RealSense Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-22 - Capability - Advantech showcases UniCAM multi-camera integration on Jetson Thor - The demonstration combines Stereolabs ZED X and ZED X Nano, RealSense D457, Orbbec Gemini 335LG and Leopard Imaging ISX031 cameras. Robotic Suite detects supported cameras and manages shared hardware resources while preserving vendor SDKs and… - source: adv-www-jp.azurewebsites.net
• 2026-09-22 - Acquisition - Cognex agrees to acquire RealSense for approximately $500 million - RealSense is expected to generate $80–90 million of revenue in 2026, representing more than 50% year-over-year growth. RealSense will separate its facial-authentication business before closing, concentrating the acquired business on robotic perception and… - source: investor.cognex.com
• 2026-06-18 - Product Launch - RealSense unveils D585 Pro depth camera and Perception Studio beta - The D585 Pro combines depth sensing, edge AI acceleration and a software-defined update path. Target robotics uses include humanoids, AMRs, cobots, industrial robotics and inspection. D585 Pro shipping is expected to begin in Q1 2027. - source: realsenseai.com
• 2026-03-16 - Demonstration - RealSense unveils humanoid autonomous navigation demonstration at NVIDIA GTC - RealSense showcased autonomous humanoid navigation at NVIDIA GTC using depth cameras, visual SLAM, and NVIDIA CuVSLAM The demo focused on safer humanoid localization, mapping, terrain awareness, and stable motion in human environments This was a concrete… - source: businesswire.com
• 2026-01-12 - Product Launch - Simbe introduces Tally 4.0 retail inventory robot - Runtime increases to up to 12 hours, with shorter charging cycles intended to support daytime and overnight scanning. NVIDIA onboard processing and RealSense depth cameras support real-time autonomy and shelf-data analysis. Dual fisheye cameras add panoramic… - source: simberobotics.com
• 2025-12-02 - Partnership - AVerMedia integrates RealSense depth vision into SenseEdge robotics kits - SenseEdge combines AVerMedia Jetson carrier hardware with RealSense depth cameras. The integrated kits target humanoids, AMRs, delivery robots and mobile manipulation. The companies announced the integration on 2 December 2025. - source: realsenseai.com
• 2025-10-08 - Partnership - RealSense announces strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate physical AI and robotics - RealSense announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA after its Intel spinout The collaboration covered integration with Jetson Thor, Isaac Sim, and Holoscan Sensor Bridge It targeted humanoids and autonomous mobile robots with tighter perception-compute… - source: businesswire.com
• 2025-08-25 - Partnership - RealSense and NVIDIA collaborate on physical-AI perception stack - The collaboration combines RealSense depth cameras with NVIDIA Jetson Thor runtime compute, Isaac Sim digital twins and Holoscan Sensor Bridge for low-latency sensor streaming. The RealSense D555 introduces the v5 Vision Processor, Power over Ethernet… - source: realsenseai.com
• 2025-07-11 - Company Formation - RealSense completes spinout from Intel and raises USD 50M for robotics vision - RealSense completed its spinout from Intel and raised USD 50 million to accelerate AI-powered vision for robotics and biometrics. Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund participated in the financing. The spinout moved Intel's robotics-vision business… - source: intelcapital.com
• 2025-07-11 - Funding - RealSense completes Intel spinout and raises $50 million Series A - RealSense completed its spinout from Intel and closed a $50 million Series A round The company said the capital would expand manufacturing, GTM, and product development for robotics and biometrics RealSense framed humanoids and AMRs as core growth markets… - source: realsenseai.com
• 2025-02-28 - Demonstration - RealSense D455 enters AeroMed medical-delivery drone prototype - The D455 supplied visual data for obstacle avoidance, route optimization and precision package delivery. AeroMed integrated the camera with an NVIDIA Jetson computing board for the prototype. The development target was autonomous long-distance flight at… - source: realsenseai.com