AMD Kria KR260 platform eases robotics development

Organization Name: AMD

Country: USA

Website: amd.com

Year Founded: 1969

Number of Employees: 500+ Innovation Class: Technology, Product & Services

Innovation Subclass: Technology & Product Introduction

Description:

The Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kit is a scalable, out-of-the-box development platform. It features support for the Ubuntu embedded operating system and ROS 2. It comes with an integrated set of robot libraries and utilities that enable the development of hardwareaccelerated applications for robotics, machine vision, and industrial communication and control. The Kria KR260 Robotics Starter Kits build on the success of the AMD Kria SOMs and KV260 Vision AI Starter Kit for AI and embedded developers.

Analysis:

The KR260 Robotics Starter Kit integrates high-performance industrial interfaces and features native ROS 2 support. It enables roboticists and industrial developers without FPGA expertise to develop hardwareaccelerated applications for robotics, machine vision, and industrial communication & control.

The pre-built interfaces and accelerated applications make the KR260 a solid platform to accelerate robotics innovation and take those ideas to volume production deployment.

Additionally, the AMD Xilinx app store enables developers to evaluate hardwareaccelerated robotics applications without requiring FPGA experience by downloading and running them on the KR260. These applications can be used in production or in combination with the pre-built interfaces on the KR260, offering an elevated starting point for development and differentiation.

RR – Steve Crowe