Horizon launches the Rising Sun X3 module, a robot development kit, to accelerate the launch of mass-production products

On May 30, 2023, Horizon Robotics officially launched a new developer kit for robot scene applications-Rising Sun®️X3 Module (referred to as: RDK X3 Module). RDK X3 Module adopts Horizon’s self-developed Xuji®️3 series chips, equipped with a dual-core BPU®️ Bernoulli computing architecture and a quad-core Cortex CPU cluster, with a computing power of up to 5TOPS, capable of exerting strong terminal-side computing performance.

Horizon Rising Sun®️X3 Module

RDK X3 Module efficiently supports multi-channel HD camera access, 4K@60fps image real-time processing and H.264/H.265 video encoding and decoding. The module integrates dual-band Wi-Fi module, Gigabit Ethernet and other high-speed data communication connections, and can support up to 64GB of massive onboard storage, which will effectively reduce the difficulty of user hardware design and help achieve rapid development integration and product mass production.

RDK X3 Module core configuration

Starting from the richness of robot application scenarios, Horizon provides a variety of combinations of memory, storage and Wi-Fi configurations for RDK X3 Module, which can flexibly meet the different selection requirements of robot developers.

RDK X3 Module model list

In order to help developers further accelerate algorithm innovation, Horizon has created a rich and easy-to-use development acceleration package, including multi-platform compatible Linux source code, software and hardware reference designs, algorithm tool chains and other resources to help developers develop agilely and win. Starting line to seize market opportunities.

Rich and easy-to-use development acceleration package

Horizon always adheres to the collaboration of software and hardware to achieve the optimal development efficiency of the system. RDK X3 Module is equipped with Horizon's integrated hardware and software, the extremely optimized TogetheROS™️.Bot robot operating system, is compatible with the Raspberry Pi CM4 accessory ecosystem, and can support the efficient deployment of multiple types of robot algorithms and applications.

Module compatible with Raspberry Pi CM4 accessories ecology

It is worth mentioning that Horizon has simultaneously launched the TogethertheROS™️.Bot 2.0 Beta version this time, which integrates a more efficient package management mechanism to speed up version upgrade efficiency and make robot application installation more convenient. At present, the relevant source code has been officially opened and online on Github (http://github.com/HorizonRDK). In addition, Horizon's open and complete course documents, developer community and ecological resources will also provide one-stop development support for developers to implement products.

Horizon Robot Development Platform

RDK (Robotics Developer Kit) is a series of development kits launched by Horizon for the field of robot development, which can help developers quickly build rich robot applications. At present, Horizon has launched a number of products such as RDK and documentation.

In order to accelerate the widespread implementation of robot applications, Horizon will continue to build an open source and open, software-hardware collaborative underlying computing platform to empower robot developers to improve development efficiency and provide more three-dimensional and diversified infrastructure and technical services.

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