VOXL 2 Context

Market context

VOXL 2 is ModalAI's single-board AI autopilot and companion computer for drones, mobile robots, and autonomy developers using onboard perception and control.

  • Target environment: Small UAVs, mobile robots, inspection drones, autonomy prototypes, and embedded robotics systems with tight weight and compute budgets.
  • Workflow context: Onboard AI, flight control, camera integration, ROS support, perception compute, autonomy development, and robot software prototyping.
  • Customer context: Drone builders, field-robot developers, research labs, defense robotics teams, and autonomy integrators.
  • Deployment model: Board-level compute and autopilot module integrated with cameras, modems, flight-control firmware, power systems, and robot software.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial ModalAI module with published specifications, documentation, and supporting hardware ecosystem.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on camera ecosystem fit, compute headroom, thermal management, flight stack requirements, regulatory needs, and software integration.
  • Market position: Autonomy compute and flight-control component for drones and mobile robots.
  • Adjacent products: Cube Orange+ Flight Controller, Nano2 Mesh Rider Radio, MIC-711-OX Edge AI System

Audience

UAV makers

Workflow

Onboard AI, flight control, camera integration, ROS support, perception compute, autonomy development, and robot software prototyping.

Deployment environment

Small UAVs, mobile robots, inspection drones, autonomy prototypes, and embedded robotics systems with tight weight and compute budgets.

Specifications

  • Price: Board Only $1,269.99; Dev Kit, No Image Sensors $1,369.99
  • Processor: Qualcomm QRB5165, 8 cores up to 3.091 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB LPDDR5
  • AI Compute Tops: 15 TOPS
  • Flight Controller: Integrated PX4 flight controller on DSP with TDK ICM-42688 IMU and ICP-10111 barometer
  • Connectivity Options: 5G, 4G/LTE, WiFi, Microhard and Doodle Labs add-on connectivity
  • Camera Inputs: 6 MIPI-CSI2 inputs
  • Video Encoding: Up to 8K30
  • Software Stack: PX4, ArduPilot, ROS 1/2, Debian 9, OpenCV, MAVROS and MAVSDK
  • Dimensions: 70 x 36 mm
  • Compliance: Assembled in USA; NDAA 2020 Section 848 and NDAA 2021 Section 841 listed by ModalAI
  • Weight G: 16 g

Tags

  • Peer Group: Robot Compute, Drone Controller, Autopilot Compute Modules
  • Workflow: Drone Autonomy Stack
  • Capability: Edge AI inference
  • Stack Layer: Compute Control Layer

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