iniVation DAVIS346 is an event-based (neuromorphic) camera developed by iniVation AG — a spin-off from the ETH Zürich and UZH Institute of Neuroinformatics, now part of the SynSense Group. The 346 × 260 pixel sensor combines a Dynamic Vision Sensor (DVS) event detector and a classical frame-based Active Pixel Sensor (APS) in a single array, making the DAVIS346 a hybrid solution for robotic perception.
Unlike conventional cameras, the DAVIS346 does not generate a constant frame stream but asynchronously reports each brightness change at the individual pixel level — with microsecond temporal resolution and dynamic range exceeding 120 dB. This enables precise motion estimation even during very fast rotations, low light, or high-contrast conditions — situations where classical cameras blur or saturate.
The camera features a USB 3.0 micro-B port with screw lock, galvanically isolated sync I/O connectors, and a CS-mount lens interface. Dimensions of 40 × 60 × 25 mm and a mass of 100 g (without lens) ease integration onto mobile platforms and robotic arms. CE certified.
The DAVIS346 is a standard sensor in quadruped locomotion research (ETH ANYmal, MIT Mini Cheetah), visual-inertial odometry (VIO), reactive obstacle avoidance on drones, and neuromorphic SLAM. iniVation provides the open DV software toolkit and ROS/ROS 2 integrations.
serves as: Sensing, Perception, Computer vision processing.
Which group iniVation DAVIS346 belongs to and how it is built
