About Us
A rich history in
sensors deeptech
2012-2013
2012-2013
2013-2017
2014-2017
A decade of sensor technology development
2017-2020
2017-2020
1- Mobile robotics
2- Industrial process control
3- Smart Agriculture
4- Parking and traffic management
5- Smart buildings
2020-2022
2020-2022
2022-2025
2022-2025
Technology and product timeline
From drones to sensor modules to IoT Solutions, into Smart Buildings

Foundation
Terabee is incorporated as a specialized drone inspection company founded by Max Ruffo, Claudio Parrinello and Bjarne Hadland.

Drone inspections
Technology partnership with CERN and start of co-developing solutions for autonomous drone inspections of the underground facilities. Indoor navigation was not possible due to missing sensor tech capable of light and fast distance data gathering. The CERN partnership evolved with a focus on sensor tech.

TeraRanger One
First release of the TeraRanger time-of-flight (ToF) sensors, for ultra-fast applications requiring low-cost, lightweight distance sensors. Quickly became the N.1 choice as drone altimeter for all Western drone companies.

TeraRanger Duo
First combined optical + ultrasound ToF sensor for redundancy and data fusion.

Multi-axis solutions
Launch of the TeraRanger multi-axis distance sensing solutions, able to replace laser scanners by providing faster feedback in parallel from 8 axes.

Lean Sensing
Terabee initiated the "Lean Sensing" movement, demonstrating that robot navigation is achievable with less input data, provided it's high frequency. TeraRanger sensor arrays enable robot Mapping and Navigation without laser scanners, a concept initially met with skepticism.

TeraRanger Evo
Launch of ultra-small EVO indirect time-of-flight range finders with "impossible" combination of 60m range, low-cost, and high performance. these sensor modules were designed with an ingenious "clippable" modular communications interfaces.

TeraRanger Evo64
Release of ultra-small 3D camera with 8x8 pixels. This is the smallest 3D camera module with such field of view and range performance. Priced like EVO rangefinders, it was an impressive novelty to market.

3Dcam 80x60
Release of 80x60 pixel ToF 3D camera, with a compact format and aluminium casing. This was used mostly for industrial process control but tested to drive elevator doors and especially prototyped into the first people counting solutions.

Evo Mini and Swipe
An ultra-thin and lowest-cost ToF module on the market, the Evo Mini rangefinder was launched. This was later transformed into a touch-less gesture recognition interface for doors and machines, having all code embedded in a light micro-controller.

Evo Thermal
Our first thermal camera, packaged into the micro factor of the Evo range, with swappable interface backboards. It processes calibrated thermal data, capable of accurately detecting temperature up to 650 degrees C.

First Industrial ToF
First industrial certified ToF product from Terabee, this range finder carried embedded algorithms for solving a number of standard industrial applications such as intrusion alarms, package counting on conveyor belts, etc....

Stock Level Monitoring
Agri-tech product for level monitoring in silos based on ToF technology. Our first official product using LoRa communication, it was also fully battery powered to last many years in a harsh environment. It was later tested as river level monitoring for flood prevention projects.

3Dcam VGA
Robust industrial high-resolution (VGA) 3D camera with market leading performance and IP67 rating. This is the first fully rated industrial 3D camera of this resolution from the Terabee portfolio. It hosts computing power for embedded applications.

People Counting L
First product release for counting people flow at doors and corridors. This marks Terabee's entrance in the Smart Buildings market with the first high-accuracy people counting device based on established ToF sensor technology, hence providing inherent privacy protection with performance. This product has evolved into today's FLOW.

Proximeter
Developed wih CERN and for CERN, based on Terabee's deep understanding of Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) and radiofrequency systems, the Proximeter is a wearable device for social distancing using proprietary mesh networking technology. It allows tens of thousands of people/tags to detect each other while local networks are created and deleted "on the fly".

Industrial Thermal
Industrial grade thermal camera with the lowest cost on the market, containing embedded applications and software to drive other equipment and trigger alarms.

People Counting M
Designed and launched as a low cost version for People Flow counting to cover small and low traffic passages. It integrates with FLOW (its big brother) for a seamless mix&merge in large installations.

Large door solution
Launch of a solution able to stack multiple People Flow Counters and merge all field-of-views into one, treating the array as a single sensor and covering passageways up to 15m wide. It made the PCL product become PCL-XL (XL hinting to extra large passages), despite today its evolution is simply named FLOW.

Air Quality SB5
Release of the first Indoor Air Quality sensor, using the best sensors on the market and not needing future re-calibrations. This product was designed under a specific customer request and extended the Terabee portfolio for Smart Buildings.

People Counting M 2.0
Release of a new HW and SW version of our low-cost people flow counter, improving the performance of the first People Counting M, mostly on computing power and communication. Added Lora capability and also analog 0-10V output. Today called FLOW M.

Recess mounting kit
Terabee people counters look good, and are not more intrusive than a smoke detector. Still, with our beautiful Recess Mounting design, the devices can be embedded in ceilings and disappear, like classic LED lighting. A small accessory for a huge visual effect.

Artificial Intelligence
Developed proprietary AI techniques for advanced embedded people counting. These were not implemented as the advantage in accuracy was not worth the extra computing power required. Man-made algorithms won (at least for now).

Occupancy counting
Responding to strong customer demand, the OCCUPANCY product is launched. Based on thermal technology, it offers accurate people counting in meeting rooms and/or large spaces due to its huge footprint.
Commissioning services
At the request of our major customers, we started offering on-site and off-site support for critical proofs of concept and large sensor deployments, ensuring for our partners a low-risk, high-performance implementation of people counting infrastructure.