The reComputer Mini J501 is Seeed Studio’s newest carrier board built specifically for the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin module, targeting the rising demand for humanoid and advanced robotics. It’s designed to act as a compact “robot brain,” packing strong connectivity and sensor support into a very small 110 mm × 110 mm footprint.
In the base, the J501 aims at providing robot developers with the type of I/O flexibility that is generally difficult to achieve in a tight space. It also has dual Ethernet ports and a 10-gigabit selection to provide a high-capacity data flow. This is significant in the area of application, such as real-time perception, multi-camera processing and distributed robot systems. In addition to that, it has four USB peripherals, lidar, controller, or other add-on ports, as well as CAN and RS-485 interfaces, also needed in an industrial or robotics setting, where fast and reliable communication with actuators and sensors is needed.
A key advantage of the J501 is its support for up to 8× GMSL2 camera inputs through an extension board. GMSL2 has become a popular choice in robotics because it provides high-speed, long-distance camera transmission with low latency. For developers building vision-heavy robots—humanoids, mobile robots, or manipulation systems, this makes the J501 especially appealing. And if GMSL isn’t needed for a particular build, the extension board can simply be removed. Once detached, the J501 becomes a clean, minimal board that still keeps all the vital ports, making it a practical, compact alternative to NVIDIA’s official Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit.
Beyond hardware, the reComputer Mini J501 supports NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin software stack, including JetPack, CUDA, TensorRT, and Ubuntu-based Jetson Linux. It works smoothly with ROS/ROS 2, Isaac ROS, DeepStream, and NVIDIA’s official camera pipelines, making multi-camera vision, AI inference, and robotics workloads easy to deploy with minimal setup.
With its mix of small size, high-speed connectivity, and flexible camera options, the reComputer Mini J501 stands out as a focused board for next-generation robotic designs. Whether used in a humanoid robot project or a compact AI edge system, it gives builders the performance of Jetson AGX Orin without the bulk of a full developer kit.
Currently, Seeed Studio have not officially disclosed the price yet. However, you can check out the announcement for this Jetson AGX Orin carrier board. By the time anyone can fill out the feedback form for the reComputer Mini J501 for early testing.