VOXL 2 Context

Market context

Single-board AI autopilot combining companion compute, PX4 flight control, camera inputs and optional wireless connectivity.

  • Target environment: Small drones, Blue UAS development, mobile robots and embedded autonomous platforms
  • Workflow context: Flight control, onboard AI inference, computer vision, GPS-denied navigation, obstacle perception and payload integration
  • Customer context: Drone and robotics teams consolidating autonomy compute and flight control into a small production-oriented module.
  • Deployment model: Commercial board and development-kit family assembled in the United States with a documented software and accessory ecosystem.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial orderable platform with current pricing, shipment guidance, technical documentation and reference drones.
  • Adoption constraints: Fit depends on camera and modem configuration, software stack, thermal and power design, carrier integration, export requirements and vehicle-level validation.
  • Adjacent products: ModalAI VOXL 2 Mini, Auterion Skynode X, Qualcomm robotics kits and other AI autopilot modules

Audience

UAV makers

Workflow

Flight control, onboard AI inference, computer vision, GPS-denied navigation, obstacle perception and payload integration

Deployment environment

Small drones, Blue UAS development, mobile robots and embedded autonomous platforms

Specifications

  • Price: Board Only $1,269.99; Dev Kit, No Image Sensors $1,369.99
  • Processor: Qualcomm QRB5165, 8 cores up to 3.091 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB LPDDR5
  • AI compute: 15 TOPS
  • Flight Controller: Integrated PX4 flight controller on DSP with TDK ICM-42688 IMU and ICP-10111 barometer
  • Connectivity Options: 5G, 4G/LTE, WiFi, Microhard and Doodle Labs add-on connectivity
  • Camera Inputs: 6 MIPI-CSI2 inputs
  • Video Encoding: Up to 8K30
  • Software Stack: PX4, ArduPilot, ROS 1/2, Debian 9, OpenCV, MAVROS and MAVSDK
  • Dimensions: 70 x 36 mm
  • Compliance: Assembled in USA; NDAA 2020 Section 848 and NDAA 2021 Section 841 listed by ModalAI
  • Weight: 16 g

Tags

  • Peer Group: Robot Compute, Integrated autopilot mission computers
  • Workflow: Drone Autonomy Stack
  • Capability: Edge AI inference
  • Stack Layer: Drone controller components, Compute Control Layer

Comparable Systems

View VOXL 2 overview