Positioning services company Trimble Inc. and InvenSense, a TDK group company, have agreed to collaborate to deliver an advanced navigation solution. Accordingly, this solution will enable customers to take advantage of greater accuracy and reliability in positioning and navigation across automotive and IoT applications.

The collaboration will combine the respective companies’ specific technologies, combining Trimble ProPoint Go engine and Trimble RTX correction service with TDK’s SmartAutomotive Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) module from InvenSense.

The partnership of Trimble and TDK is crucial because their combined technologies into a solution will deliver high-level accuracy for automotive and IoT applications, including autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial machinery.

Offers High Accuracy, Precise Positioning

The Trimble ProPoint Go positioning engine delivers high-accuracy position and orientation data by utilizing internationally accessible Trimble correction services. The said technology has a quad-frequency GNSS signal support and the first-in-market Automotive Safety Integrity Level-C (ASIL-C) certified correction data. Therefore, this positioning ecosystem helps companies enhance their automated driving capabilities with a focus on safety. It also helps drive accuracy for IoT applications such as field robotics.

Meanwhile, TDK IMUs integrate a triaxal accelerometer and a triaxal gyroscope in a compact six-axis motion sensor to detect the linear acceleration and angular velocity of vehicles and objects with superior level of accuracy. With its proprietary six-axis and MEMS fabrication platform, TDK inertial sensors enhance applications possibilities thanks to their high-performance, small-size and low-power features.

Olivier Casabianca, vice president, advanced positioning at Trimble said the collaboration with TDK will bring in the power of high-accuracy and precise positioning along with ASIL-certified sensors. This, he said, will help customers build innovative solutions for automotive and IoT markets.

Fusion of Two Technologies

The two companies said the ProPoint Go positioning engine and RTX correction with TDK’s modules have wide range of benefits. First, the synergy between the two solutions delivers superior positioning accuracy. Moreover, this is true under all conditions such as open sky, urban canyons and indoor, even in harsh environments and among wide temperature variations.

Second, customers can rely on consistent and dependable orientation and navigation data. These are crucial for applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial machinery.

Finally, the integrated solution offers versatility because they are adaptable to a wide range of applications. Notable among them are automotive positioning, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X), field robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Stefano Zanella, automotive motion VP and general manager, TDK, said, “Building on almost a decade of collaboration with Trimble, we are delighted to take our efforts to the next level: by offering an integrated solution, we empower customers to accelerate deployment, streamline integration and maximize the value of this transformative technology.”

26 June 2025