Swift Navigation raises $50M to bring centimeter-level positioning to robotics - The Robot Report

Swift Navigation, a company specializing in centimeter-level positioning technology for vehicle autonomy, robotics, and precision logistics, has raised $50 million in a Series E funding round, bringing its total funding to $250 million. The company’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service is a cloud-based system that enhances traditional GNSS signals, such as GPS, improving positioning accuracy from several meters to the centimeter level. This technology supports a wide range of applications including autonomous lawnmowers, agricultural robots, delivery robots, drones, advanced driver-assist systems (ADAS), and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Skylark differentiates itself by using advanced atmospheric modeling, cloud architecture, and carrier-grade networks to provide reliable, safe, and cost-efficient positioning at scale. It is ISO 26262:2018 certified for functional safety in road vehicles and operates entirely in the cloud, unlike other ASIL-certified solutions that depend on expensive physical data centers. Currently, Skylark powers over 10 million