One quality ladder. Volume models (BRAIN, MAX, OMNI) use 16GB system RAM, dual M.2 + Hailo-8L, and fast internal NVMe so they can watch and talk at once. Dual face cameras are movable across front, side, and back docks. PRO is the specialized GenAI fork (AI HAT+ 2). Higher volume tiers grow storage, runtime, and which sense kits ship with the build.
BRAIN โ PRO โ MAX โ OMNI. Kits attach from side docks and STEMMA ports โ the crown stays open for cooling (no chimney tubes). BRAIN/MAX/OMNI include live vision acceleration; PRO is the Hailo GenAI specialty path. Kits add climate, soil, GPS, night, and stereo depth.
The premium AI core โ ready for desk, home, and field.
Specialized GenAI path โ Hailo-10H with on-hat memory for research and companies.
Longer runtime and denser PCIe storage for shared spaces and video.
Ceiling tier โ night vision, Motion3D stereo, and full sense on the dual path.
Every unit ships two Camera Module 3 pods โ the same round black lenses you see as the face. Clip both into the front eye sockets for a normal face, or both-forward on the stereo bar for software depth stills (a depth map of the visible side of a quiet scene). Slide the same pods into the lower side or rear docks for perimeter lookouts โ left and right coverage without a different camera type. Unused bays take blank plates. Optional NoIR and Motion3D kits add night and hardware-synced depth โ add-ons, not a different product line.
Two eyes on every BRAIN can estimate depth for stills and quiet scenes (software stereo). Moving subjects need hardware-synced cameras โ that is Motion3D.
| Path | What you get | Honest limit |
|---|---|---|
| Every unit (dual Cam3) | Both-forward on stereo bar โ software depth maps for stills / slow scenes | Rolling shutter + software sync โ not clean 3D video of fast motion |
| Motion3D kit (Camarray) | Global-shutter stereo HAT (~AR0234 class), hardware sync, mount path | Desk / room depth video and front-side point clouds โ not a closed 360ยฐ mesh or volumetric stage |
| NoIR + IR | Night pods and illuminators for dark capture | Daylight color on NoIR looks wrong โ swap or use day pods for color |
| BRAIN-OMNI | Motion3D + NoIR + full SENSE + GPS included on the ceiling SKU | Hybrid splat / heavy 3D reconstruct may still offload when you choose |
Motion3D is a Camarray CSI stereo HAT (GPIO + one camera port). It does not plug into the dual-M.2 top hat โ those two slots stay Hailo-8L and NVMe. Research parts are about $260 (Arducam B0492R list); retail kit price is not set. Included on OMNI. For 3D stills, use the stereo bar at about 80โ100 mm (bar range 60โ120 mm) โ face-eye spacing is a look, not the depth spec. MAX and BRAIN take the same kit. See the Camarray row below, or the Kits page.
Sense, GPS, archive, NoIR, and Motion3D (Camarray) kits plug into the same STEMMA / USB / dock lattice. Full lists below โ also on the Kits page.
Not sold as an upsell โ already in the core unit.
Optional plant / environment kit. Plugs into STEMMA ports already on the shell.
Core kit plus denser air and motion sensing.
Field and travel geotagging โ one GNSS puck on a side cable.
External archive volume โ does not replace internal NVMe.
Night vision path for OMNI or as an add-on.
CSI stereo HAT for hardware-synced depth video โ not an M.2 module. Included on OMNI; kit for BRAIN/MAX. Research parts about $260; retail not set.
Hailo-8L is already in every BRAIN/MAX/OMNI. This kit is NVMe capacity only. BRAIN-PRO uses USB SSD instead (AI HAT+ 2 owns PCIe).
More kit flatlays land as each parts plate is verified. Full Kits page
| Mode | What you get |
|---|---|
| DIY | Complete parts, printed shell, pre-flashed image recommended; you assemble. |
| Pre-built | Same hardware, assembled, flashed, wire-dressed, tested, ready to pair. |
| Bare shell | Shell, lattice, blank plates for owners supplying electronics. |
| BYOD software | Software path for an existing Pi 5 or compatible device. |