October 2026 · Luxembourg
Selected for Fit 4 Start #17
Luxembourg's government-backed start-up accelerator. Space track.
Announcement →1 of 24start-ups selected from 556 applications
Recognition
01 / 03
October 2026 · Germany
Q-VLEO selected for SPRIND Funke
Quantum-sensing research, funded in Stage 1 by Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation.
SPRIND challenge →1 of 13teams funded in Stage 1
February 2026 · Luxembourg
ESRIC Start-up Support Programme #6
Start-up programme of the European Space Resources Innovation Centre.
ESRIC programme →#6start-up cohort
Why autonomy
When the link is thin, the robot has to decide.
In orbit, on other planets, under the sea or underground, the operator is far away and the link is slow or absent. We build the intelligence that runs onboard.
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Hardware-agnostic.
Software only, designed to plug into the sensors, actuators and software a platform already runs.
02
Decides onboard.
Plans and replans locally when the link is delayed or lost.
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Safe by design.
Fault detection and recovery in the core. Operators stay in command.
Decision loop · onboard
GOAL
Mission objective received.
PLAN
Route blocked by terrain.
REPLAN
Replan locally, verify constraints.
EXECUTE
Continue without waiting for the ground.
NaubrAIn
One autonomy stack. Your hardware.
The autonomy module we are building: a layered stack between mission intent and the machine, designed to run onboard.
In development · TRL 7 targeted for 2028
Example mission intent
PLANETARY
Survey the crater rim, flag hazards and return to the lander before local sunset.
Goals and constraints in
- L5
Mission planner
Turns goals into tasks, scheduled against time, energy and comms windows.
- L4
Decision & replanning
Chooses the next action and replans when the world disagrees.
- L3
World model
Fuses onboard sensing into maps and state estimates.
- L2
Safety & health
Detects faults, recovers, and can veto any action.
- L1
Platform interface
Adapters to your sensors, actuators and software.
Simulation & learning
Every layer is tested in simulation and digital twins before hardware.
Operating environments
Built for places without a supervisor.
One autonomy core, adapted to each domain.
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ORBIT
Satellites and in-orbit robotics
Minutes of ground contact per pass
02
PLANETARY
Rovers and landers
3–22 min one-way signal delay to Mars
03
SUBSEA
ROVs and AUVs
No radio below the surface
04
UNDERGROUND
Mining and inspection robots
No GNSS, no line of sight
05
FIELD
Agricultural and outdoor machines
Many machines, one operator
Research frontier
Blue-sky research, same core question.
Blue-sky R&D
Q-VLEO: quantum sensing for very low Earth orbit.
Can quantum sensors give spacecraft in very low Earth orbit sharper onboard awareness, and how should an autonomy stack act on it?
- Link to the core
- New inputs for NaubrAIn's world model.
- Funding
- SPRIND Funke, Stage 1.
- Status
- Exploratory. Autonomy software and engineering services stay our core.
Team
Expertise in AI and autonomy.
Years of work on real-world and simulated autonomy for space and terrestrial systems.
Cofounders · Luxembourg 🇱🇺
Vittorio Franzese
MD & CEO
Matteo El Hariry
CTO
Miguel Olivares-Mendez
CSO
Nora Buol
GC & CFO
Founding partner · Italy 🇮🇹
Nautilus
spacenautilus.com
Updates
Where we stand.
ESRIC Start-up Support Programme #6
Space resources and robotics cohort.
NaubotiX S.à r.l. registered
R.C.S. B310564.
Q-VLEO in SPRIND Funke
Stage 1, Quantum-Driven Intelligence.
LinkedIn →Selected for Fit 4 Start #17
1 of 24, space track.
Announcement →Fit 4 Start programme
Six-month accelerator.
NaubrAIn at TRL 7
Prototype proven in an operational environment.
TargetFirst flight demonstrations
Onboard autonomy in orbit.
Target
Contact
Bring autonomy into your next mission.
Partnerships, engineering services, investment or research. A founder will reply.
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