Retrofit reference · tracked slope mower → UGV
Any existing mechanical device can be upgraded into an edge-AI-driven autonomous vehicle. With the industREAL precision servo actuator system, high-power drivetrain, field I/O and a Vehicle Control Unit built on NVIDIA AGX-class edge accelerators, the upgrade is plug-and-play.
Add deeply integrated, field-tested third-party hardware — semi-solid-state 3D lidar, GMSL2 cameras, Starlink and 5G modems — and combine it with industREAL's hardware-accelerated on-device neural networks and telemetry stack. The result: high-level autonomy or reliable remote operation.
Below: a worked placement on a 1.7 m tracked flail/rotary slope mower — the class of machine sold today as a line-of-sight radio-controlled unit. The host chassis, tracks, deck and engine are untouched. Everything drawn in orange is bolted on.
| Item | Part | Description | Qty | Interface | Source |
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Ruggedized AGX-class controller: Orin GPU/DLA compute with an STM32H5 safety co-processor and TPM 2.0 root of trust. Runs perception, planning and the telemetry stack on-device.
Water-cooled induction motor per track. Skid-steer differential is closed in the VCU, so track speed and turn rate become software quantities.
Field-oriented control with an automotive-grade magnetic absolute encoder. Replaces every lever and cable on the host machine — deck lift, engine governor, blade engagement.
Fanless i.MX8 Plus node with NPU. Carries logging, the deck-implement application and the fallback teleop path if the Orin is being reflashed in the field.
Bridges the host machine's legacy CAN onto the vehicle Ethernet backbone, and gives service crews a WiFi access point onto both buses without opening the enclosure.
Same i.MX8 platform as the IPC behind a daylight-readable multitouch panel. Used here in the remote operator case; a second unit can be panel-mounted on the machine for service.