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A selection of the +100 projects delivered for mining, logistics and transport, agriculture, industry, retail, healthcare and connected cities — each showing the initial challenge, the approach taken and the solution deployed.

KAIVO 3R retractable ladder installed on a mining truck

KAIVO 3R Safe access to mining trucks

Mining

Challenge
Guarantee safe access to CAEX trucks even during a power failure.
Solution
We developed the automated retractable ladder control, operable without electrical power: access automated and safety preserved under failure conditions.
Truck passing through an RFID audit checkpoint

Truck Audit System · Cargo auditing without stopping the flow

Logistics · RFID

Challenge: Verify that each truck's load matches the plan without slowing dispatch or relying on manual counting.

We designed LATAM's first RFID truck audit system (2020): automatic validation at the checkpoint and traceability for every dispatch.

BWhale Configuration Panel with a CPU card inserted

Mining maintenance solved on site, not in the workshop

Mining · BWhale products

Challenge: Programming, testing and diagnostic tasks that forced equipment back to the workshop.

We designed and manufactured a line of portable instruments — Configuration Panel, Relay Tester, Harness Check Kit and P&H 4100 Shovel Control — now sold to 10 mining companies.

Deep wells operated and measured remotely

Agriculture · Remote control

Challenge: Operate the pumps of a farm's deep wells and know how much they extract without driving out to each well.

We designed and manufactured an IoT controller that measures flow and level, commands the pumps' variable-frequency drives and sends the data over the cellular network to a cloud dashboard: six units installed, with irrigation scheduling, and the direct predecessor of our Well Node.

RAVENO device installed in a hospital exam room

RAVENO · Mandatory notification without admin burden

Health

Challenge: Reporting mandatory-notification diseases relied on manual paperwork during the clinical consultation.

We built devices installed in hospital exam rooms that automate this reporting: notification digitized and less manual work for medical teams.

One access controller for tags, cards, ID cards or phones

Security · Access control

Challenge: Validate different credential types at the same door or barrier and manage access remotely, even where there is no fixed network.

We designed the electronics, firmware and software of a controller that handles up to six Wiegand readers, communicates over cellular or Ethernet with MQTT and opens doors and barriers through its relays: units built in series, each one quality-checked.

Georeferenced LIDAR · Point clouds with real-world coordinates

R&D · Geospatial

Challenge: Combine a LIDAR laser scanner with GNSS RTK satellite positioning to capture the surroundings in 3D with real-world coordinates.

We developed the capture unit, the sensor integration and the operator interface: a working prototype that outputs point clouds in LAS format, delivered with the final report of its first stage.

Telemetry node installed next to an agricultural well

DGA compliance without civil works or external installers

Agriculture · DGA

Challenge: Meet the obligation to report water extraction to the DGA across scattered farms with limited connectivity.

We developed self-installable weather, irrigation, soil and extraction nodes reporting directly to the MEE system: regulatory obligation covered and continuous visibility over water resources.

No complete protective gear, no entry

Workplace safety · RFID

Challenge: Make sure no one enters a hazardous area without their personal protective equipment, without relying on a visual check at the door.

We designed and tested an access control system with UHF RFID readers integrated into a turnstile: helmet, vest, glasses and boots each carry a tag, and the turnstile only opens when the gear is complete.

ZEBRA autonomous pole lit beside a pedestrian crossing at night

ZEBRA · Road safety beyond the power grid

Smart City

Challenge: Mark pedestrian crossings where the power grid does not reach, such as those near schools.

We designed the control, power and push-button boards, the firmware and the structure of a solar-powered autonomous pole with a beacon and LED signage, and took it into series production: crossings installed in school zones of the Valparaíso region.

ADAS camera alerts, on the fleet's GPS

Transport · Integration

Challenge: Bring the alerts of a driver-assistance system into the fleet's tracking platform, even though the camera and the GPS did not speak the same language.

We designed an interface board that translates forward-collision and lane-departure alerts over the serial port into commands for the GPS tracker: every driving event lands in the fleet's telemetry, with updated firmware in a second phase.

Architecture of the Tecnored biometric control system

Traceability of who drives each vehicle

Transport · Tecnored

Challenge: Know with certainty which driver operates each fleet vehicle and monitor driving on the road.

We implemented biometric identification across vehicles plus speed-violation monitoring and reporting: traceable accountability and evidence available for fleet management.

Vehicle entrance of a plant with the barrier and the RFID reader post installed

Automatic vehicle access with UHF RFID

Industry · UHF RFID

Challenge: Control vehicle entry to an industrial plant's car park, with 115 spaces for staff and visitors.

We surveyed the site, imported the equipment and integrated UHF RFID readers with the barrier: authorized vehicles are identified by their tag on arrival and the barrier opens on its own, with a module to manage the tags.

Warehouse operation with the platform and a handheld terminal

Nationwide coordination of workforce and deliveries

Retail · 2025

Challenge: Coordinate flexible workforce and deliveries across many locations with scattered tools and no compliance traceability.

We built the platform that unified shifts, orders and settlement into a single flow — the operation that gave rise to Druppify.

Smart PickUp · Deliveries without reception staff

Smart PickUp · Deliveries without reception staff

Smart City

Challenge: Receive and hand over parcels in buildings and facilities where staff is not always available.

We deployed smart lockers with QR or numeric codes and automatic notifications: self-service drop-off and pickup, with a record of every operation.

Connected-field diagram of the Olivos Riego platform

Olivos Riego · Operational continuity for a live platform

Agro · DevOps

Challenge: Sustain and evolve an irrigation platform already in production without interrupting service to its users.

We took on continuous DevOps operation and support with monthly service reports: guaranteed continuity and platform evolution with full technical context.

Early seismic alerts: from hypothesis to validated prototype

Early seismic alerts: from hypothesis to validated prototype

R&D · 2017

R&D challenge: Validate whether an in-house sensor network could usefully anticipate an earthquake.

We developed the early-alert system and took it to a working prototype, recognized with the Startup Chile Innovation award.

Illustration: platform architecture, CI/CD flow, sprint board and AI video analysis

Technology diagnosis for a European training startup

Consulting · EdTech

Challenge: Get the technology of a soft-skills training platform ready to grow, and assess what AI could bring.

We delivered the technology diagnosis, SWOT and SEO analyses, the system model and CI/CD flow, sprint planning with agile training, and an AI exploration to analyze video and transcripts: technical recommendations and a plan for its next stage.

AI-assisted soft-skills training

AI-assisted soft-skills training

AI · 2023

Challenge: Train soft skills in corporate settings without depending on in-person facilitator sessions.

We developed AI models applied to soft-skills training, making practice available outside an instructor's schedule.

Illustration: solar-powered field stations with antennas sending their data to the cloud

Field stations connected over the cellular network

Agriculture · Manufacturing

Challenge: Manufacture the units of an agricultural monitoring product that had to send its data from the field over the cellular network.

We designed and built the units, tested each one's connection and, after the first batch, redesigned the device on a new platform: five second-version units delivered, with datasheet and packaging.

Illustration: top view of a bike lane with a counting sensor and the weekly chart

Automatic bicycle counting on public streets

Smart City · Mobility

Challenge: Measure how many bicycles go through a street to plan the cycle network with data rather than estimates.

We installed a sensor unit at two counting points for a Santiago municipality and logged bicycle traffic for three weeks: continuous data and a weekly report to support decisions.

Illustration: vending machine, barcode reader, lights and sound, and interactive bicycle

Brand activations · The engineering behind the experience

Marketing · Interactive hardware

Challenge: Turn marketing ideas into physical experiences that work in front of the public, again and again.

We designed and built four pieces for an agency: a snack vending machine, a game that reads the barcode on the package and announces whether you won, a lights-and-sound controller on our own board, and a bicycle whose pedaling fills a bottle on screen.

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