‘PC for drones’ enables intelligent flying robots
Dubbed the DJI Manifold, the computing platform packs an NVIDIA Tegra K1 4-Plus-1 Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 Processor and 192 GPU CUDA cores with clock speeds of up to 2.2 GHz, providing any equipped drone ample graphics computational power to process high-resolution images in real time. The GPU cores support a throughput of 326 GFLOPS.
Mounted to the expansion bay of the company’s Matrice 100 drone platform, the 110 x 110 x 26-mm unit weighs less than 200 g and could be deployed for use in AI applications such as computer vision and deep learning for aerial monitoring applications. Such computing capabilities could enable the drone to sense its surrounding environment as well as identify objects and react accordingly.
DJI Manifold runs on Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system and has a peak power consumption of approximately 15 W. It supports CUDA, OpenCV and ROS. The Manifold with Ubuntu 14.04 Long-Term Support (LTS) is expected to begin shipping on Nov. 15.
DJI Manifold embedded computer information page
DJI: www.dji.com
Canonical: www.canonical.com
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