The Robot Dream Doesn't Clock Out — Brian's RDK Challenge Story
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This article is transcribed from the interview with Brian, who participated in the RDK Challenge Summer. His project, VLM Patrol Robot, is built on the RDK X5 with Ultralytics YOLOv11n and InternVL2.5-1B running entirely onboard. No cloud. No server. Just one board doing the work.
An AI That Can SEE, HEAR, and CONTROL Hardware
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With RDK X5, a camera, GPIO, and cloud API services from DeepSeek and ElevenLabs, the AI assistant becomes a compact edge AI project.
I Gave My Robotic Arm an AI Brain
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Turn a low-level servo arm into a goal-driven robot: RDK S100 runs vision and LLM control so the arm sees cubes and sorts them from a plain-language request.
Ultralytics YOLO on D-Robotics RDK: Benchmarks and Real-World Robots
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D-Robotics, as a proud partner, was present at Ultralytics YOLO Vision 2026. We shared stories and benchmarks from global makers deploying Ultralytics YOLO on real-world robots with D-Robotics RDK, and demonstrated Ultralytics YOLO models running locally on RDK.
D-Robotics Heads to ROSCon Global 2026: Meet RDK Dev Kit, Explore Robotics Demos, and Connect with the Community
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ROSCon Global 2026 brings the ROS community together in Toronto. See how RDK dev kits are powering embodied AI applications, from robotic arms to spatial AI cameras, plus our Lightning Talk and a special on-site offer.
D-Robotics Completes $400 Million in Series C Funding, Driving the Robotics Industry Into a Boom in Product Categories
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The round attracted strategic investment from a leading global internet company, alongside with top-tier investment institutions, and continued follow-on investments from existing shareholders.
45 Days, 11 Projects, One Global Community: RDK Challenge 2026 Summer
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Over 45 days, developers from around the world turned robotics ideas into working projects using RDK X5. Meet the builders, award-winning creators, and community voices behind the Robotics Dream Keeper Challenge 2026 Summer.
Robot Development Kits Explained: Building the Future of Robotics
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Hands-on robot development kits with AI-powered hardware and software designed to boost innovation and learning in robotics.
How an Affordable Robotic Arm Kit Became a Personal Lab Assistant With a Mind of Its Own
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A $60 arm kit, a few servos, and the D-Robotics RDK X5 edge AI board turned scrap into Bud-E — a voice-driven lab assistant with personality, no million-dollar lab required.
RDK X5: Can This AI Board Really Run YOLOv8 at 220 FPS?
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Build powerful robots for less. This 10 TOPS AI board delivers 220 FPS object detection and runs Ubuntu. Get the full performance breakdown here.
What You Should Know About Single-Board Computers
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Single-board computers integrate CPU, RAM, storage on one circuit board. Run Linux/Windows, cost less than traditional PCs, ideal for automation, gaming, servers.
D-Robotics Open Sources X-Lens, a 40 Million Parameter Model for Real Time Metric Depth Estimation
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D-Robotics has open-sourced X-Lens, a compact metric depth model built for heterogeneous camera systems. Designed to handle both fisheye and pinhole cameras, X-Lens brings real-time, metric-scale 3D perception closer to practical robotic applications.
BirdieSense: Bringing Pro-Level Golf Training Within Reach
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BirdieSense, an AI golf coach by PathFinder Robo, uses the D-Robotics RDK X5 Module to deliver real-time swing analysis with single-camera vision and edge AI. By bringing perception, analysis, and feedback onto the device, it makes advanced golf training more accessible.
D-Robotics Powers Kago: World's First Rideable AI Outdoor Wagon Now on Kickstarter
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D-Robotics powers Kago: the 1st rideable AI wagon. With RDK X5, it follows autonomously, hauls 880 lbs & tackles rough terrain. 10 TOPS edge AI.
More Than a Board: How D-Robotics' RDK X5 Platform Is Powering the Future of Personal Robotics
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When people think about robotics, they often picture advanced walking machines or self-driving warehouse robots. But every robot arm, talking pet bot, or sorting system needs one key thing: a computer. And it needs more than just power. It needs smart intelligence that is easy to use, easy to program, and made for the real world. This is the idea behind the D-Robotics' RDK X5. It is a small AI board and development platform. Creators, teachers, and professional developers are all starting to us