<p>Our new sensor technology is based on visual-inertial data fusion. The VI sensor is a dedicated hardware plattform that enables to implement state of the art visual odometry pipelines. The factory-calibrated sensor outputs streams of precisely time-synchronized IMU data and stereo camera images. In addition, the user-accessible onboard computing units can be used to directly compute and output the feature stream from these measurements.</p> <p>The VI sensor hardware thus allows to readily implement computer vision and localization algorithms for applications like 3D mapping or navigation in mobile robotics.</p>