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Australian defence technology start-up Breaker has secured $1.2 million in funding under the Australian government’s Industry Growth Program Commercialisation and Growth stream.
The company, developing AI-powered software to help human operators control entire swarms or teams of autonomous systems, will reportedly use the funding to accelerate the development and commercialisation of its “Avalon” product.
Avalon is designed as a platform-agnostic AI robotic orchestration platform enabling operators to command robot teams using natural language.
Breaker and its investors are matching the investment dollar for dollar, bringing total project funding to $2.4 million to develop and commercialise sovereign Australian capability across allied defence markets.
“The mission can’t wait, so neither will we. This grant means faster development, protected Australian IP, and sovereign capability in the hands of Australian and allied forces sooner,” Breaker co-chief executive officer Matthew Buffa said.
Avalon installs directly onto a robot’s existing onboard computer and works alongside all existing autonomy, sensors and software. Operators simply brief the robot team as they would any human teammate, according to the company.
The agents self-organise, make decisions and execute without a laptop, tablet, controller or cloud connection. When communications are jammed or denied, the system keeps operating autonomously at the edge.
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