EIC Accelerator · GO
Bring us a mission, not a spec sheet. We take it from the first schematic to a flying or driving prototype and on to a small series — airframe, electronics, flight and drive control, embedded AI, ground control and apps included. One accountable team instead of five vendors.
Fixed-wing, rotorcraft and VTOL platforms built around your mission: aerodynamics and airframe, propulsion and engine control, flight control, payload and ground link — from a BVLOS search-and-rescue prototype to AI-assisted avionics.
Autonomous ground robots from drive and servo control to navigation, computer vision and remote operation — the approach behind Trainshot’s AI robotic targets, in service in professional facilities worldwide.
Our own AHRS/IMU and autopilot modules: low-drift gyros, singularity-free attitude computation, PID control, RTK-GNSS to 2 cm and GPS-denied backup navigation — tuned to your airframe or vehicle and integrated into your platform.
PID, cascaded and adaptive control for aircraft, vehicles, servo systems and industrial automation — designed on the bench, tuned on real hardware, verified in the field.
Schematics, multilayer PCB design, express prototypes and test batches, assembly (PCBA), bring-up and DFM data packages for your manufacturer.
Real-time firmware in C and C++ for STM32, Nordic and AVR microcontrollers, Bluetooth LE 4 and 5 devices and Linux-based embedded computers; Python and Java where the system needs them.
Neural networks on NVIDIA Jetson-class computers: object detection and tracking, vision-based navigation and landing, speech recognition and voice control — trained on real flight data.
BVLOS ground stations with live video and full telemetry, iOS and Android apps, backend and web frontend, analytics and over-the-air updates — the whole operator side of your system.
CAD, simulation and 3D-printed prototypes; production-ready design; a supplier network for PCB, PCBA, moulding and batteries; certification support for the US and EU; help with grants and expos.
Months lost between parties. The bug stays.
Hours, not months. And the fix lands at the layer where the fault really is.
Start small if you prefer: a feasibility study or a design review of what you already have, before any larger commitment.Your brief goes to the founder and the engineers, not a sales desk. If we are not the right team, we say so.
Describe your projectFrom the first schematic to the cloud dashboard, the same engineers design, test and fly what they build. When something misbehaves in flight, we can trace it from the operator’s screen down to a single signal on the board.
iOS and Android apps, backend, web frontend, analytics, over-the-air updates
Ground control station, telemetry, live video, BVLOS link architecture
Vision, voice and decision support on NVIDIA Jetson-class compute
Navigation, guidance, mission logic and autopilot
AHRS sensor fusion, PID and adaptive control
Real-time embedded software in C/C++, drivers and protocols
Schematics, multilayer PCB, PCBA, DFM data
CAD, simulation, 3D printing, airframes and chassis
Low-drift gyroscopes based on vibrating-ring technology, fused with accelerometers, magnetometer, barometer and GNSS in our own sensor-fusion libraries. Attitude is computed without singularities — no gimbal lock — and the modules are proven under high g-loads and temperature extremes.
PID control of roll, pitch, yaw, altitude and speed — proven on fixed-wing, rotorcraft and VTOL platforms, up to aerobatic manoeuvres such as loops. Cascaded and adaptive schemes carry the same core over to ground vehicles, servo systems and industrial automation.
RTK-GNSS with up to 2 cm positioning accuracy, plus dead reckoning, optical flow and visual point-based navigation. Fusion keeps position and trajectory accurate when a sensor fails or GPS is denied.
Neural networks on embedded NVIDIA Jetson-class computers: tracking moving objects, recognising landing zones, navigating by visual reference points — and understanding spoken commands. Models are trained on real flight data.
Ground-station platforms with real-time video and full telemetry for beyond-visual-line-of-sight operations — including the complete communication architecture between vehicle and operator for remote control, mission planning and data analysis.
Vision-based auto-land without ILS ground equipment, and camera-based detection of non-cooperative traffic — drones, birds and obstacles that transponders miss.
See what’s in development →From the field and the workshop
2009 – 2013We designed the fixed-wing aerodynamics, the electronic system, the autopilot and the autonomous functions ourselves. The programme won several scientific awards.
2014 – 2017The world’s first AR-powered gaming drone platform: autonomous flight, multiplayer racing and interactive combat, with computer-vision positioning for GPS-free indoor navigation. A commercial product that won Vodafone’s “Idea of the Year” 2017 against 197 projects.
2017 – presentShooting-training systems with patented hit detection and autonomous AI robotic targets — our UGV line, including an armoured target robot built to take live fire (covered by Startitup). Deployed in professional facilities worldwide, including a major installation in Kuwait, serving military, law-enforcement and civilian customers with global distribution and contracts, e.g. with Sig Sauer.
2024 – presentOwn AHRS/IMU and ADS-B hardware, an NVIDIA-based AI computer, voice control, ATC transcription, synthetic vision and TAWS — designed and produced in-house. EIC Accelerator “GO” decision in December 2025, pre-orders in Q1 2026, first contracts in Q3 2026.
July 2026 · Remote flight. A colleague in our Bratislava office took control of the aircraft in flight over Starlink, with a safety pilot on board — reported by FLYER, Forbes and CzechCrunch.
We study your mission, constraints and data, assess feasibility and agree on scope.
Electrical, mechanical and software architecture, designed with safety and failure modes in mind.
Schematics, multilayer PCB design and express prototypes for early testing.
Embedded code, estimation and control loops, AI models, apps and backend — developed together with the hardware.
Prototype production, bench and field or flight testing, and as many iterations as the product needs.
Production data, supplier coordination, certification support and small-series manufacturing.
We would rather say it on the first call than in month six.
18+ years of UAV and autonomy development — his own AHRS and autopilot modules, ground stations and AI stacks, all in-house code and hardware. Patent holder.
Took products from first concept to global commercialisation — Drone n’Base (Vodafone Idea of the Year 2017) and Trainshot (in service worldwide) — and now the Schochman AI cockpit. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2019.
He still flies the test aircraft himself — 500+ hours with Schochman avionics in the panel.
Facts last reviewed October 2026.
Schochman Aviation designs custom drone and UAV solutions end to end: airframe and aerodynamics, electronics and PCBs, flight controller and autopilot, firmware, onboard AI and the ground station. We have been developing fixed-wing, rotorcraft and VTOL platforms with our own AHRS and autopilot modules for more than 18 years. Send us your mission, payload, range and operating environment and we will assess feasibility.
Yes. Through Trainshot we have built autonomous ground robots — AI robotic targets with patented hit detection — used in professional training facilities worldwide. We develop UGV platforms from drive and servo control through navigation and computer vision to remote operation and the operator app.
Yes. Our own AHRS and autopilot modules combine low-drift gyroscopes, custom sensor-fusion libraries and singularity-free attitude computation, with PID control of roll, pitch, yaw, altitude and speed. We tune and integrate them for your platform, and we develop control systems for ground vehicles, servo systems and industrial automation as well.
Yes, that is the idea of the company. One team does schematics and multilayer PCB design, prototype assembly (PCBA), DFM data, embedded firmware, control and AI software, mobile apps, backend and web frontend, over-the-air updates and the preparation for small-series production. There are no hand-offs between vendors.
Yes. We run neural networks on embedded computers such as NVIDIA Jetson for object detection and tracking, vision-based navigation and landing, and speech recognition with voice control. Our models are trained on real flight data. Schochman Aviation is a member of the NVIDIA Inception programme.
Yes. We prepare DFM data, work with verified suppliers for PCB, PCBA, moulding and batteries, build small test batches and support product certification for the US and EU markets. We also help with grant applications and trade-show preparation.
Start with a short description: the mission or use case, key requirements (range, payload, environment, safety), the timeline and any existing hardware, code or data. We review it, assess feasibility and propose scope and next steps — from a single layer of the stack to a complete product. Write to info@schochman.com or use the form on this page.
We are a Slovak company in the European Union (legal entity Trainshot s.r.o., brand Schochman Aviation). The company is led by founder and CEO Robert Schochmann, a pilot, inventor and engineer with 18+ years in UAV autonomy and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (2019). Earlier ventures include Drone n’Base and Trainshot.
A colleague in our Bratislava office took control of the aircraft in flight over Starlink. Safety pilot on board, onboard autopilot closing the loop 400 times per second.
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Four spoken heading changes — 360°, 090°, 180°, 270° — flown by the autopilot, with no hands on the avionics.
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How gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer data become a stable attitude — and how we do it: 200–500 Hz embedded processing, quaternion maths, calibration.
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Real-time control, servo and actuator regulation, AHRS fusion, AI perception and voice on NVIDIA Jetson — the engineering behind our products.
Read the note →Send us the mission and the constraints. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right team, what is feasible, and how to get from prototype to series.
A good first message includes
No sales desk in between.
What is feasible, what is risky, what we would do first.
Or an honest “not us” — with a pointer to who could.
Prefer email? Write to info@schochman.com. Investors and partners: same form, choose “Partnership / investment”.