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GIM Oy

GIM Oy

"Probably the best location awareness"

Software/Algorithm

Finnish robotics SW firm est. 2014 (Aalto spin-off); LiDAR-based localization, mapping, and situational awareness for AGVs and mobile machines.

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Company Overview

GIM Oy, trading as GIM Robotics, is a Finnish deep-tech software company founded in 2014 as a spin-off from the Automation Technology laboratory at Aalto University (formerly Helsinki University of Technology). The four co-founders — Professor Aarne Halme (CBO, deceased 2023), Dr. Jari Saarinen (CEO), Dr. Jussi Suomela (Sales Director), and Dr. Jose Luis Peralta (CTO) — collectively brought more than 100 years of combined field and service robotics research experience at the time of founding, building on the university's Center of Excellence in Generic Intelligent Machines (GIM), established in 2008. The company is headquartered at Turuntie 42, 02650 Espoo, Finland, and employs 42 staff from 10 nationalities, with 85% holding M.Sc. degrees and 11 holding PhDs.

GIM Robotics specializes in software for centimeter-level robot localization, 3D mapping, situational awareness, and obstacle avoidance that functions reliably in GNSS-denied and adverse-weather environments. Its product suite follows a four-step autonomy framework: MITTA (sensor calibration), KARTTA (LiDAR mapping), PAIKKA (real-time 3D localization), and TARKKA (situational awareness and dynamic object tracking). Additional modules include KILPI (obstacle avoidance) and KAIKKI (full-stack robotic solution).

The software is sensor-agnostic and industry-agnostic, deployed across intralogistics (warehouses, ports, airports), construction and mining, defense (GNSS-denied UGV navigation), and railways, agriculture, and forestry. Named customers include Liebherr, Hiab, CNHI, ABB, and Skoda. The company's website is gimrobotics.fi (the legacy domain gimltd.fi redirects to this).

GIM Robotics participates in Business Finland programs and the Digital Defence Ecosystem in Finland. Its 4-step framework and background IP from more than 20 million euros of pre-commercial research projects form a significant competitive moat in multi-environment mobile machine autonomy.

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Products & Solutions

PAIKKA Robot Localization Software

Real-time centimeter-level 3D LiDAR localization software for mobile robots and work machines in GNSS-denied environments.

TARKKA Situational Awareness Software

LiDAR-based situational awareness and dynamic object tracking software for autonomous mobile machines.

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Contact GIM Oy

WEBSITE

https://gimrobotics.fi/

EMAIL

[email protected]

PHONE

3.58405E+11

HEADQUARTERS

Turuntie 42
Espoo , Uusimaa  02100

Finland

Company Facts

Founded

2014

Primary Role

Software/Algorithm

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Primary Region

Europe

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