Robotics SDK: An Open-Source Development Stack for Drones, AMRs and Humanoid Robots
The NXP Robotics Platform is an open, modular software development kit featuring NXP reference designs based on i.MX, MCX and i.MX RT devices, together with leading open-source frameworks including ROS 2, PX4, CogniPilot Cerebri, Zephyr and AM32. It enables developers to rapidly build, evaluate and deploy autonomy, sensing, flight-control and motor-control applications for drones, AMRs and humanoid robots.
Software Details
Features
Open Software Stacks & Edge AI Tooling
- ROS 2 (Jazzy)
- PX4 autopilot
- CogniPilot Cerebri
- Zephyr RTOS
- NuttX
- AM32 open ESC firmware
- eIQ Toolkit
- Ara SDK
Middleware and Connectivity
- Zenoh / rmw_zenoh + zenoh-pico fabric
- MAVLink
- uORB
- DShot
- 100BASE-T1 automotive Ethernet
- RPMsg inter-core
System Requirements
Host / Build Environment
- Linux host with Docker
- 'west' meta-tool
- Arm GNU toolchain, CMake, Ninja
- Nexus user token for prebuilt artifacts
Deployment Tools
- uuu (i.MX Linux .wic to eMMC)
- LinkServer / MCU-Link and pyOCD (NOR/QSPI flashing)
- QGroundControl for MAVLink
Downloads
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Software Development Resources
NXP Robotics SDK
Note: For better experience, software downloads are recommended on desktop.