Innodisk, a global AI solutions provider, has announced a collaboration with Advantech. This partnership combines Innodisk’s MIPI camera modules with Advantech’s Intel x86-based AFE-R360 solution, enhancing AI-driven object detection and recognition, and expanding visual applications for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in smart factories, warehouses, and retail settings.
Advantech’s AFE-R360, tailored for AMRs, is built on the Intel Meteor Lake-H/U platform, featuring a 16-core processor, Xe LPG GPU, and an integrated NPU within the Intel Core Ultra processor, enabling high-performance, low-power deep learning at the edge.
As computer vision rapidly advances in Edge AI, MIPI interface cameras, noted for their high bandwidth, low power consumption, and low latency, are becoming the preferred choice for deploying visual applications. Responding to this trend, the AFE-R360 supports MIPI-CSI-2 solutions, ensuring seamless integration with embedded MIPI camera modules.
Innodisk’s MIPI cameras are distinguished by high-quality imaging, low power consumption, and low latency, optimised for platform compatibility with custom drivers for easy installation. Key models supported on the AFE-R360 include the EV2M-GOM1 (Fisheye Camera), offering an adjustable ultra-wide field of view with de-warping technology, and the EV2M-OOM1 (Global Shutter Camera), designed for high-speed dynamic scenes to capture fast-moving objects or production lines in smart factories.
Both models are highly customisable, featuring driver development, IQ tuning, FOV customisation, and size design. Additionally, the built-in Image Signal Processor (ISP) ensures detailed images, meeting the high-resolution and frame rate requirements for various edge AI applications.
Innodisk’s MIPI camera modules support major platforms, including Intel and NVIDIA Jetson, ensuring seamless integration and minimising development time and investment.
Enhanced capabilities
The collaboration between Advantech and Innodisk enables customers to implement Innodisk’s Fisheye or Global Shutter MIPI Camera on the AFE-R360 effortlessly. This provides AMRs with advanced object recognition capabilities, leveraging the powerful Intel Core Ultra 7/5 processors for real-time processing of high-resolution images and environmental perception, triggering responsive actions.
“Innodisk is excited about vision recognition’s potential to empower Edge applications in smart manufacturing and retail. This collaboration with Advantech offers an unparalleled worry-free experience, lowering the adoption threshold for computer vision in AMR systems and driving efficient AI adoption for enterprises,” said Johnny Wu, Director of Intelligent Peripheral Appliance at Innodisk.
“Advantech is proud to collaborate with Innodisk to enhance our AFE-R360 solution with their advanced MIPI camera modules. This partnership boosts AI-powered object recognition for AMR, driving efficiency in smart factories, warehouses, and retail environments. Together, we are paving the way for the next generation of
intelligent Edge applications,” added James Wang, Director of Embedded Application BU at Advantech.
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