Segway Nova Carter vs Nova Orin Developer Kit: storage, AI TOPS and camera setup

Here's how the two Segway Nova products compare on storage, AI performance, and cameras — they share the same compute core but differ in their sensing setup:

Segway Nova Carter vs. Nova Orin Developer Kit

Key differences:

• Storage and AI compute are identical — both carry the Jetson AGX Orin 64GB module with 275 TOPS of AI performance and 2000 GB onboard storage, so compute capability won't be a differentiator between them. robotics.s... +1robotics.segway.com ↗“storage.onboard_storage_gb=2000 GB, performance.max_ai_tops=275 TOPS”robotics.segway.com ↗“storage.onboard_storage_gb=2000 GB, performance.max_ai_tops=275 TOPS”

• Camera setup is where they diverge. The Nova Carter is a complete autonomous mobile robot platform pairing the Segway RMP Lite 220 differential drive base with a Nova Orin sensor suite: 4 stereo cameras, 4 fisheye cameras, plus a Hesai XT-32 3D Lidar, front/rear 2D lidars, and an IMU. The Nova Orin Developer Kit, by contrast, is a standalone compute-and-sensing kit — 3x Leopard Imaging Hawk stereo cameras and 3x Owl fisheye cameras, with NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor preloaded, designed to be mounted (e.g., on a tripod) or powered from a mobile robot base rather than being a robot itself. robotics.s... +2robotics.segway.com ↗“Stereo cameras x4, Fisheye cameras x4, 3D Lidar (Hesai XT-32)”robotics.segway.com ↗“3 x Leopard Imaging Hawk stereo camera, 3 x Leopard Imaging Owl fisheye camera”robotics.segway.com ↗“preloaded NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor”

In short: the DevKit gives you the same Jetson AGX Orin compute with a 6-camera sensing rig for building your own robot, while the Nova Carter packages that compute with an 8-camera suite, lidar, and a drive base as a ready-to-run mobile robot development platform.