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RBR50 Spotlight – ModalAI’s VOXL CAM Perception Engine

The functional capacities of ModalAI’s VOXL CAM solution are impressive – powerful compute, imaging and navigation – particularly given its small size.

RBR50 Spotlight – ModalAI’s VOXL CAM Perception Engine

By RBR Staff | 







ModalAI’s VOXL CAM Perception Engine Functionally Impressive, Provides Developers with Options for Ongoing Innovation


Organization: ModalAI

Country: USA

Website: https://modalai.com

Year Founded: 2018

Number of Employees: 1-50

Innovation Class: Technology, Services & Research Innovation

Innovation Subclass: Product Introduction










The functional capacities of ModalAI’s VOXL CAM solution are impressive – powerful compute, imaging and navigation – particularly given its small size.




Description:

In November 2021, ModalAI, a Qualcomm spin out, released the VOXL CAM perception engine, a credit card sized, pluggable, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that provides robotics systems, drones and IoT devices with GPS-denied navigation, indoor and outdoor depth mapping, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), object detection and avoidance, Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight control and cellular connectivity. The VOXL CAM incorporates Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 821 chipset and ModalAI’s Flight Core, a PX4 drone flight controller.




 


Analysis:

The functional capacities of ModalAI’s VOXL CAM solution are impressive – powerful compute, imaging and navigation – particularly give its small size. The base VOXL CAM weighs just 57.5 grams, 87 grams with the flight controller and modem installed. To emphasize the point, ModalAI released a second product with the VOXL Cam, namely the Seeker, a micro-development drone capable of both indoor and outdoor autonomous navigation.


 


ModalAI’s VOXL CAM and Seeker drone, along with the company’s VOXL Flight computing platform and controller for drones (released in 2020), provides developers of drone-based solutions with a range of powerful technical enablers for drone (and robotics) applications, many of which are sure to be for indoor operations. This range of solutions provides engineers with many design and development options, a necessary requirement for ongoing innovation. – Dan Kara




ModalAI’s VOXL CAM


 




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2022 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award Honorees







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	ACEINNAUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	AevaUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




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	ARM InstituteUSABusiness & ManagementSocial Good




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	Berkshire GreyUSAApplications & MarketsLogistics




	Boston DynamicsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	cellumationGermanyTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Cleo RoboticsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Corvus Robotics USATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	CRG AutomationUSAApplications & MarketsDefense




	CruiseUSAApplications & MarketsTransportation




	DorabotUSAApplications & MarketsLogistics




	FlexQubeSwedenTechnology & ServicesTechnology & Services Innovation




	ForwardX RoboticsChinaApplications & MarketsManufacturing




	FoxgloveUSATechnology & ServicesServices Introduction




	GrayMatterUSAApplications & MarketsProduct Introduction




	Grey Orange and Tompkins RoboticsUSAApplications & MarketsLogistics




	GUSSUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Hai RoboticsChinaApplications & MarketsLogistics




	ifm efectorUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Indoor RoboticsIsraelTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Indy Autonomous ChallengeUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	InsightTRACUSAApplications & MarketsAgriculture




	John DeereUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Labrador SystemsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	LibiaoChinaTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	MassRoboticsUSABusiness & ManagementMarket Engagement




	ModalAIUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	NVIDIAUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	OnRobot DenmarkTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	OutsightFranceTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	NASA / JPLUSAApplications & MarketsAerospace




	Pharm RoboticsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	RGo RoboticsIsraelTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Ready RoboticsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




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	Seoul RoboticsSouth KoreaTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	Smith+NephewUKBusiness & ManagementMarket Engagement




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	TDK InvenSenseUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	TerraClearUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	ToposensGermanyTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	ULC TechnologiesUSATechnology & ServicesUtilities




	VerizonUSABusiness & ManagementLeadership




	Virginia TechUSATechnology & ServicesPrimary or Applied Research




	Vissavi.techPolandTechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction




	XACT RoboticsUSATechnology & ServicesProduct Introduction









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