Ouster and DXOMARK announce strategic collaboration on the world's first native color lidar with REV8. Leverages image quality expertise to support the development and optimization of next-generation lidar Ouster, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUST) ("Ouster" or the "Company"), a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, announced today its strategic collaboration with DXOMARK, a global leader in image quality evaluation and developer of advanced testing solutions. This partnership aims to test and optimize the next generation of sensing technologies, starting with the new Ouster Rev8 OS family, the world's first native color lidar. More headlines. Articles. As sensing technologies evolve toward more complex, multi-modal systems, the need for accurate, reliable, and standardized performance evaluation becomes critical. This collaboration brings DXOMARK's 20 years of expertise in image quality testing and sensor benchmarking to Ouster's cutting-edge digital lidar technology to support the development and optimization of next-generation sensing products. Through rigorous independent testing, DXOMARK enables Ouster to maximize system performance and image quality for the most demanding real-world environments. During the development of Ouster Rev8, DXOMARK provided a comprehensive analysis of Image Sensor Processing and conducted a series of advanced tests to assess and optimize system performance in real-world scenarios. These included computation and evaluations of color fidelity, environmental robustness, and perception accuracy under varying lighting and weather conditions, ensuring Rev8 meets the requirements of next generation use cases. "DXOMARK is a leader in image quality testing across multiple industries. Their rigorous and trusted benchmarking methodologies make them an ideal partner as we continue to push the boundaries of sensing performance and perception systems," said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. Where traditional cameras struggle in adverse weather and lidar has historically been limited to near-infrared light, Ouster's Rev8 native color lidar bridges the gap. By expanding the sensor's vision to the full range of human-visible color, Rev8 captures a massive increase in environmental data with intuitive visual information. Critically, even when objects exceed the lidar's detection range, integrated color data continues to provide a rich stream of information, maintaining visual awareness where depth data cannot reach. With structural and color data fused through physics at the silicon level, the system requires no complex calibration, allowing the industry to instantly pair lidar precision with computer vision to power the next era of Physical AI. "We are proud to collaborate with Ouster, a company that shares our commitment to innovation, on its new Rev8 sensors. This partnership represents an important step in extending our image quality expertise to new 3D depth sensing domains and supporting the development of next-generation perception systems," said Frédéric Guichard, CEO of DXOMARK. About DXOMARK DXOMARK is a global leader in imaging quality evaluation, helping industries to design, validate and optimize products to deliver outstanding visual experiences. Combining scientific testing with real-world analysis, DXOMARK provides objective, reliable elements that translate directly into product performance improvements. Independent and privately owned, DXOMARK supports the imaging ecosystem across the entire product lifecycle, from development to benchmarking, through advanced testing services, proprietary lab solutions, and in-depth performance analysis. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt (France), DXOMARK brings together around 100 experts in imaging technologies and operates a global network of state-of-the-art laboratories. For over 20 years, the company has conducted thousands of evaluations annually and deployed more than 200 turnkey lab solutions within customers' R&D centers worldwide. DXOMARK's offerings include: Testing services to support product development and optimization Benchmarking reports & performance analysis for commercial devices Turnkey lab solutions (DXOMARK Analyzer) for in-house testing at scale DXOMARK Insights, bridging user expectations with engineering decisions DXOMARK also publishes scores, reviews and related contents on dxomark.com, helping consumers understand better product performance and user experience. About Ouster Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI across industrial, robotics, automotive, and smart infrastructure. With a unified platform of high-performance digital lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software, and AI models, Ouster delivers solutions that improve quality of life in the physical world. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Ouster has a global presence serving thousands of customers with offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information about its products, visit www.ouster.com, contact its sales team, or connect with Robotics Tomorrow on X or LinkedIn. Featured product. Robotics Tomorrow and Alumni Ventures are teaming up to give readers early access to high-growth startup opportunities, including some of today's most exciting AI, Deep Tech, Quantum Computing, and Cybersecurity companies co-invested alongside top VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bessemer, & Y Combinator. You get: Curated deal flow of high-potential AI Infrastructure startups, AV is already investing alongside elite lead venture firms in these deals, No cost to see deals, No obligation to invest. Don't miss your chance before access closes.

Ouster Rev8 elevates robotics and edge AI with native color lidar integration on NVIDIA Jetson. Up next. Published on 05 May 2026 Ouster brings support for REV8 digital lidar to robotics and edge AI ecosystem. Ouster, Inc., a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, has integrated its new Rev8 OS family of digital lidar sensors across the NVIDIA Jetson platform - bringing native color lidar sensing natively into the NVIDIA robotics and edge AI ecosystem. Powered by next-generation L4 Ouster Silicon, Rev8 marks a significant leap in lidar performance. The lineup features the world's first native color lidar sensors and delivers up to double the range and resolution of prior generations, while being engineered from the ground up for functional safety, reliability, and affordability at scale. With dedicated, maintained plugins for the NVIDIA Jetson platform, Ouster has tuned every sensor for the high-throughput demands of Physical AI workloads running at the edge. What's new in the Rev8 + Jetson integration. * Native color lidar sensing seamlessly accessible on NVIDIA Jetson devices. * Substantial performance uplift, with double the range and resolution versus earlier Ouster generations. * Dedicated, production-grade plugins optimized for high-throughput 3D perception on Jetson. * Tight alignment with NVIDIA's accelerated computing stack to fully harness GPU-accelerated perception and AI. * Functional safety-minded design, with reliability and scalability suitable for deployment at volume. * Delivered through Ouster's role as an NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) member to support a production-ready ecosystem. Beyond basic compatibility. Ouster's approach goes beyond simple hardware support. By pairing Rev8's high-fidelity 3D data with NVIDIA's accelerated computing and development tools, the company aims to help developers capture, process, and act on rich spatial information in real time. This end-to-end integration is designed to speed up robotics and edge AI applications where machines must sense, think, and act with precision in dynamic environments. "Ouster and NVIDIA's expanded collaboration marks a pivotal moment for the robotics community," said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. "By integrating our Rev8 sensors with NVIDIA Jetson, we're ensuring rich, high-fidelity 3D digital lidar data is fully harnessed by NVIDIA's accelerated computing and development tools. Together, we are providing the essential building blocks for Physical AI, enabling machines to sense, think, and act in the real world with more speed and precision than ever before." Why it matters. For developers building autonomous robots, industrial automation systems, and other edge AI solutions, the Rev8-Jetson pairing offers a faster path from prototype to production. Native color lidar can enhance scene understanding, while the doubled range and resolution expand operating envelopes and improve perception quality. Coupled with GPU-accelerated pipelines on Jetson, teams can scale from lab validations to field deployments with fewer integration hurdles.