ISAAC and the Raspberry Pi

Robotics & Edge Computing Robotics - Isaac Isaac ROS
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Can ISAAC be used to help design a ROS 2 robot that’s primarily running on the Raspberry Pi 5?

I’m using the HAILO module for any AI tasks (Vision, 3D, SLAM, etc), although I’m just now investigating the various packages. I don’t see much discussion of the Pi around here (which is OK, just making an observation)

I started to go through the ISAAC tutorials, but they all seem to discussion the Jetson family ONLY.

I realize NVIDIA is going to lean toward their own hardware obviously, but is there any benefit to learning ISAAC if I’m only working with the arduino and Raspberry Pi 5?

Thank you

== John ==

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Hi @john286

Welcome to the Isaac ROS forum. What are you referring to with Isaac?
We offer a range of products under the Isaac “hat”.

  • Isaac Sim
  • Isaac ROS
  • Isaac Lab
  • Isaac GR00T
  • and the list long :-)

But all software, running on a desktop or an embedded device, requires an NVIDIA GPU. On an embedded device, you can use Isaac ROS with all NVIDIA Jetson Orin boards.

Related to Isaac ROS:

Best,
Raffaello

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Well, all of them, but more specifically the Isaac Sim.

Sounds like there’s no point to using that (Isaac Sim) then trying to do anything with a Raspberry Pi. It sounds like it would be wasted effort.

There’s already some SLAM models using AI or 3D cameras on the Pi; not sure I need something as power hungry as an Orin.

But, maybe I’ll come back to Isaac Sim if I do upgrade to the Orin.

Ironically it looks like I might need an Orin for the on-board LLM. 32G of fast RAM seems to be a requirement even for small LLM’s.

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Isaac Sim requires a substantial amount of power to simulate a virtual world, making devices like a Raspberry Pi or Arduino inadequate for this purpose.

We have now released the entire Isaac Sim 5.0 open source, allowing you to use it as is or create your own branch to customize it for your specific hardware.

I strongly recommend working in simulation on a desktop or workstation for more accurate simulation results.

I hope I helped you.

Best,
Raffaello