Communication & Sensing When Infrastructure Fails

R-BUD deploys an independent, pod-form-factor mesh network. These pods cover a wide range of use cases across the sensing and communication domains, giving operators the full situational awareness they need when conventional systems are down.

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100% Infrastructure-independent
km-scale Coverage area
Core Solutions

Built for When It Matters Most

Our platform is built to support a wide range of sensing and communication capabilities from a single deployable hardware base. These are our current focus areas. Select any block to read more about that solution.

Emergency Communications

Independent Network
in Minutes

When power fails, mobile networks go down with it. Phones stop working. Businesses, emergency services and individuals become completely cut off from one another. R-BUD restores that connectivity from scratch, with a rapidly deployable mesh network that requires no existing infrastructure.

R-BUD communication pods packed in a transport case
Locating & Tracking

Person and Material
Tracker

Compact pods mount easily onto personnel or equipment and are built to withstand extreme environments. They keep rescue workers and critical assets continuously in view, so that if someone or something is lost from sight in a critical situation, they can be pinpointed fast and a rescue effort can begin without delay.

Firefighter wearing an R-BUD helmet tracker
Aerial Threat Detection

Drone Detection
via Sensor Pods

Unauthorised drones pose growing risks to critical infrastructure, military operations and secured perimeters. Our sensor pods use acoustic detection to identify threats early, with no permanent installation required.

Drone detected at night by an R-BUD sensor pod
Our Technology

Engineered
for the Field

Our pods are engineered from the ground up to withstand the most demanding and extreme environments while enabling rapid deployment. Each pod is fully operational the moment it reaches the field.

Capabilities

One Platform, Every Mission

Every solution runs on the same ruggedised hardware platform and operates completely independently of existing infrastructure, with no mobile network or satellite connection required. Drone deployment is available today for acoustic drone detection, and in active development for the other solutions.

Rapid Deployment

We bring a working network online fast. Every mission comes with a prepared deployment plan, so pods can be placed by hand in the right positions without guesswork. Drone-based placement is on our roadmap.

Mesh Networking

The pods form their own independent network. It is a mesh with built-in redundancy: if a single pod drops out, traffic reroutes automatically and the rest of the system keeps running.

AI Processing

Our models are intensively trained for acoustic drone detection, the platform's most demanding task. The same on-node processing also drives signal relaying and predicts a target's location when its signal drops out temporarily.

Operational Integration

Data is delivered through our own secure, in-house-built gateway, or integrated directly into the command and coordination software you already use.

Founding Team

Built by Engineers,
Driven by Purpose

Natural disasters, geopolitical unrest and ageing infrastructure expose a critical vulnerability: modern society depends entirely on networks that can fail in an instant. We founded R-BUD to change that and ensure continuity.

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Stan Hettinga

Stan Hettinga

Co-Founder

7 years of startup experience
Robotics @ TU Delft

Levi Dekker

Levi Dekker

Co-Founder

Mechanical Engineering @ TU Delft
Business Administration @ Leiden University

Jonathan Evertsen

Jonathan Evertsen

Founding Engineer

Mechanical Engineering @ TU Delft & TU Berlin

Partners

Get in touch

Ready to see it
in the field?

We work with emergency services, defence organisations and critical infrastructure operators. Reach out to discuss pilots, demonstrations or integration partnerships.

Drop us an email

info@r-bud.eu