NVIDIA introduces Jetson Orin Nano 2 for edge AI development

NVIDIA has announced Jetson Orin Nano 2, a robotics computer designed for entry-level edge AI applications. The platform is intended to support developers building AI-enabled robots, delivery and inspection drones, and vision AI systems.

As AI models become smaller and more efficient, edge devices can perform tasks such as understanding context, processing language and images, and responding in real time. These applications require compact, energy-efficient computing platforms designed for edge AI workloads.

Cognex, Doosan Bobcat and Matic are among the companies adopting or evaluating Jetson Orin Nano 2.

Hardware for edge AI applications

Jetson Orin Nano 2 provides 78 trillion operations per second of AI compute, 8GB of memory and an 8-core Arm CPU. The system is designed to support AI and video-processing workloads while maintaining a compact form factor and low power consumption.

According to NVIDIA, Jetson Orin Nano 2 provides twice the inference performance of Jetson Orin Nano Super through updated Tensor Cores and higher memory bandwidth. In 15-watt mode, it is designed to use 40% less power while delivering the same performance as its predecessor.

The platform uses NVIDIA’s software stack and Jetson agent skills. Developers can run large language models and vision-language models optimized for memory-efficient edge inference, including NVIDIA Cosmos, NVIDIA Nemotron, Gemma 4 and Qwen 3.

Partners develop edge AI systems with Jetson

More than 3 million developers are building applications using NVIDIA’s robotics stack. NVIDIA said partners including Cognex, Doosan Bobcat, Matic and Wing are using or evaluating Jetson platforms for applications such as home robots, vision AI systems, delivery and inspection drones, carrier boards and hardware systems.

Wing, an Alphabet subsidiary that operates drone delivery services, uses Jetson Orin Nano Super and NVIDIA software in its delivery drone fleet. The company plans to evaluate Jetson Orin Nano 2 for real-time AI perception and reasoning in its delivery operations.

Matic Robots is adopting Jetson Orin Nano 2 for its home cleaning robots. The platform is intended to support conversational AI, gesture detection, home mapping, semantic understanding and autonomous cleaning functions.

AAEON, ADLINK, Advantech, Aetina, Antmicro, Aptiv, Auvidea, AVerMedia, Chuanglebo, Connect Tech, ForeCR, JWIPC, Neurealm, Plink, Realtimes, RidgeRun, RS, Seeed Studio, Tauro Tech, Twowin, TZTEK and YUAN are among the Jetson partners developing carrier boards, hardware systems, AI software and reference solutions based on the platform.

Availability

The NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 2 module and developer kit are expected to be available in the first half of 2027.

For more information, visit nvidia.com.

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