# #006 - How a drone company overcame the limitations of indoor applications for restaurants, warehouses, with Junyang Woon of Infinium Robotics, Singapore

- Show: [The Hardware Entrepreneur](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur)
- Published: 2016-12-28
- Length: 29m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest
- Listen: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thehardwareentrepreneur/006.mp3

## Summary

Junyang Woon, co-founder and CEO of Infinium Robotics, explains how his Singapore-based company applies drone technology to indoor environments like warehouses and restaurants to bypass outdoor safety and regulatory hurdles. He details the technical challenges of GPS-denied navigation, highlighting their work on anti-collision trajectory planning and indoor positioning systems for autonomous stock-taking and food delivery. Woon also discusses the company's business model validation with logistics customers, its funding from angel investors and government grants, and its manufacturing strategy of keeping early production in Singapore for quality control before potentially scaling to China or Taiwan.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=1) Introduction: Junyang Woon and Infinium Robotics
- [3:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=226) Indoor Drone Applications: Warehouses and Restaurants
- [8:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=525) Technical Challenges: GPS-Denied Navigation and Safety
- [13:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=813) Motivation: Military Background and Productivity in High-Labor Markets
- [19:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=1148) Business Model Validation and Customer Discovery
- [21:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=1302) Funding, Manufacturing Strategy, and Global Expansion
- [23:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-hardware-entrepreneur/2016-12-28-006-how-a-drone-company-overcame-the-limitations-of-indoor-applications-for-rest#t=1390) UltraFest Round: Advice, Books, and Daily Habits

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Infinium Robotics (company)
- PhotoKite (company)
- Sergei Lupashin (other)

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