STEER Tech and Germany-based KINEXON have formed a strategic partnership to integrate autonomous navigation software with real-time location systems, aiming to improve precision, safety and coordination for industrial autonomous vehicles.
The collaboration combines STEER Tech’s autonomy stack and fleet management platform with KINEXON’s real-time location and sensor technologies. The integrated solution is designed for use in depots, warehouses, factories and logistics centres, supporting autonomous vehicles (AVs), automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).
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The companies said the combined system is already operational at several sites in the United States, where it provides an end-to-end autonomy framework for logistics hubs operating in complex indoor environments.
The integration allows STEER Tech’s command-and-control platform to ingest high-precision location data from KINEXON’s RTLS, enabling accurate localisation, coordinated fleet movements and dynamic task assignment. The partners position the system as an alternative to GPS, which is typically unreliable or unavailable indoors.
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According to the companies, the solution improves real-time visibility into vehicle location and status, supports obstacle detection and collision avoidance, and enables route optimisation across shared industrial spaces. The deployment architecture is designed to scale across large facilities without extensive integration effort.
“By integrating precise real-time location data into autonomous operations, we enable vehicles to move accurately and safely while giving operators full transparency over their facilities,” said Mehdi BenTanfous.
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Anuja Sonalker said the partnership addresses a key challenge in industrial automation. “Indoor environments need a reliable alternative to GPS. This collaboration advances autonomous operations by combining precise positioning with intelligent navigation and fleet orchestration.”
The partnership comes as manufacturers and logistics operators increasingly deploy AGVs and AMRs to improve efficiency, reduce manual handling and enhance safety in industrial settings, where precise localisation and coordination are critical to large-scale automation.