Stereolabs ZED

A passive stereo depth camera line from the French company Stereolabs, common in mobile robots and data collection.

ZED is Stereolabs’ stereo camera product line, which computes depth through stereo matching using two RGB lenses rather than projecting any active light, so it keeps working outdoors in sunlight and reaches farther range than a structured-light camera. The ZED 2i has a 12 cm baseline, connects over USB, and includes a built-in IMU, barometer, and magnetometer, with IP66 protection; the ZED X targets robotics, using a global shutter and a GMSL2 interface (an automotive-grade camera serial link well suited to connecting with a Jetson), with IP67 protection; the ZED Mini has a shorter baseline suited to close range. The companion ZED SDK provides depth maps, point clouds, visual-inertial positioning, and object detection, with a ROS 2 driver available. In embodied AI, it is commonly used as a head-mounted or third-person camera, and also for teleoperation and mobile-robot mapping.

ExampleA wheeled humanoid robot carries a ZED X on its head, connected to a Jetson Orin, which outputs a point cloud to the navigation and grasping modules.

Also called

ZED 2i, ZED X, ZED Mini

Related

Stereo Camera · Stereolabs · Stereo Baseline · Stereo Matching · Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link · RealSense Depth Camera (D435i / D405)

Sources

ZED 2i | Stereo Camera | Stereolabs
ZED X - AI Stereo Camera for Robotics | Stereolabs

As of

2026-09