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Introducing TERRA AI, new Artificial General Intelligence for robots

New technology is capable of changing the face of agriculture, construction and logistics by improving autonomous capabilities.

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Oct 16, 2024.

DXOMARK Partners with Stereolabs

Stereolabs and DXOMARK Join Forces to Revolutionize AI-Driven 3D Vision Technology for Autonomous Machines

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Dec 21, 2023.

A new visual identity for the AI Vision era

As we enter an exciting new chapter providing end-to-end AI and vision-driven perception, we have rebranded Stereolabs and launched a new website to introduce our latest software and hardware solutions.

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Dec 14, 2023.

Stereolabs Collaborates with Syslogic to Offer End-to-End Vision-Based Perception for Autonomy

Companies combine stereo vision-based sensing capabilities and rugged AI embedded systems to power cutting-edge autonomous robotics solutions.

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Nov 14, 2023.

New Holland and Case IH to Integrate ZED X in Latest Autonomous Tractors

At the forefront of innovation is the Agritechnica show in Germany, the world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery. Discover how New Holland, Case IH, Lemken and Krone have integrated Stereolabs ZED stereo cameras and vision-based perception in their machines.

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Oct 17, 2023.

Stereolabs Accelerates Autonomous Robotics With NVIDIA Isaac Sim Integration

Stereolabs has integrated the ZED SDK and ZED X stereo cameras with NVIDIA Isaac Sim and added support for NVIDIA Isaac ROS to accelerate development of space-aware autonomous robots.

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Oct 5, 2023.

Stereolabs and Vecow to Unveil Vision-Based 360° Perception System at NVIDIA Jetson Edge AI Solutions Day

New system combines sensing technology and compact computing engine to provide instantaneous environmental perception for spatial AI applications.

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Sep 19, 2023.

Stereolabs Showcases AI Vision-Driven Perception at FIRA Event

Stereolabs to unveil new AI vision technology that enhances the precision and capabilities of autonomous robots at the upcoming FIRA event in Salinas, California.

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Jan 12, 2023.

Performance Benchmark of YOLO v5, v7 and v8

We run YOLO v5 vs YOLO v7 vs YOLO v8 state-of-the-art object detection models head-to-head on Jetson AGX Orin and RTX 4070 Ti to find the ones with the best speed-to-accuracy balance.

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Sep 16, 2022.

Getting Started with ROS 2 on Jetson AGX Orin™

The new Jetson AGX Orin™ from NVIDIA® is the ideal platform for edge AI and autonomous robotics. Learn how to get started with ROS 2 on the Jetson AGX Orin™.

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Sep 15, 2022.

ZED and ZED Box Support the New NVIDIA Jetpack 5.0.2 for Production

NVIDIA released the first stable JetPack SDK v5.0.2 for Jetson Xavier and Orin. The new JetPack can be flashed to the ZED Box Xavier NX, and the new ZED SDK v3.7.7 is ready to support it.

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Aug 2, 2022.

ZED Camera vs. Realsense Comparison for 3D Perception Applications

A scientific paper led by PhDs in Image Processing and Robotics from the University of Pecs, Hungary, compared the performances of our ZED cameras with Intel’s Realsense.

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Jun 7, 2022.

Getting Started with Jetson AGX Orin™ Dev Kit

NVIDIA recently launched the most powerful embedded board currently available on the market: Jetson AGX Orin™. Learn how to set up the new Orin board and make it ready to be used with the latest ZED SDK to perceive the world in 3D with ZED cameras.

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May 23, 2022.

Introducing Next-Generation Stereo Depth Sensing Technology

We announce today the release of the latest ZED SDK with Stereolabs’ new Neural Depth perception module based on deep neural networks for advanced robotics and spatial analytics applications.

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May 21, 2022.

NVIDIA® Jetson™ L4T and JetPack Support

The JetPack SDK is a comprehensive solution from NVIDIA® to provide the Jetson™ embedded boards with an Operation System (Linux for Tegra) derived from Ubuntu, CUDA-X accelerated libraries, and APIs for Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Accelerated Computing, and Multimedia.

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Feb 3, 2022.

Harness the Power of ZED at FIRST Robotics Competition 2022

Stereolabs enable builders of all skill levels to build, train, and deploy highly intelligent machines in less time, turning more of their raw data into valuable business insights.

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Dec 13, 2021.

ZED Box: The Latest Embedded Mini-PC for Edge Computing

The growth of AI using high-resolution cameras are transforming almost every industry. Powered by NVIDIA® Jetson™, the ZED Box can run modern neural networks and process 3D sensor data in real time, allowing for a complete, powerful and self-managed Edge Computing AI system.

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Dec 2, 2021.

Honda’s Autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) Uses ZED Stereo Cameras

Thanks to the ZED stereoscopic camera, Honda’s autonomous Work Vehicle (AWV) can navigate complex obstacles with ease.

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Jul 2, 2021.

Using 3D Cameras for autonomous disinfection in healthcare

Automation in healthcare using spatial mapping and positional tracking features from 3D Stereo cameras

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Sep 17, 2020.

Using 3D Cameras to Monitor Social Distancing

By combining ZED stereo cameras with Echo Dot speakers, you can build a cost-effective AI alarm system to help you maintain social distancing.

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Dec 20, 2019.

Introducing ZED 2

ZED 2 is the most powerful stereo camera on the market, delivering unrivaled field-of-view, image quality, neural sensing, robustness, 3D object recognition and cloud management.

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Jul 10, 2019.

How to Build Applications using ZED and Unity on Linux

We’re introducing the ZED Unity wrapper for Linux. Learn how you can use it to build new or existing apps for Ubuntu.

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Jun 4, 2019.

How to Detect Markers with OpenCV and ZED in Unity

In this guide, we’ll add ArUco marker detection to a ZED first-person AR experience, letting you anchor virtual objects to real-world images.

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Mar 12, 2019.

Introducing ROS 2 Wrapper for ZED

It’s a little more than a year since the first official release of ROS 2 has been released.

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Dec 5, 2018.

ZED/ZED Mini for FIRST Robotics Competition 2019

“LAUNCH,” the 2019 edition of the FIRST Robotics Challenge, promises to bring some exciting projects to fruition as students around the world reach for the stars.

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Aug 30, 2018.

Building Multiplayer AR Experiences with ZED Mini

The ZED Mini turns VR headsets into AR headsets by adding two cameras on the front. Now, developers can add multiplayer interactions to their AR apps, taking the experience to a whole new level.

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Jul 24, 2018.

Autonomous Rovers Race for OpenZeka Competition with ZED

Back in May at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, twenty small rovers raced through simulated streets complete with pedestrians, road construction, crosswalks, traffic signs and lights.

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Jul 10, 2018.

ZED Brings René Magritte’s Art to Life at San Francisco MOMA

Surrealist painter René Magritte made his mark mixing objects and scenes together in metaphysical ways. His works would show fruit hovering in front of a man’s face, canvases of the world behind the wall on which it hung, or artists painting on the very art they stood in to give themselves a companion.

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Jul 1, 2018.

Developer Builds Amazing AR Meeting App in One Weekend with ZED Mini

Days after this year’s Augmented World Expo, an attendee who bought a ZED Mini sent me the most interesting meeting request I’ve ever received.

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May 15, 2018.

ZED Mini Powers AR at Sundance and Davos World Economic Forum

The hybrid 360 documentary and real-time game engine experience Awavena, directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker Lynette Wallworth and making successive debuts at the Sundance 2018 New Frontier showcase and the World Economic Forum in Davos, is all about breaking barriers – both narratively and technically.

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Apr 30, 2018.

Vive Pro AR (SRWorks) vs. ZED Mini

Since HTC’s Vive Pro launched with two front-facing cameras, many developers have asked us how using those cameras for pass-through augmented reality would compare to using our own ZED Mini. Now that HTC released their SRWorks AR SDK, we tested Vive Pro AR and ZED Mini AR side-by-side.

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Feb 22, 2018.

ZED Powers Autonomous Ski Robots at the Winter Olympics

As the world’s best human skiers competed in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, autonomous ski robots shredded slopes in their own ski competition just an hour away. Of the eight competitors, five of the ski robots relied on the ZED to navigate autonomously as they zig-zagged their way to the finish line.

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Feb 1, 2018.

Introducing ZED Mini

We’re excited to introduce the ZED Mini, our newest depth camera. Featuring visual-inertial motion tracking, improved depth sensing and an all-new camera design, it is also optimized for augmented reality.

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Jan 29, 2018.

HTC Vive and ZED Compatibility Update

NVIDIA has released its latest GeForce 390.77 drivers, fixing compatibility issues between ZED and HTC Vive.

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Jul 1, 2016.

How to Add Position and Head Tracking in Unity for VR

Positional tracking is what makes the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift so immersive. By using the ZED as an add-on camera to a VR headset, desktop and mobile HMDs such as Gear VR can now track your position in space and offer great experiences with full freedom of movement.

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Jun 28, 2016.

ZED 1.0 is here, adds Positional Tracking and 3D Reconstruction

We are excited to announce the release of ZED SDK 1.0! This update brings 6-DoF positional tracking to VR and robotics, real-time 3D mapping with ZEDfu, a new Wide VGA resolution and more.

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Mar 31, 2016.

ZED SDK 0.9.3 Brings Performance Improvements and More

We are excited to announce the release of ZED SDK version 0.9.3! This new update of the ZED SDK brings significant performance and usability improvements, along with support for our new factory calibration technology.

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Jan 12, 2016.

ZED for FIRST Robotics competition

Welcome to FIRST Stronghold participants!

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Nov 17, 2015.

Stereo Video Passthrough for Oculus Rift

You will learn in this tutorial how to enable 3D video passthrough in Oculus Rift with the ZED camera.

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Nov 5, 2015.

New ZED SDK 0.9.2 Brings Support for Oculus Rift

0.9.2 includes a brand-new release of the ZED SDK for Jetson TK1.

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Sep 24, 2015.

Getting Started with Jetson TK1 and the ZED

In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up NVIDIA Jetson TK1 to use the ZED stereo camera.

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Sep 9, 2015.

New ZED SDK 0.9 Adds Jetson TK1 and ROS Support

ZED SDK 0.9 for Windows and Linux is now available for download on our Developer page. The release is a major update to the ZED SDK, bringing with it support for NVIDIA Jetson TK1, ROS and CUDA 7.