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Starling 2 Indoor SLAM Development Drone

$2,949.99
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Selected sku: MRB-D0014-4-C26-M22-T9-K0
Expected to ship within 10 business days from San Diego, CA
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Current Lifecycle Stage
↪ Active Production (Definition)
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Software Lifecycle
↪ VOXL SDK 1.3 and Greater (Release Notes)
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Product Specifications

The Starling 2 is an NDAA-compliant development drone supercharged VOXL SDK equipped with a new image sensor suite for precise, indoor visual navigation and SLAM. Powered by Blue UAS Framework autopilot, VOXL 2, the Starling 2 weighs 280g and boasts an impressive 40 minutes of autonomous flight time.

Best-in-class Compute and Flight Time

  • 280g weight
  • 220mm airframe
  • 120mm folding propellers
  • 40+ minutes flight time

Powered by VOXL 2

  • VOXL 2 is powered by Qualcomm QRB5165: 8 cores up to 3.091GHz, 8GB LPDDR5
  • Abundance of perception capabilities including seven MIPI image sensor inputs which can include up to three stereo image sensor pairs, 4K30, PMD ToF
  • Integrated flight controller on DSP with TDK ICM-42688 IMU and ICP-10111 Barometer
  • VOXL ESC Mini 4-in-1

Software Features

  • Advanced Autonomy
    • Visual Inertial Odometry to navigate in GPS denied environments
    • Visual Obstacle Avoidance to fly safely in tight spaces
    • 3D Mapping and Path Planning to fly hands-off in dynamic environments
    • TFLite Neural Networks run object classification, detection, and other models
    • Open-source software: OpenCV, ROS 2, Docker, PX4 integrated flight controller
    • VOXL SDK
  • Built-in Connectivity
    • Wi-Fi
    • ELRS (Express LRS) R/C

Technical Specifications


Product Brief

Documentation (Coming Soon)

Recommended Charger (Not Included) - ISDT Q6 Nano Lipo Charger/Discharger

What's Included

Two camera configurations are supported for the following SKUs

 Camera Config High-resolution Tracking TOF Thermal
-C26 12MP RGB Dual 1MP Tracking PMD None
-C27 12MP RGB Triple 1MP Tracking PMD
Coming Soon 12MP RGB Triple 1MP Tracking PMD FLIR Lepton

 

Two remote control options are supported

R/C Config Receiver Transmitter (If Applicable) Frequency
-T9 Ghost Atto Ghost UberLite 2.4GHz
-T7 BetaFPV Nano RX Receiver iFlight Commando 8 915MHz

 

Multiple kit options for ready to fly integration.

SKU  Description
-K0 Drone Only
-K1 Drone and Battery
-K2 Drone with Battery and Controller (if Radio is selected)
-K3 Drone with Case, 2 batteries, wall power supply and Controller (if Radio is selected)


Export Information

Item Value

ECCN
EAR99
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Code 8802.11.0190
Country of Origin USA
Radio Frequencies Used

WiFi: 2.4GHz / 5GHz (FCC ID 2AB878811)

R/C with -T7 in SKU: 915MHz

R/C with -T9 in SKU: 2.4GHz

RoHS Compliant Yes

 

    Technical specifications

    • Autonomy

      • Powered by VOXL 2 companion computer 
      • Integrated Qualcomm QRB5165 premium tier chipset onboard: 8 cores up to 3.091 GHz, 8GB LPDDR5 
      • VOXL ESC Mini 4-in-1
      • Open-source software: OpenCV, ROS2, Docker, PX4
      • Integrated WiFi, Ghost Atto or ELRS
    • Perception

      • Triple AR0144 1MP fisheye CV image sensor for visual inertial odometry (VIO)
      • Single IMX412 12MP color image sensor for streaming, image capture & video recording
      • Next Generation PMD ToF image sensor for obstacle avoidance and 3D mapping
      • FLIR Lepton for thermal tracking (optional)
    • SWAP-optimized Design

      • 280g take-off weight
      • 220mm diagonal SWaP-optimized carbon fiber airframe 
      • 120mm folding propellers
      • 40+ minutes of flight time

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