AUSA 2023: Systel unveils ultra-compact edge AI compute solution for next-generation uncrewed and robotic vehicles
Sparrow-Strike USFF, an ultra-compact and lightweight form factor solution, was on show at AUSA 2023 in Washington. (Photo: Flavia Camargos Pereira)
The supplier of purpose-built rugged computing equipment Systel unveiled the Sparrow-Strike USFF Edge Processor at AUSA 2023 in Washington DC. The new ultra-compact edge artificial intelligence (AI) compute solution for next-generation uncrewed and robotic vehicles has been engineered to withstand austere and challenging environments.
Designed using a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), it is resistant to vibration, shock, crash hazards, sand, dust, humidity, rain and fluids with operating temperature ranges from -40°C to 55°C.
Systel president Aneesh Kothari told Shephard that the Sparrow-Strike was an edge-processing device providing ‘performance and flexibility required by the US Army for deployment of unmanned systems on
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