Humanoids, mobile robots, and autonomous systems are moving from labs to factory floors, warehouses, and public spaces. To operate reliably in these settings, robots need high-performance perception pipelines capable of processing multiple sensors in real time. NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor provides the edge compute required to meet these demands, and Stereolabs brings ZED spatial vision to the platform, delivering a complete solution for real-world robotics.
Get ready! Jetson Thor support for ZED cameras is arriving in ZED SDK 5.1, launching Q4 2025!
Jetson AGX Thor features a Blackwell-generation GPU delivering up to 2,070 FP4 TFLOPs (1,035 FP8 TFLOPs), unlocking significantly higher performance compared with AGX Orin:
The Jetson Thor module is powered by the new Jetpack SDK 7, based on Ubuntu 24.04, which introduces the new CUDA 13 and TensorRT 10.
Together, these capabilities let engineers run advanced perception pipelines on a single module, enabling robots to process more sensors, respond faster, and operate more intelligently in real environments.
ZED 2i streaming live on ZED Explorer with Thor Dev Kit
Integrating ZED cameras with Jetson AGX Thor provides a complete perception architecture for robotics. The system can process real-time depth, motion tracking, and object recognition, running multiple pipelines concurrently while leaving compute headroom for planning and control tasks.
A key enabler is NVIDIA’s Multi-Instance GPU (MIG) technology, which partitions a single GPU into isolated instances so that perception, mapping, and planning workloads can run independently in parallel. By providing each task with dedicated compute resources and memory, MIG prevents workloads from interfering with one another, helping maintain consistent performance even under demanding conditions.
In addition, the platform’s high-bandwidth memory and 25 GbE interfaces simplify multi-camera capture and sensor fusion, ensuring that large amounts of sensor data can be processed efficiently. Complementing this, Holoscan sensor-to-GPU pipelines reduce latency by keeping data on the GPU instead of transferring it through the CPU.
The Jetson AGX Thor development kit natively supports Stereolabs USB cameras, including ZED 2i and ZED Mini. Full GMSL2 connectivity for the ZED X family will be enabled through our partners’ solutions.
The combination of ZED cameras and Jetson AGX Thor supports a wide range of robotics applications:
If you’re planning a Thor‑based platform in manufacturing, logistics, or large facilities, Stereolabs cameras provide the perception backbone to deploy robots that do real work.
Let’s talk about your pipeline, evaluation setup, and multi‑camera design with ZED cameras on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor.
