Luxonis
OAK 4: spatial AI camera that runs Linux, with up to 52 TOPS
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Hey everyone. This is Hunter, CPO at Luxonis! We built OAK 4 (www.luxonis.com/oak4) to eliminate the need for cloud reliance or host computers in robotics & industrial automation. We brought Jetson Orin-level compute and Yocto Linux directly to our stereo cameras.This allows you to run full CV pipelines (detection + depth + logic) entirely on-device, with no dependency on a host PC or cloud streaming. We also integrated it with Hub, our fleet management platform, to handle deployments, OTA updates, and collect "edge case" (Snaps) for model retraining.For this generation, we shipped a Qualcomm QCS8550. This gives the device a CPU, GPU, AI accelerator, and native depth processing ISP. It achieves 52 TOPS of processing inside an IP67 housing to handle rough whether, shock, and vibration. At 25W peak, the device is designed to run reliably without active cooling.Our ML team also released Neural Stereo Depth running our proprietary LENS(Luxonis Edge Neural Stereo) models directly on the device. Visit www.luxonis.com to learn more!
HN · launched Dec 11, 2025 · 18 upvotes (top 36%) · 1 view
Niche: open-source hardware and maker electronics · 180 launches, 3 in the last 7 days ▼ -73% · Explore this niche →
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- Horizontal
- Hardware & robotics
- B2B
- AI feature
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
No Luxonis OAK 4 is custom physical hardware featuring stereo vision sensors, embedded Yocto Linux, onboard neural accelerator ASICs (52 TOPS), and industrial IP67 casing.
What it would actually take: Building this requires custom PCB layout, embedded Linux/BSP development, sensor fusion engineering (stereo CMOS + IMU synchronization), custom thermal and mechanical housing design, and low-level NPU/VPU driver optimization to run real-time neural stereo depth algorithms at low power.
Discussion
12 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Jetson Orin Nano, ZED cameras, RealSense cameras
Concerns raised: Root access and custom image building capabilities, Whether on-device compute is sufficient without host PC
Feature requests: OS-level support (currently enterprise-only), Native root access and custom containerized applications
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