VOXL m500 - Development Drone for PX4 GPS-Denied Navigation and Obstac

Development Drone Assembled in USA Powered by VOXL

Smart Autonomy

Develop PX4 autonomous flight quickly with this open and fully programmable bind and fly development drone. This is the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Development Drone you have been looking for! Our VOXL m500 drone is built from the popular s500 hobby kit and includes a Snapdragon™-based VOXL Flight Deck configured and tested for GPS-based autonomous flight and indoor GPS-denied navigation. Obstacle avoidance stereo cameras come mounted and calibrated. This is a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon reference drone, ready for advanced autonomy development. Our goal with the m500 is to get developers up and running on VOXL® quickly, so they can build their next great sUAS applications!

Note: The m500 typically ships within 10 business days of order.

State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Development Features

Autonomous Navigation in GPS-denied Environments

Qualcomm Snapdragon-based VOXL Flight companion computer and PX4 flight controller in a single PCB for computer vision, navigation, obstacle avoidance. VOXL is an evolution of the Qualcomm Flight Pro architecture.

Mounted and calibrated stereo sensors for depth mapping and obstacle avoidance

Mounted and calibrated tracking sensor for VIO and GPS-denied navigation

4k high-resolution FPV sensor

Spekrum RC satellite receiver for remote control (transmitter not included)

Flying Deep Learning/AI 

The VOXL supports TensorFlow Lite for real-time AI on a drone

Technical Details 

Developers can find comprehensive details on building a developer drone at docs.modalai.com

Datasheet

What is Included?

A fully flight tested m500 drone as shown in pictures, except for battery and RC transmitter. Including:

• s500 frame customized with VOXL Flight Deck
• Motors, propellers, ESCs
• GPS+Mag
• 4k image sensor, stereo sensors, tracking sensor that are installed, vibration dampened, mounted, calibrated and tested

Not Included

• Spektrum RC transmitter (e.g. DX6e, DX8i)
• LiPo Battery (recommended 

Additional Accessories

• VOXL USB Expansion, Debug Serial and Fastboot
• VOXL LTE Cellular Add-on with USB Hub
• VOXL Microhard Modem Add-on with USB Hub

User's Guides

User's Guide

Walk-through Video

m500 Models

Additional Components

Required components sold separately:

• R/C Transmitter
• Default configuration works with Spektrum RC transmitter (e.g. DX6e, SPM8000 or SPMR8000)
• Details on other R/C options in our technical documentation
• LiPo Battery (recommended) 

Export Compliance

• HS Code: 8802.11.00.14
• ECCN: EAR99

• All of the PCBAs are designed and manufactured in the US. The m500 is assembled and flight tested in San Diego, CA. Some sub-assembly components come from China. contact@modalai.com for questions.