Lantronix Introduces Spotter to Close the Compute Gap Holding Back Drone and Robot Autonomy
Key Highlights
- ➤Spotter launches with availability planned for fourth quarter of calendar 2026
- ➤Spotter delivers up to 12.5 TOPS AI performance at single digit watts
- ➤42 x 120 mm board combines AI, vision, sensing and vehicle control
- ➤Spotter supports PX4, ArduPilot, Betaflight and MAVLink platforms
- ➤Lantronix (LTRX) says Spotter provides a production-ready path from prototype to fielded fleet
Expert Statements
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“Drone and robotics companies shouldn’t have to choose between a board that can’t think and a platform they can’t afford to put on every vehicle,”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“Spotter gives them the right amount of AI at the right size, power and cost, so they can stop wrestling with hardware and start deploying autonomy.”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“With Spotter, Lantronix moves from supplying compute to delivering the platform autonomy is built on,”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“Customers can fly on day one and focus their engineers on the software that sets their vehicles apart.”
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lantronix Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), a global provider of Edge Intelligence and Industrial IoT solutions that power NDAA-compliant unmanned systems, critical infrastructure and resilient enterprise networks, today introduced Spotter, a compact, cost-effective robotics platform that gives drone and robot makers the onboard compute, sensing and vehicle control to run autonomy. Lantronix is previewing Spotter this week at AUSA 2026 in Washington, D.C., with availability in the fourth quarter of calendar 2026.
Autonomy has become the defining requirement for unmanned systems, as operators manage more vehicles at once and coordinated swarms move from demonstrations to deployment. Yet a gap in the compute market has left builders with two poor options: low-end embedded boards that can’t run meaningful AI, or GPU platforms whose cost, power and size make little sense for small, often attritable vehicles. Too many autonomy programs stall in that gap. Spotter was built to close it.
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