Ouster Brings Support for REV8 Digital Lidar to Robotics and Edge AI Ecosystem
Ouster, Inc., a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, has integrated its new Rev8 OS family of digital lidar sensors across the NVIDIA Jetson platform—bringing native color lidar sensing natively into the NVIDIA robotics and edge AI ecosystem.
Powered by next-generation L4 Ouster Silicon, Rev8 marks a significant leap in lidar performance. The lineup features the world’s first native color lidar sensors and delivers up to double the range and resolution of prior generations, while being engineered from the ground up for functional safety, reliability, and affordability at scale. With dedicated, maintained plugins for the NVIDIA Jetson platform, Ouster has tuned every sensor for the high-throughput demands of Physical AI workloads running at the edge.
What’s new in the Rev8 + Jetson integration
- Native color lidar sensing seamlessly accessible on NVIDIA Jetson devices.
- Substantial performance uplift, with double the range and resolution versus earlier Ouster generations.
- Dedicated, production-grade plugins optimized for high-throughput 3D perception on Jetson.
- Tight alignment with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing stack to fully harness GPU-accelerated perception and AI.
- Functional safety–minded design, with reliability and scalability suitable for deployment at volume.
- Delivered through Ouster’s role as an NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) member to support a production-ready ecosystem.
Beyond basic compatibility
Ouster’s approach goes beyond simple hardware support. By pairing Rev8’s high-fidelity 3D data with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and development tools, the company aims to help developers capture, process, and act on rich spatial information in real time. This end-to-end integration is designed to speed up robotics and edge AI applications where machines must sense, think, and act with precision in dynamic environments.
“Ouster and NVIDIA’s expanded collaboration marks a pivotal moment for the robotics community,” said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. “By integrating our Rev8 sensors with NVIDIA Jetson, we’re ensuring rich, high-fidelity 3D digital lidar data is fully harnessed by NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and development tools. Together, we are providing the essential building blocks for Physical AI, enabling machines to sense, think, and act in the real world with more speed and precision than ever before.”
Why it matters
For developers building autonomous robots, industrial automation systems, and other edge AI solutions, the Rev8–Jetson pairing offers a faster path from prototype to production. Native color lidar can enhance scene understanding, while the doubled range and resolution expand operating envelopes and improve perception quality. Coupled with GPU-accelerated pipelines on Jetson, teams can scale from lab validations to field deployments with fewer integration hurdles.
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