In recent years, the field of mobile robots has frequently attracted social attention. From the latest iterative demonstration of Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot, to the impressive performance of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot in complex industrial scenarios, and to the widespread application of delivery robots and cleaning robots launched by many domestic companies in public places such as shopping malls and hospitals, these hot events all highlight that mobile robot technology is experiencing explosive development. These intelligent agents with autonomous mobility are moving from laboratories to the real world, gradually changing the way humans produce and live.

Mobile robots, according to application scenarios and functions, are mainly divided into three categories:

Industrial mobile robots: such as AGVs (automated guided vehicles) and AMRs (autonomous mobile robots), focusing on logistics handling and production line collaboration to improve efficiency and flexibility.
Commercial service robots: such as delivery, cleaning, and guide robots, active in hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, and hospitals, providing convenient services.
Specialized mobile robots: such as security inspection, agricultural operations, and disaster rescue robots, replacing manual work in complex or dangerous environments.

As applications deepen and environments become more complex, the demands on mobile robots for real-time perception, intelligent decision-making, precise control, and efficient interaction have increased sharply. A powerful core processor has become the key engine for their intelligent upgrades.

Power engine: How RK3568/3588 empower the evolution of mobile robots

Rockchip RK3568 and the flagship RK3588 chipsets are designed to meet the high performance, high integration, and low power consumption requirements of mobile robots, becoming the "power engine" driving their intelligence:

Computing power advantage, the cornerstone of intelligent decision-making:
RK3588: Adopting advanced 8nm process, equipped with a 4xA76+4xA55 octa-core CPU and a high-performance Mali-G610 MP4 GPU, with an independent NPU of up to 6 TOPS, easily handling high-load tasks such as complex SLAM (real-time localization and mapping), multi-sensor fusion (lidar, vision, IMU, etc.), dynamic path planning, and deep learning object recognition, ensuring real-time and accurate decision-making.
RK3568: Quad-core A55 CPU, Mali-G52 GPU, 1 TOPS NPU, providing balanced performance and excellent energy efficiency ratio in mainstream application scenarios.

Superior vision, detailing environmental nuances:
Both chips support multi-channel HD camera input (RK3588 also supports 8K video processing), enabling panoramic view, depth vision, accurate navigation and obstacle avoidance.
A powerful ISP (image signal processor) optimizes image quality, ensuring reliable recognition of environment and targets even under complex lighting conditions.

Rich interfaces, connecting a diverse ecosystem:
Provide a variety of high-speed interfaces (USB3.0, PCIe, Gigabit Ethernet, CAN FD, etc.), seamlessly integrating lidar, millimeter-wave radar, various sensors, motion controllers, and communication modules, building a complete perception-decision-action closed-loop system.

Case study: ROCKTECH's RK3568 motherboard and touch-integrated machine drive a commercial delivery robot

The embedded motherboard built by ROCKTECH based on the RK3568 provides a powerful and flexible core platform for commercial service delivery robots:

Core platform: The RK3568 motherboard provides stable computing power and rich I/O interfaces, acting as the robot's "brain" and "neural center".
Multi-modal perception: The motherboard easily connects to lidar (for SLAM mapping and navigation), depth cameras (identifying obstacles, faces, gestures), ultrasonic sensors (close-range obstacle avoidance), and IMU (attitude perception), building 360-degree environmental awareness.
Intelligent navigation and obstacle avoidance: Leveraging the NPU acceleration of the RK3568, it efficiently runs path planning algorithms and real-time obstacle avoidance strategies, ensuring safe and efficient passage in dynamic crowded environments.
Human-machine interaction: Supports HD screen display and voice interaction modules (microphone array, speaker) to achieve order information display, voice broadcast, and user-friendly interaction.
Efficient delivery: Controls the opening and closing of cabinet doors and accurately reaches target points, improving delivery efficiency and service experience in hotels, office buildings, restaurants, and other scenarios.
ROCKTECH's integrated design simplifies system integration and accelerates the development and deployment of delivery robots.

ROCKTECH's RK3568/3588 series products help innovate the future of mobile robots

Rockchip RK3568/3588 chipsets, with their excellent AI computing power, multimedia processing capabilities, and rich expandability, have installed a powerful "power engine" for mobile robots. Based on these, ROCKTECH's high-performance, high-reliability motherboards and all-in-one solutions are accelerating the large-scale deployment and intelligent upgrading of various mobile robots such as delivery, cleaning, and inspection robots in commercial and industrial fields. With continuous technological iteration and in-depth application exploration, the Rockchip platform and ROCKTECH's hardware solutions will surely become the core force driving mobile robots toward a smarter, more autonomous, and more popular future.