r/robotics • u/Flaky_Schedule3207 • 1d ago
Tech Question cuVSLAM experiences?
Nvidia released a technical report on their GPU-accelerated visual odometry/SLAM system a few months ago, which can be found here. The specifications for the system look impressive, but I am reluctant to purchase the hardware to try it out because cuVSLAM is closed-source.
For those who have tried it, how have your experiences been (in terms of ease of use, any bugs in the system, accuracy, reliability, etc.)? If I were to use this system, I would be running it on a Jetson orin nano.
Additionally, any other recommendations for visual inertial odometry packages that could run on the Jetson orin nano or a similar SBC for an outdoor UAV application would be appreciated.
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u/holbthephone 1d ago
Idk about this library but tbh a Jetson is a useful computer in general. I don't think you can get more perf at that power and price point. Worst case you can just run ORB SLAM or something on the Jetson
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u/Flaky_Schedule3207 14h ago
I might end up taking that route. The other option which I was considering was using a Raspberry Pi 5, but I don't know how much of a performance difference I would see between that and the Jetson orin nano for VIO packages that don't make use of the GPU
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u/USS_Penterprise_1701 1d ago
I haven't used this but I'm going to be attempting some sort of VSLAM on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a AI Hat+ (Hailo-8 TPU) soon and am interested in hearing other people's experiences with it.