Bayes Centre community member ZZCOMM provides rapid and high accuracy geospatial data for BIM, mining AEC, survey and mapping industries, whether they are indoor, outdoor or even underground - all without GPS navigation. The Journey Image Established in 2017, ZZCOMM has experienced significant growth since it launched with the development of new products and expansion of the company. The company has an exciting range of products including mobile imaging LiDAR Scanner hardware and software technologies development, surveying and mapping, sales of instruments for navigation, surveying and mapping, meteorology and special marine instruments. In 2018, they expanded their product range as they released the first long-range high-precision LiDAR system for applications such as geographic information, forestry census, power line patrol, high-precision map, surveying and mapping. Another milestone was in 2021 where the company released their first portable Lidar inertial navigation tightly coupled 3D SLAM system Cybermap with independent intellectual property rights. Following that, in 2022, ZZCOMM expanded beyond China and were delighted to set up their first research and development centre at the University of Edinburgh's Bayes Centre. The company's founder graduated from the University of Edinburgh 10 years ago. Looking to the future, the company has ambitions to expand their marketing, research and development activities globally in the coming years, starting in Scotland and looking to expand across Europe. Marketing Director LI MENG reflects on their biggest achievement so far: The biggest achievement so far is to help my company set up our first overseas R&D point in the Bayes Centre. It is our first step of the overseas expansion plan. Build Diverse Teams ZZCOMM Marketing Director Li Meng’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs is to make your team more diversified as you can broaden your mind and business map in the process. Basing ZZCOMM at the Bayes Centre ZZCOMM has chosen the Bayes Centre as its first overseas base as it provides them with the connectivity to world-leading academic excellence, such as collaborating with researchers and analysts, but also the open, aesthetically pleasing work environment could inspire them with more innovative ideas/solutions. Image They plan to collaborate with the School of Informatics and attract talent from the university. To find out more about ZZCOMM and the work they are doing, visit their website. Publication date 28 Sep, 2023
