Products
LaserMotive’s first commercial product may be ready by the end of 2012. The company will develop wireless power systems for a variety of applications. Output power levels can currently range from a few watts up to many kilowatts, and the upper power range can be expanded arbitrarily high with multiple transmitters. The power link will reach over ranges from across the room up to many kilometers away. Our initial products will focus on the following applications.
UAV Power Links
Users of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have a strong desire to improve their endurance. LaserMotive’s UAV Power Link is an enabling technology, freeing UAVs from the need to land to recharge or replace their batteries.
“Eternal” UAVs can act as low-cost, low-altitude geostationary satellites, providing surveillance and communications continuously over a large area, as shown in the image at right.
When UAVs need to fly beyond even the range of the power link, they can use the on-board battery to operate and then return within range of a power link to recharge in flight.
Point-to-Point Power Links
Sensors and other electronics require a constant supply of energy, or an intermittent supply to recharge batteries, but it can be expensive or impractical to run electrical wiring to their location. LaserMotive’s Point-to-Point (P2P) Power Link will be a ground-based version of our long-range laser power link technology, providing power to remote devices without the need for wires.
Perimeter sensors for military bases, field units, or oil fields can benefit from the P2P Power Link, by eliminating the need to run expensive copper wires over long distances or to send personnel out into dangerous areas to swap batteries.
Field units or temporary bases will be able to receive electrical power via the P2P Power Link, eliminating the need to truck fuel through dangerous locations.
Communication relay towers will be deployable on remote mountaintops and powered by the P2P Power Link without needing a logistically difficult power supply line.