Delivering power-efficient, advanced edge-AI computing and video processing performance with 5G connectivity for autonomous robotic

The Qualcomm Robotics RB6 Platform powers the next-generation robotics and intelligent machines including autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), delivery robots, highly automated manufacturing robots, urban air mobility (UAM) aircrafts, autonomous defense solutions, and beyond.

The Qualcomm Robotics RB6 platform sits at the premium tier of Qualcomm Technologies’ robotics solutions, delivering expanded capabilities that take enterprise and industrial robotics innovation to the next level with enhanced AI and 5G. The new solution delivers state-of-the-art 5G connectivity with support for global sub-6GHz and mmWave bands in mainstream, enterprise, and private networks.

Qualcomm Technologies robotics platforms have flexible architecture with expansion cards to support evolving connectivity features allowing Qualcomm Robotics RB6 platform to deliver support for 3GPP Release 15, and Releases 16, 17 and 18 features as cards become available in the future. The elevated platform brings best-in-class, premium, edge AI and video processing capabilities through the enhanced Qualcomm AI Engine, with support for 70-200 Trillion Operations Per Second (TOPS).

Highlights:

• All-in-one hardware solution:
• Your camera, computer vision, AI and 5G hardware development needs are integrated into one platform
• Easy-to-use, comprehensive, customizable premium AI SDK:
• The Qualcomm® Intelligent Multimedia SDK brings together multimedia, AI and ML, computer vision (CV), and networking building blocks to support end to end deployment of robotic applications.
• Enhanced Qualcomm® AI Engine and power-efficient on-device AI computing and video processing:
• The enhanced Qualcomm AI Engine provides 70-200 TOPS (INT8) of performance at very low power and delivers maximum performance per watt. Also our powerful image signal processor (ISP) provides support for up to seven concurrent cameras, or up to 24 simultaneous video streaming cameras.
• Latest 5G connectivity:
• Qualcomm Robotics RB6 platform provides 5G connectivity with support for global sub-6GHz and mmWave bands in mainstream, enterprise, and private networks. The platform’s flexible architecture with expansion cards supports evolving connectivity features allowing Qualcomm Robotics RB6 platform to deliver support for 3GPP Release 15, and Releases 16, 17 and 18 features as cards become available in the future.

Features:

• Qualcomm® Spectra™ 480 Image Signal Processor designed to deliver a premium camera experience that can process 2 Gigapixels per second with high-performance capture of 200-megapixel photos, 8K video recording and 4K HDR video capture.
•  Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 Visual Processing Subsystem deliver’s quality graphics for larger than-life immersive experiences using the Adreno graphics processing unit (GPU) and video processing unit (VPU).
•  Enhanced Qualcomm AI® Engine with Qualcomm Hexagon DSP for on-device AI processing at the edge and delivers premium computer vision (CV) experiences for high-performance use cases.
•  Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU: Manufactured in 7nm process node, optimized across four high-performance Kryo Gold cores and four low power Kryo Silver cores.
•  Qualcomm® Secure Processing Unit (SPU) offers vault-like security that is designed to help safeguard your facial data, iris scan and other biometric data. It supports hardware root of trust, Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment, Secure boot and camera security.

Specifications:

• CPU:
• CPU Cores: Qualcomm® Kryo™ 585 CPU
• CPU Clock Speed: Up to 2.84 GHz
• GPU:
• GPU Name: Qualcomm® Adreno™ 650 GPU
• API Support: OpenCL™, OpenGL® ES
• DSP:
• DSP Technology: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator
• Qualcomm® Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engine:
• Hexagon Processor: Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Scalar Accelerator
• Memory:
• Density: Up to 16 GB
• Memory Type: LPDDR5
• Wi-Fi:
• Standards: Wi-Fi 6-ready, 802.11ad, 802.11ay, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g/n
• Security Support:
• Wi-Fi Security: WPA3-Enterprise, WPA3-Enhanced Open, WPA3 Easy Connect, WPA3-Personal, FIPS 140-2 support
• Security Features: Camera Security, Crypto Engine, Cryptographic Accelerator, Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), Secure Boot
• Bluetooth:
• Bluetooth Specification Version: Bluetooth 5.1
• Camera:
• Video Capture Features: 8K video capture at 30fps, Up to 10-bit color depth video capture, 4K video capture with simultaneous 64MP photo capture, 4K Video Capture @ 120 FPS
• Video Capture (30 FPS): 4K HDR video capture
• Single Camera: Up to 200 MP
• Dual Camera, ZSL, 30fps: Up to 25 MP
• Single Camera, ZSL, 30fps: Up to 64 MP
• Data Types:
• Data Types: INT8, INT16, FP16, FP32
• Part:
• Part Number(s): QRB5165N, Cloud AI 100

• Card:
• Card Types: Dual M.2, Dual M.2 (edge)

Applications:

• Delivery Robots
• Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)
• Urban air mobility (UAM) transportation
• Automated manufacturing robots
• Collaborative robots

Package Includes:

• 1 x 96Boards Qualcomm® Robotics RB6 Platform