Community & Events The Robot Dream Doesn't Clock Out — Brian's RDK Challenge Story This article is transcribed from the interview with Brian, who participated in the RDK Challenge Summer. His project, VLM Patrol Robot, is built on the RDK X5 with Ultralytics YOLOv11n and InternVL2.5-1B running entirely onboard. No cloud. No server. Just one board doing the work.
Community & Events An AI That Can SEE, HEAR, and CONTROL Hardware With RDK X5, a camera, GPIO, and cloud API services from DeepSeek and ElevenLabs, the AI assistant becomes a compact edge AI project.
Community & Events I Gave My Robotic Arm an AI Brain Turn a low-level servo arm into a goal-driven robot: RDK S100 runs vision and LLM control so the arm sees cubes and sorts them from a plain-language request.
Community & Events Ultralytics YOLO on D-Robotics RDK: Benchmarks and Real-World Robots D-Robotics, as a proud partner, was present at Ultralytics YOLO Vision 2026. We shared stories and benchmarks from global makers deploying Ultralytics YOLO on real-world robots with D-Robotics RDK, and demonstrated Ultralytics YOLO models running locally on RDK.
Community & Events D-Robotics Heads to ROSCon Global 2026: Meet RDK Dev Kit, Explore Robotics Demos, and Connect with the Community ROSCon Global 2026 brings the ROS community together in Toronto. See how RDK dev kits are powering embodied AI applications, from robotic arms to spatial AI cameras, plus our Lightning Talk and a special on-site offer.
Community & Events 45 Days, 11 Projects, One Global Community: RDK Challenge 2026 Summer Over 45 days, developers from around the world turned robotics ideas into working projects using RDK X5. Meet the builders, award-winning creators, and community voices behind the Robotics Dream Keeper Challenge 2026 Summer.
Community & Events Registration Open | ICML AfterParty — ZODA Happy Hour & D-Robotics Innovators Night ICML 2026 is the premier stage for global machine learning innovation, and our ZODA Happy Hour & D-Robotics Innovators Night creates an intimate, high-quality space to turn conference conversations into tangible partnerships.
Community & Events Featured Robotics Dream Keeper Challenge: Newbie-Friendly & Win $1,000, Turn Your Robot Dream Into Reality If you’ve ever dreamed of turning your AI robot ideas into tangible projects, but struggled with where to start or felt stuck in solo development, this is your moment.
Community & Events Call for Evangelists: Shape the Future of Robotics with Us Join us as a D - Robotics Global Evangelist and be part of a community that's redefining the future of robotics!
Community & Events From RDK X5 to Your Robot: Join Make: & D-Robotics' Live Show & Tell As AI continues to redefine technological boundaries, the world of hardware development is experiencing a seismic shift. Software and hardware are no longer isolated disciplines—instead, they’re converging into a seamless ecosystem where innovation thrives at the intersection of code and circuitry. In recent years, we’ve witnessed a