Starling 2 Max
About
About Starling 2 Max
Starling 2 Max combines a carbon-fibre airframe with ModalAI VOXL 2 compute, integrated PX4 flight control and a configurable camera suite. Visual-inertial odometry, time-of-flight sensing and onboard AI support obstacle avoidance, mapping and dead-reckoned navigation without GNSS.
Battery options provide up to approximately 55 minutes of flight, with around 500 grams of available customer payload. ROS, ROS 2 and ModalAI development tools expose perception and flight functions for autonomy research. The aircraft is NDAA compliant and delivered as a complete development platform.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Target markets: Enterprise, Research
- Control modes: Onboard Autonomy
- Navigation and obstacle avoidance
Claimed - ModalAI presents Starling 2 Max for autonomous indoor and outdoor flight, mapping and visual-navigation development.
Source - SLAM mapping
Claimed - ModalAI presents Starling 2 Max for autonomous indoor and outdoor flight, mapping and visual-navigation development.
Source - GNSS-denied navigation
Claimed - ModalAI presents Starling 2 Max for autonomous indoor and outdoor flight, mapping and visual-navigation development.
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Supply
Supply / Components
- ModalAI Starling 2 Max
Wifi Usb Adapter - Communications - ALFA Network - ModalAI identifies the ALFA Network AWUS036EACS as the Starling 2 Max data-transmission device - source: docs.modalai.com
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Embedded Compute - Compute & Control - Qualcomm - ModalAI Starling 2 Max incorporates Qualcomm QRB5165 compute through its VOXL 2 autopilot - source: modalai.com
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Imu - sensors - TDK-InvenSense - ModalAI Starling 2 Max incorporates two TDK ICM-42688P IMUs through its VOXL 2 autopilot - source: modalai.com
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Pressure Sensor - sensors - TDK-InvenSense - ModalAI Starling 2 Max incorporates a TDK barometer through its VOXL 2 autopilot - source: modalai.com
Source - Starling 2 Max M11-T9 modem option
Communications Module - connectivity - Microhard Systems - ModalAI offers a Microhard pMDDL2450 modem in the Starling 2 Max M11-T9 configuration - source: modalai.com
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Ublox M10 For Modalai Starling 2 Max - Positioning & navigation - u-blox - ModalAI specifies u-blox M10 GNSS in Starling 2 Max - source: docs.modalai.com
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Image Sensor - sensors - ON Semiconductor - Starling 2 Max integrates two onsemi AR0144 global-shutter sensors - source: modalai.com
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Camera Sensor - Perception - Sony Semiconductor Solutions - ModalAI Starling 2 Max uses two Sony IMX412 image sensors in its C28 and C29 configurations - source: modalai.com
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Lithium Ion Cells - energy_storage - Amprius Technologies - ModalAI specifies Amprius cells as the 55-minute battery configuration for Starling 2 Max - source: docs.modalai.com
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