Qualcomm introduces 5G and AI-enabled robotics platform
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Qualcomm on Wednesday announced its Robotics RB5 platform, which features 5G and 4G connectivity, on-device AI and machine learning, improved computing and intelligent sensing capabilities.
The platform's Qualcomm QRB5165 processor, optimized for robotics applications, combines a heterogeneous computing architecture with the 5th-generation Qualcomm AI engine - with its new Hexagon Tensor Accelerator - that allows AI per second (TOPS) 15 Tiller saves trillion operations. Display.
"QRB5165 has an octa-core Qualcomm Kryo 858 that combines with an Adreno 650 GPU and digital signal processor," said Ray Wang, a principal analyst at Constellation Research.
This makes it "super fast", commented Wang. Its processing rate is 2 GHz per second, it can record 8K video at 30 fps, and can handle 200-megapixel photos.
"When paired with an AI engine, it has the speed to improve industrial robots, military applications, and even retail and hospitality scenarios," Wang said. "You get seven concurrent video cameras that can do things like object detection and classification, self-navigation and path planning."
Interest in the RB5
At least 20 companies, including LG, drone maker Skydio, security robot manufacturer NXT Robotics, and China's delivery robot and drone manufacturer Meitun, have initial monitors on the technology and will likely use it, Qualcomm said.
More than 30 hardware and software companies are working on assistive technology to enable various robotics applications. These include the drone mapper airports; Canonical, which publishes Ubuntu; Robot fleet manager InOrbit; And Intel with its RealSense technology for depth and tracking cameras.
Commercial products based on the RB5 platform are expected to be available in 2020, said Dev Singh, Qualcomm's head of robotics, drones and intelligent machines business.
This is real because "they are working well with more than 50 OEMs and partners prior to the announcement," Francis Cideko, a senior analyst at Tirias Research, told TechNewsWorld.
Qualcomm Group principal analyst, Rob Endrel said that Qualcomm is quite reliable in their predictions. "They are used to a smartphone rhythm and this time frame will easily fit within a 6-month smartphone window."
"The main selling point of RB5 is that a SoC with such high efficiencies leads to low power consumption," said Chris Taylor, director of research at Strategy Analytics. "
Taylor told TechNewsWorld, "In terms of total cost of ownership, the RB5 probably gives Qualcomm a sweeter space for many talks than existing solutions using many traditional chips."
Singh said the platform is available with many options, and has an option for an extended life cycle by 2029.
"The battle for autonomous enterprise begins with robotics platforms in hardware," commented Wang of Constellation Research. "Qualcomm has done a good job assembling an ecosystem for RB5."
He added that the robotics development platform would be "critical to accelerating edge computing, Internet of things and automation." "Post-pandemic playbook shows great interest in improving robotics, customer-facing automation and ambient experiences."
RB5 Hardware Dev Kit
Thundercom, a joint venture between Chinese firm Thunder Software Technology Co. Ltd. and Qualcomm (Guizhou) Investment Co. Ltd., is taking pre-orders for the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 hardware development kit based on the QRB5165 processor.
The kit consists of a robotics-focused development board that complies with the 96Boards open hardware device that supports a series of mezzanine-board extensions for developing proof-of-concept and rapid prototyping.
It supports Linux, Ubuntu and Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 and has pre-integrated drivers for various cameras, sensors and connectivity.
The board supports the 5th generation Qualcomm AI engine. It can operate between -340 ° and +105 ° C. It communicates via industrial protocols such as EtherCAT and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), and supports security at almost every layer.
The kit will be available in late July.
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