Intel push drone development kit built-in vision system

The drone market is now quite hot. Not only are drone manufacturers such as DJI and Parrot, but the chip giants such as Qualcomm, NVIDIA and Intel are also unwilling to launch their own drone development platforms, such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon Flight, NVIDIA Jetson TK1 and Intel's Aero Compute Board. In addition to the unmanned set Aero Compute Board, Intel also has the RoboTIcs Development Kit robot set, which are priced at $399 (about RMB 2,661) and $249 (about RMB 1,660), respectively, and are already on Intel's official website. Open for sale.

It is worth mentioning that one of the features of Intel's UAV and Robot Development Kit is to support its own RealSense 3D camera technology, which is equivalent to providing a sufficiently sensitive vision system for drones and robots to effectively determine target objects and measurements. Distance and avoid obstacles, and this is crucial for automatic navigation of drones.

On the hardware side, the Aero Compute Board motherboard integrates Atom X7-Z8700 CPU quad-core processor, 4GB LPDDR3 memory, 16GB storage space, 1 micro-SD slot and 1 micro-HDMI interface. Of course, LTE module, Wi- There are not too few Fi modules and flight controllers, and the emergence of Altera Max 10 FPGAs is a bit of a surprise, and the motherboard is also compatible with Linux. If you want to save trouble, you can wait for the "Ready-to-fly" suit, and the motor, remote control and other hardware are all equipped.

As for the RoboTIcs Development Kit, it is Atom x5-Z8350, 4GB memory plus 32GB storage space. The motherboard provides 1 HDMI interface, 1 Ethernet interface, 4 USB 2.0 and 1 USB 3.0 port, with Altera Max V. FPGA, supports Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 16.04. If you are interested in building a drone or robot yourself, let's take a look!