Las Vegas, January 6, 2026 — Orbbec unveiled two breakthrough products at CES 2026, advancing the future of robotic vision: the Gemini 305, an ultra-compact stereo 3D camera engineered specifically for robotic wrist mounting, and the Gemini 345Lg, a rugged stereo vision camera built to thrive in demanding environments. The company simultaneously announced full platform compatibility between its flagship Gemini series cameras and NVIDIA Jetson Thor, while unveiling its dual manufacturing capabilities spanning Shunde, China and Vietnam—marking a comprehensive upgrade in both R&D and manufacturing prowess within the robotics vision sector.
Gemini 305: Redefining Wrist-Mounted 3D Vision for Robotic Arms
Designed specifically for robotic wrist mounting, the Gemini 305 delivers unprecedented precision with its 4 cm ultra-close depth and color imaging capability, expansive field of view, and comprehensive preset imaging modes, providing precise visual data for recognition and grasping in collaborative robot arms, humanoid robot hands, and industrial flexible manipulation scenarios.
Gemini 305 measures 42mm × 42mm × 23mm , purpose-built for robotic wrist mounting.
High-Performance Sensing Made Efficient
At the critical 15 cm “fingertip-class” working distance, the Gemini 305 achieves sub-millimeter depth accuracy across its full 4–100 cm imaging range. Beyond the impressive 88° × 65° depth field of view, its single-channel color FOV reaches 94° × 68°—meaning it can capture objects measuring 8.6 cm × 5.4 cm at 20 cm distance, outperforming mainstream international competitors. At the pivotal wrist position, every extra degree of visual coverage translates directly to more agile robot performance.
What truly sets Gemini 305 apart is its independent configuration of color and depth resolutions, delivering true on-demand decoupling. Traditional architectures, constrained by ISP performance, force color and depth streams to share the same resolution. Through Orbbec’s innovations, Gemini 305 overcomes this limitation, allowing each stream to be set independently while remaining spatially and temporally aligned—eliminating unnecessary trade-offs and improving data efficiency in robotic vision pipelines.
To further support diverse workloads, Gemini 305 includes multiple preset data stream modes, with one-click switching between “color + depth” and “dual RGB” outputs. The former balances spatial perception with edge computing efficiency, while the latter strengthens semantic and visual understanding. This flexibility ensures that every frame delivers exactly what the algorithm needs, resolving data efficiency constraints in complex task flows.
Gemini 305 features comprehensive preset imaging modes. Beyond the standard “Depth + Color” stream, it adds an “RGB + RGB” dual-stream mode with one-click switching between presets. Depth and color maintain spatial/temporal synchronization and alignment, with independently configurable resolutions.
The camera streams real-time color and depth output at up to 1280×800 resolution and 60 fps. With direct depth output and latency as low as 60 ms, it lightens the computational load on host processors dramatically. Multi-camera sync leverages both high-precision hardware sync and flexible software timestamp synchronization, while trigger-enabled capture allows scenario-based coordination—providing robust infrastructure for multi-robot collaborative operations.
To meet the rigorous demands of high-frequency dynamic routing on robotic arms, Orbbec also launched the Gemini 305g variant, equipped with GMSL2 serializer and FAKRA connector plus highly flexible, low-loss cabling. GMSL2/FAKRA connectivity grants the Gemini 305g markedly more stable and consistent data transmission than USB cameras, easily shrugging off mechanical vibration, electromagnetic interference, and other environmental adversities.
Filling the Humanoid Robotics Gap
Today’s mainstream wrist-mounted 3D cameras typically suffer from inadequate close-range performance, cramped fields of view, and rigid imaging modes. One leading product, for instance, bottoms out at 7 cm minimum working distance with roughly 87°×58° depth FOV and no flexible mode switching.
“By contrast,” said Mike McSweeney, Vice President of Sales at Orbbec, “Gemini 305 shrinks the minimum imaging distance to 4 cm—slashing the perception blind zone by 43%. Paired with its expansive 88°×65° depth FOV, this ‘close-range + wide-angle’ combination substantially widens the perceptual envelope during intimate precision tasks. With one-click switching between ‘Depth + Color’ and ‘Dual RGB’ data streams, Gemini 305 delivers decisive advantages across the board—making it an ideal visual solution for small-part recognition, flexible grasping, and humanoid robots.”
Gemini 345Lg: Rugged 3D Vision Solution for Outdoor Robotics
The Gemini 345Lg is a rugged stereo vision camera designed for outdoor robotics and demanding environmental applications. Featuring IP67-rated protection and wide operating temperature capability from -20°C to 65°C, it maintains stable performance in extreme heat, cold, and vibration. Whether in pitch-black nighttime conditions or under intense midday sunlight exceeding 100 klux, the camera reliably outputs high-quality depth data, providing dependable 3D vision for commercial lawn mowers, inspection robots, outdoor logistics vehicles, and other scenarios. It is one of the most suitable stereo vision cameras for outdoor and harsh-environment robotics applications currently available in the industry.
Industry-Leading Environmental Adaptability
The Gemini 345Lg features the industry’s widest operating temperature range and exceptional environmental adaptability, making it one of the few stereo vision cameras in the robotics field capable of easily handling diverse extreme environments.
Expansive FOV and Multi-modal Perception
The Gemini 345Lg offers dual-mode depth FOV of up to 104° × 87°/91° × 78°, RGB FOV of 137° × 71°, and IR FOV of 130° × 95°, providing industry-leading expansive vision coverage for comprehensive environmental perception in outdoor robotics.
With a GMSL2 serializer and FAKRA connector, the Gemini 345Lg delivers high-bandwidth depth data and color data reliably over long cable distances in demanding environments.
Live at the showroom, visitors can witness the Gemini 345Lg streaming in real time with the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit. Orbbec has successfully tested eight Gemini 345Lg cameras simultaneously connected to a host computer, achieving precise cross-device synchronization of depth and RGB streams.
Orbbec Gemini 330 Series Achieves Full Compatibility with NVIDIA Jetson Thor, Accelerating Humanoid Robotics with High-Quality Vision
As the NVIDIA Jetson Thor enters mass production, the robotics industry is stepping into a new epoch of multi-thousand-TOPS-class edge computing. At CES 2026, Orbbec announced that its Gemini 330 series stereo 3D cameras have completed full system-level adaptation and validation with the NVIDIA Jetson Thor System-on-Module (SoM). Robot manufacturers deploying Orbbec cameras can now fully unleash the high-speed sensor processing capabilities of the NVIDIA Jetson Thor platform, while flexibly adopting diverse carrier board solutions from NVIDIA ecosystem members—enabling end-to-end optimization from high-quality 3D perception to powerful AI inference, dramatically cutting integration complexity and development cycles.
“The immense AI compute of NVIDIA Jetson Thor demands equally robust, high-quality visual data as fuel,” explained Dr. Li Wei, Head of Orbbec’s Robotics Product Department. “The deep synergy between the Gemini series and the Thor platform delivers a complete visual computing pipeline—from perception through decision-making—for embodied intelligence applications. This platform-level capability will accelerate innovation and real-world deployment in cutting-edge domains like humanoid robots and advanced AMRs.”
On the data transmission layer, Orbbec has also completed adaptation and validation of the Gemini 335Lg stereo 3D camera with NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge (HSB), laying a solid foundation for stable, high-bandwidth, low-latency transmission of stereo 3D vision data in advanced robotic systems.
China-Vietnam Dual Manufacturing Hub: Setting New Benchmarks in Global Robotics Manufacturing Services
Drawing on over a decade of R&D and supply chain expertise, Orbbec is forging manufacturing prowess into a core competitive edge for serving global robotics customers. The company has erected a dual manufacturing hub spanning Shunde, China and Vietnam, creating comprehensive service capabilities—from New Product Introduction (NPI) through mass production—that provide reliable capacity assurance and supply chain resilience for robotics enterprises worldwide.
The intelligent manufacturing base in Shunde integrates R&D and production, wielding ten-million-unit sensor capacity and million-unit robot terminal production capability. The Vietnam facility, slated to commence operations in May 2026, will deliver flexible OEM services, material sourcing, and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) analysis services, further boosting delivery efficiency and supply chain resilience for international markets.
Orbbec has successfully partnered with multiple globally leading enterprises across rehabilitation robotics, smart lawn mowers, humanoid robots, warehouse robots, and cleaning robots—helping customers slash comprehensive costs and accelerate time-to-market. The company is committed to becoming the trusted manufacturing partner of choice for global robotics enterprises.
Exclusive Orbbec Showroom: Where Frontier Technologies Converge and Industry Futures Take Shape
Orbbec’s exclusive showroom became a magnet for robotics vision technology at CES, spotlighting live streaming demonstrations of multiple flagship products:
Gemini 335Le: Orbbec’s inaugural Ethernet interface stereo vision camera, crowning the Gemini 330 series as the industry’s first depth camera product line to simultaneously embrace USB3, GMSL2, and Ethernet—the three primary mainstream interfaces.
Gemini 435Le: A high-performance stereo vision camera for large outdoor robots that delivered standout performance in head-to-head comparisons with mainstream brands at the World Robot Conference.
Pulsar ME450: The industry’s first “multi-mode” dToF 3D LiDAR, harnessing a MEMS mirror and motor combination to seamlessly switch between non-repetitive scan, repetitive scan (non-dense), and dense repetitive scan modes, with adjustable vertical FOV and rotation speed.
Additionally, the showroom showcased Orbbec’s JDM lawn mower success story. Throughout the show, robotics enterprises, system integrators, and technology developers from around the globe engaged in deep dialogue with the Orbbec team, exploring innovative applications and commercialization pathways for robotics vision technology.
