Anura translates operator intent into autonomous action

Primordial Labs is developing the next-generation human-machine interface, Anura, to empower warfighters to be active collaborators, not passive observers, when teaming with uncrewed systems (UxS).

With Anura, operators can task robots like they would a human teammate by using natural language.

Our Approach

Our mission is to build human-centric autonomy that puts collaboration between the human and robot as priority number one. We believe the path to mass adoption of autonomous systems is to make the communication mechanism, not the robot itself, more human.

Anura: Natural Language Understanding + Platform-Agnostic Autonomy

Anura blends natural language understanding with an embodied autonomous agent to enable speech-to-action capabilities for uncrewed systems, battlefield management systems, and more.

Natural Language Understanding

Anura leverages a conversational human-machine interface (C-HMI) that translates verbal, mission-type orders from natural language to complex autonomous platform and sensor behaviors. It does this by extracting and distilling the operator’s intent with respect to the current mission context.

Platform-Agnostic Autonomy

Anura’s platform-agnostic autonomous agent controls platforms, payloads, and sensors based on the operator’s intent extracted by the C-HMI. This allows Anura to take action in the real world, whether it’s manipulating software or a physical platform.

Why Anura?

Empower the warfighter

Reduce cognitive burden

Democratize UxS access

Provide heads-up control

Maximize your autonomy stack

Up-skill your platforms

Integrate with existing equipment

Avoid vendor-lock

Anura makes communicating with robots more human

Uncrewed System Command & Control (C2)

Anura enables warfighters to employ uncrewed systems (UxS) with minimal distractions. Users can task drones using natural language, verbally expressing their intent.

Anura does not listen for key words or require memorizing a script. Instead, Anura extracts and distills the operator’s intent and translates that into autonomous actions for the platform to execute.

Multi-Domain, Multi-Agent C2

As the size and complexity of human-machine integrated formations grows, single operators will be responsible for commanding multiple robots on the battlefield simultaneously.

Using Anura, operators can task platforms individually via call-sign (e.g., “Falcon”), or as a team (e.g., “Team Alpha”), using natural language.

Teams can be formations of heterogeneous platforms in the same or different domains.

Battlefield Management Systems

Anura is not limited to the command and control of uncrewed systems.

Operators and analysts can use Anura to interact with complex software systems such as common operating pictures. Anura’s conversational interface makes complex scene management and large-scale operations faster, more intuitive, and more natural.