Illustrative render: the Nova Spectral SWIR image sensor chip on a wet road at night. In the fog behind it a car is almost hidden to the eye, while the image on the chip's sensor shows the same car clearly.

Vision for Physical AI

We are building affordable, indigenous SWIR image sensor chips — lead-free Indium Arsenide (InAs) colloidal quantum dots on standard CMOS — so every machine can see, and act, beyond visible light.

Make in India
Drones & ISR
All-Weather
Affordable

Drones, Robots, and Autonomous Systems are moving into the real world — where conditions are unforgiving and the cost of failure is high.

SWIR gives them night vision, and cuts through smoke, haze, dust, and light fog. The technology works — but today's SWIR is far too expensive to deploy widely. We build it on standard silicon instead — bringing reliable vision, and with it autonomy, to every machine that needs it.

The Thesis

Intelligence is only as good as its eyes.

The intelligence is ready. The perception isn't — we're making SWIR affordable and indigenous, so every machine can finally see.

The Bottleneck

Machines can now plan, reason, and act. But every decision rests on what their sensors can resolve — and perception, not intelligence, is now the limit.

The Blind Spot

Conventional cameras fail in the conditions autonomy can't avoid — darkness, glare, smoke, haze, dust, and light fog. The moments that matter most are the ones they miss.

The Fix, Priced Out

Shortwave infrared already sees through all of it. But today's SWIR stays far too expensive to deploy beyond a few high-end systems.

Our First MissionADRISHYAM TEJAS

Sovereign eyes for India's defence.

SWIR imaging for drones, ISR, and the soldier — designed and built in India.

Nearly every night sight, drone payload, and ISR system India fields relies on an imported infrared detector — the one layer of the imaging chain we don't yet make at home, and one that is tightly controlled abroad. Programme Adrishyam changes that: India's first indigenous SWIR image sensor chip, built for the platforms that must see first, and act with confidence.

Milestone — Field-ready prototype in 18 months

Illustrative render: a display showing a black-and-white SWIR view of a desert valley, with a vehicle locked inside a gold target box and its position marked on a terrain map below.

Persistent situational awareness, around the clock.

See in the Dark
Low-light vision without visible illumination — no lamp, no visible signature.
See Through
Clear sight through smoke, haze, dust, and light fog.
See the Hidden
Reveals camouflage, decoys, and what visible cameras miss.

Applications

Built in India. Made for the world.

Proven first in defence at home, then priced to go everywhere. Once SWIR is affordable it doesn't stay in the cockpit — the same chip serves the battlefield, the factory floor, and the device in your hand.

Defence & ISR
Situational awareness in darkness, smoke, haze, and light fog.
Aerospace & UAV
Airborne perception for navigation, monitoring, and ISR.
Surveillance & Security
Cuts through darkness, haze, and camouflage.
Automotive & Autonomy
Reliable sensing through glare, haze, and low-contrast road scenes.
Industrial Inspection
Detects defects and material composition invisible to standard cameras.
Wearables & Consumer
Lead-free, low-power SWIR for wearables, phones, and everyday devices.