provide assistance. Police officers also have responsibilities such as assisting and investigating vehicle crash, deploying and providing equipment, overseeing work zone, patrolling vehicle pullovers, and performing traffic control, etc. These tasks performed along the roadways increase the risk of vehicles hitting first responders while they are carrying out their duties.
While many factors contribute to this safety issue (weather, impaired driving, speeding) and various recommendations have been made to mitigate the risks of collision, annually significant number of first responders are killed attending to roadway emergencies, and experience near misses on a weekly basis. Nation wide police officer survey performed during the project revealed that a majority (91%) of the participants do not have access to any device or technology that detects and warns them about possible collisions a few seconds before they occur, 75% of participants would consider using a system that can warn them about oncoming dangerous traffic while they work on the sides of roads or stationery in their vehicle (inside and outside the vehicle). AUG and its partners aimed to develop ARGUS: Radar-based All-Weather Roadway Safety System addressing this gap by combining low-cost radar front-end (RFE) with advanced analytics and threat analysis to ascertain threats accurately, and alerts first responders.
Achievements – From concept to field trials, AUG and its partners have developed ARGUS and demonstrated its capability to improve the safety of the first responders by detecting and alerting the responders to the risks while they are carrying out tasks on the road and allowing them the time (>3seconds) to react and escape from the risks. This is proven by the 95% pass rate of ARGUS in all the field trial scenarios based on the accuracy and timeliness of ARGUS.
Specifically, as an affordable and portable system, ARGUS
Accurately detects and localizes the oncoming vehicles
Efficiently analyzes threats and foresees accidents risks and warns first responders in time (>3 seconds) to take adequate safety measures.
Provides targeted and effective warnings to the individual responder to realize threats and take appropriate action in time.
Photo: ARGUS Field Trial
Moving forward – ARGUS is ready to contribute to improving the roadway safety of the first responders. AUG is also actively pursuing other applications for ARGUS, such as work zone safety to expand the applicability of ARGUS and generate more benefits to the community from the project’s outcomes and beyond.
