Overview
EdgeAI 5G Lite brings on-board intelligence to the smallest platforms. It packs the full edge-AI pipeline into a reduced form factor — real-time on-board detection while staying light and low-power.
The architecture keeps detection decoupled from telemetry, so annotated video and boxes never stall the pipeline, and it pushes the encrypted stream directly over 5G with automatic reconnect if the network hiccups.
It's the right choice when you want DroneAI's edge detection on a compact UAV or rover that can't carry the full CubeAI 5G module — the same capability, sized down.
Built for small platforms
The Lite keeps the full EdgeAI pipeline — detection, annotation, encrypted 5G streaming — in a package small platforms can actually carry.
Edge to cloud
Detections stream from the Lite straight to DroneAI Cloud Control Solution over 5G — the smallest platforms in your fleet report to the same console as the biggest.
Technical Overview
| Compute | Compact on-board edge-AI module |
| Video | Real-time annotated output |
| Edge AI | On-board detection, decoupled from telemetry |
| Connectivity | 5G modem · streams to the DroneAI Cloud Control Solution |
| Compatibility | Small UAVs & UGVs (ArduPilot / PX4) |
| Best for | Weight- and power-constrained platforms |
Hardware, up close
Why DroneAI
The kit mounts beside the autopilot on one cable. Nothing is removed and nothing is retrained: the pilot keeps the radio, and the commander gets AI alerts and live video over 5G.
Proven in the field
Edge AI detection of persons and vehicles with geo-tagged alerts to the command post; every sortie saved and searchable.
Drones and dumper trucks on one private 5G network and one dashboard — aerial video, LiDAR and truck telemetry together.
Live 5G flights and AI demos for forces, telecom operators and industry. See the events
Questions buyers ask
No. The kit mounts beside the autopilot on one cable: telemetry to the flight controller, Ethernet to the camera and RC air unit, 5 V power and a SIM. Nothing is removed and nothing is retrained, and the pilot keeps the existing RC link.
The link falls back to 4G automatically; Telem5G Duo adds a second modem on a second operator; the 2.4 GHz RC radio stays as an independent backup; and a pre-set failsafe decides whether to continue, loiter and return, or return home. Edge AI keeps detecting on board and sends results when the link returns.
To DroneAI C2 on our cloud or on your own servers — your choice. Traffic is encrypted and drones only make outbound connections. With DroneAI Studio, footage, labels and models stay on your network.
The 5G modem is non-Chinese and NDAA-compliant.
Any MAVLink drone (ArduPilot or PX4) and RTSP cameras. For closed commercial drones, EdgeAI 5G Lite or EdgeAI 5G runs at the ground station.
With a 5G flight demo, then a field trial on your own drones. Use the contact page or call +91 98866 91115.
Tell us your payload budget — we'll confirm fit and get the Lite streaming detections in weeks.