{ "title": "RCI Robot Edge-Compute Performance, Power and Lifecycle Claim Audit", "version": "0.1.0", "schemaVersion": 1, "released": "2026-08-10", "catalogVersion": "0.4.5", "canonical": "https://robotcomponentindex.com/research/robot-edge-compute-claims-audit/", "methodology": "https://robotcomponentindex.com/methodology/", "rightsNotice": "RCI provides the original hardware-boundary taxonomy, disclosure matrix, source mapping and editorial analysis. Linked manufacturer documents, product names, images and marks retain their respective rights. Verify every claim against the linked source before design, safety or procurement use.", "rankingBoundary": "No TOPS ranking is published. 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RAM, eMMC and wireless are ordered variants and connectors depend on the carrier board.", "aiBoundary": "no-numeric-ai-claim", "selectedAiClaim": "No dedicated module NPU or TOPS claim in the selected product specification", "aiClaimNote": "General CPU/GPU capability must not be converted into a synthetic TOPS number.", "powerBoundary": "not-published", "powerStatement": "The selected product page gives the electrical platform but no workload-qualified module consumption.", "softwareBoundary": "generic-or-moving-channel", "softwareStatement": "Raspberry Pi OS follows a staggered Debian release cycle; no CM5-specific image or support-end date is attached to the hardware commitment.", "availabilityBoundary": "exact-product-date", "hardwareAvailabilityStatement": "Compute Module 5 will remain in production until at least January 2036.", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "No CM5-specific Raspberry Pi OS support end date is published in the selected sources.", "independentWorkloadEvidence": false, "independentEvidenceNote": "No exact-model independent robot workload result is selected in catalog v0.4.5.", "disclosures": { "exactHardwareBoundary": "published", "numericAiPrecision": "not-applicable", "numericAiSparsity": "not-applicable", "operatingPowerOrModuleMode": "not-published", "exactSoftwareBaseline": "partial", "softwareVersionBoundToAiClaim": "not-applicable", "exactHardwareAvailabilityEnd": "published", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "not-published" }, "editorialBoundary": "The absence of a native TOPS headline is not a zero-performance claim; accelerators on a carrier must be audited as separate hardware.", "sources": [ { "id": "raspberry-pi-cm5", "title": "Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 product page", "url": "https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/compute-module-5/", "location": "Specifications and obsolescence statement" }, { "id": "raspberry-pi-os", "title": "Raspberry Pi OS documentation", "url": "https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html", "location": "Debian-derived release-cycle statement; no module-specific software end date" } ], "completeLifecyclePerformanceEnvelope": false, "verifiedDate": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "compute-audit-qualcomm-rb5", "componentId": "cmp-qualcomm-robotics-rb5", "componentSlug": "qualcomm-robotics-rb5", "manufacturer": "Qualcomm", "model": "Robotics RB5 Platform", "hardwareBoundary": "development-platform", "hardwareBoundaryNote": "QRB5165-based robotics development platform; it is not interchangeable with a production SoC or every third-party carrier.", "aiBoundary": "accelerator-architecture-only", "selectedAiClaim": "Hexagon 698 DSP with HVX and Tensor Accelerator; 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no selected workload consumption or peripheral budget.", "softwareBoundary": "not-published", "softwareStatement": "No exact supported system image is tied to the selected performance statement.", "availabilityBoundary": "not-published", "hardwareAvailabilityStatement": "No MIC-733-AO system availability end date is published in the selected datasheet.", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "No MIC-733-AO system-image support end date is published in the selected datasheet.", "independentWorkloadEvidence": false, "independentEvidenceNote": "No exact-system independent workload result is selected in catalog v0.4.5.", "disclosures": { "exactHardwareBoundary": "published", "numericAiPrecision": "not-published", "numericAiSparsity": "not-published", "operatingPowerOrModuleMode": "not-published", "exactSoftwareBaseline": "not-published", "softwareVersionBoundToAiClaim": "not-published", "exactHardwareAvailabilityEnd": "not-published", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "not-published" }, "editorialBoundary": "A module-derived TOPS headline is not whole-system throughput, and input voltage is not power consumption.", "sources": [ { "id": "advantech-mic733-datasheet", "title": "Advantech MIC-733-AO Datasheet", "url": "https://advdownload.advantech.com/productfile/PIS/MIC-733/file/MIC-733-AO_DS%28030425%2920250306092757.pdf", "location": "Features, system specifications and power input", "revision": "2025-03-04" } ], "completeLifecyclePerformanceEnvelope": false, "verifiedDate": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "compute-audit-aaeon-boxer-8641ai", "componentId": "cmp-aaeon-boxer-8641ai", "componentSlug": "aaeon-boxer-8641ai", "manufacturer": "AAEON", "model": "BOXER-8641AI", "hardwareBoundary": "complete-system", "hardwareBoundaryNote": "Fanless system offered with materially different AGX Orin 32GB and 64GB module configurations.", "aiBoundary": "no-numeric-ai-claim", "selectedAiClaim": "No system-level numeric AI claim in the selected specification table", "aiClaimNote": "The ordered module can carry a separate accelerator headline, but RCI does not silently attach it to every system configuration.", "powerBoundary": "input-voltage-only", "powerStatement": "12 VDC system input; no selected workload consumption.", "softwareBoundary": "not-published", "softwareStatement": "No exact supported system image or JetPack release is published in the selected specification table.", "availabilityBoundary": "not-published", "hardwareAvailabilityStatement": "No BOXER-8641AI system availability end date is published in the selected source.", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "No BOXER-8641AI system-image support end date is published in the selected source.", "independentWorkloadEvidence": false, "independentEvidenceNote": "No exact-system independent workload result is selected in catalog v0.4.5.", "disclosures": { "exactHardwareBoundary": "published", "numericAiPrecision": "not-applicable", "numericAiSparsity": "not-applicable", "operatingPowerOrModuleMode": "not-published", "exactSoftwareBaseline": "not-published", "softwareVersionBoundToAiClaim": "not-applicable", "exactHardwareAvailabilityEnd": "not-published", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "not-published" }, "editorialBoundary": "The 32GB and 64GB orderable systems cannot share one CPU, memory or accelerator boundary without fixing the part number.", "sources": [ { "id": "aaeon-boxer8641-spec", "title": "AAEON BOXER-8641AI Specifications", "url": "https://www.aaeon.com/en/product/detail/ai-edge-solutions-boxer-8641ai/specification", "location": "System, input and environmental specification table" } ], "completeLifecyclePerformanceEnvelope": false, "verifiedDate": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "compute-audit-seeed-recomputer-industrial-j4012", "componentId": "cmp-seeed-recomputer-industrial-j4012", "componentSlug": "seeed-recomputer-industrial-j4012", "manufacturer": "Seeed Studio", "model": "reComputer Industrial J4012", "hardwareBoundary": "complete-system", "hardwareBoundaryNote": "Industrial carrier and enclosure around a Jetson Orin NX 16GB module.", "aiBoundary": "tops-conditions-underspecified", "selectedAiClaim": "100 TOPS", "unspecifiedTops": 100, "aiClaimNote": "The family table does not state precision or sparsity and predates later module Super-mode headlines.", "powerBoundary": "input-voltage-only", "powerStatement": "12–24 VDC system input; module mode, carrier loss and peripheral loads are not a workload power result.", "softwareBoundary": "not-published", "softwareStatement": "No exact supported system image is attached to the selected 100-TOPS family-table value.", "availabilityBoundary": "not-published", "hardwareAvailabilityStatement": "No J4012 complete-system availability end date is published in the selected manual.", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "No J4012 system-image support end date is published in the selected manual.", "independentWorkloadEvidence": false, "independentEvidenceNote": "No exact-system independent workload result is selected in catalog v0.4.5.", "disclosures": { "exactHardwareBoundary": "published", "numericAiPrecision": "not-published", "numericAiSparsity": "not-published", "operatingPowerOrModuleMode": "not-published", "exactSoftwareBaseline": "not-published", "softwareVersionBoundToAiClaim": "not-published", "exactHardwareAvailabilityEnd": "not-published", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "not-published" }, "editorialBoundary": "The system’s 100-TOPS table value remains a dated source statement and is not silently replaced with a newer module-only figure.", "sources": [ { "id": "seeed-recomputer-industrial-guide", "title": "Seeed Studio reComputer Industrial Reference Guide", "url": "https://files.seeedstudio.com/products/NVIDIA/reComputer-Industrial-Reference-Guide.pdf", "location": "J4012 family table, I/O and system input" } ], "completeLifecyclePerformanceEnvelope": false, "verifiedDate": "2026-08-10" }, { "id": "compute-audit-toradex-verdin-imx8mp", "componentId": "cmp-toradex-verdin-imx8mp-4gb", "componentSlug": "toradex-verdin-imx8m-plus-quad-4gb-wb-it", "manufacturer": "Toradex", "model": "Verdin iMX8M Plus Quad 4GB WB IT", "hardwareBoundary": "production-module", "hardwareBoundaryNote": "Exact 4GB wireless industrial-temperature module; carrier-board connectors and losses are excluded.", "aiBoundary": "tops-conditions-underspecified", "selectedAiClaim": "2.3 TOPS NPU", "unspecifiedTops": 2.3, "aiClaimNote": "The selected datasheet does not state precision, sparsity or an application benchmark beside the NPU headline.", "powerBoundary": "approximate-module-consumption", "powerStatement": "Approximately 1.5–6.3 W module consumption; workload, carrier and peripherals remain additional.", "softwareBoundary": "versioned-compatibility-floor", "softwareStatement": "For compatible second-generation Verdin combinations, Toradex publishes BSP/Torizon support floors; this is not a software end date.", "availabilityBoundary": "general-program-only", "hardwareAvailabilityStatement": "Toradex states a general 10+ year computer-module lifecycle but no exact end date for this module in the selected sources.", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "No exact Verdin iMX8M Plus product-specific BSP or Torizon support end date is published in the selected sources.", "independentWorkloadEvidence": false, "independentEvidenceNote": "No exact-model independent workload result is selected in catalog v0.4.5.", "disclosures": { "exactHardwareBoundary": "published", "numericAiPrecision": "not-published", "numericAiSparsity": "not-published", "operatingPowerOrModuleMode": "published", "exactSoftwareBaseline": "published", "softwareVersionBoundToAiClaim": "not-published", "exactHardwareAvailabilityEnd": "partial", "productSpecificSoftwareSupportEnd": "not-published" }, "editorialBoundary": "NPU peak, approximate module consumption, carrier power and application latency are not interchangeable.", "sources": [ { "id": "toradex-verdin-imx8mp-v11", "title": "Toradex Verdin iMX8M Plus Datasheet", "url": "https://docs.toradex.com/116795-verdin_imx8mp_datasheet.pdf", "location": "Features, NPU, approximate power and exact module configuration", "revision": "V1.1" }, { "id": "toradex-verdin-family-compatibility", "title": "Toradex Verdin Family Specification", "url": "https://developer.toradex.com/hardware/verdin-som-family/verdin-family-specification/", "location": "Hardware-revision and supporting-software release matrix", "revision": "Last updated 2026-05-24" }, { "id": "toradex-long-term-availability", "title": "Toradex Long Term Availability", "url": "https://developer.toradex.com/hardware/hardware-resources/general-product-information/long-term-availability/", "location": "General 10+ year computer-module lifecycle statement; 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