Orbbec releases two new Gemini stereo cameras for robotics
Gemini 305 measures 42 × 42 × 23mm and weighs just 65g, purpose-built for robotic wrist mounting. | Source: Orbbec
Orbbec today unveiled two new products at CES 2026: the Gemini 305 and Gemini 345Lg. It also announced full platform compatibility between its flagship Gemini series cameras and NVIDIA Jetson Thor, as well as dual manufacturing capabilities in Vietnam and China.
The Gemini 305 is a compact stereo 3D camera engineered for robotic wrist mounting. It features 4 cm (1.5 in.) ultra-close depth and color imaging capability, an expansive field of view, and comprehensive preset imaging modes. These enable it to provide visual data for recognition and grasping in collaborative robot arms, humanoid robot hands, and industrial flexible manipulation scenarios.
The Gemini 345Lg is a rugged stereo vision camera built to thrive in demanding environments. It features IP67-rated protection and can operate in temperatures ranging from -20°C to 65°C (-4°F to 149°F). Orbbec said the Gemini 345Lg maintains stable performance in extreme heat, cold, and vibration.
Founded in 2013, Orbbec offers products spanning structured light, stereo vision, ToF, and lidar technologies. The Shenzhen, China-based company said its sensors power robots and manufacturing, logistics, retail, 3D scanning, healthcare, and fitness systems.
With in-house research and development, a state-of-the-art factory, supply chain management, and global support, Orbbec also offers OEM engagements for custom and embedded designs.
Gemini 305 provides wrist-mounted 3D vision for robotic arms
Beyond the standard “Depth + Color” stream, Gemini 305 adds an “RGB + RGB” dual-stream mode with one-click switching between presets. | Source: Orbbec
At the critical 15 cm (5.9 in.) “fingertip-class” working distance, the Gemini 305 achieves sub-millimeter depth accuracy across its full 4 to 100 cm (1.5 to 39.3 in.) imaging range, said Orbbec.
Beyond the 88° × 65° depth field of view, its single-channel color field of view (FOV) reaches 94° × 68°. This means it can capture objects measuring 8.6 × 5.4 cm (3.3 x 2.1 in.) at a distance of 20 cm (7.8 in.). At the pivotal wrist position, every extra degree of visual coverage translates directly to more agile robot performance, Orbbec claimed.
According to the company, what sets Gemini 305 apart is its independent configuration of color and depth resolutions, delivering true on-demand decoupling. Traditional architectures, constrained by image signal processing (ISP) performance, force color and depth streams to share the same resolution.
Gemini 305 overcomes this limitation, allowing each stream to be set independently while remaining spatially and temporally aligned, asserted Orbbec. This eliminates unnecessary trade-offs and improves 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. Orbbec said this flexibility ensures that every frame delivers exactly what the algorithm needs, resolving data efficiency constraints in complex task flows.
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 can lighten the computational load on host processors dramatically, said Orbbec.
Multi-camera sync uses both high-precision hardware and flexible software timestamp synchronization, while trigger-enabled capture allows scenario-based coordination—providing robust infrastructure for multi-robot collaborative operations.
Orbbec hopes to close 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, Gemini 305 shrinks the minimum imaging distance to 4 cm—slashing the perception blind zone by 43%,” said Mike McSweeney, vice president of sales at Orbbec. “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,” he added.
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. The company said GMSL2/FAKRA connectivity grants the Gemini 305g more stable and consistent data transmission than USB cameras, mitigating mechanical vibration, electromagnetic interference, and other environmental adversities.
Gemini 345Lg provides vision for outdoor robotics
Whether in pitch-black nighttime conditions or under intense midday sunlight exceeding 100 klux, Orbbec said the Gemini 345Lg reliably outputs high-quality depth data. It provides dependable 3D vision for commercial lawn mowers, inspection robots, outdoor logistics vehicles, and other scenarios.
The Gemini 345Lg features a wide operating temperature range and environmental adaptability, making it one of the few stereo vision cameras in the robotics field capable of easily handling extreme environments, Orbbec claimed.
It offers dual-mode depth FOV of up to 104° × 87°/91° × 78°, RGB FOV of 137° × 71°, and IR FOV of 130° × 95°, providing vision coverage for environmental perception in outdoor robotics. With a GMSL2 serializer and FAKRA connector, Orbbec said the Gemini 345Lg delivers high-bandwidth depth data and color data reliably over long cable distances in demanding environments.
Gemini series is compatible with NVIDIA Jetson Thor
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 more easily access the sensor-processing capabilities of the Thor platform, while flexibly adopting diverse carrier board solutions from NVIDIA ecosystem members.
The companies said this “enables 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 robotics product development at Orbbec. “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). This lays a foundation for stable, high-bandwidth, low-latency transmission of stereo 3D vision data in advanced robotic systems.
Orbbec sets up China-Vietnam dual manufacturing hub
Drawing on over a decade of R&D and supply chain expertise, Orbbec said it building on its manufacturing prowess to serve global robotics customers. The company has erected a dual manufacturing hub spanning Shunde, China, and Vietnam. They will offer services, from new product introduction (NPI) through mass production, providing reliable capacity assurance and supply chain resilience for robotics enterprises worldwide, it said.
The intelligent manufacturing base in Shunde integrates R&D and production, with a 10 million-unit sensor capacity and a 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.
Orbbec said it has partnered with multiple globally leading enterprises across rehabilitation robotics, warehouse robots, and cleaning robots—helping customers slash costs and accelerate time to market.
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