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Luxonis OAK 4 D

A stereo depth camera with its own 52 TOPS processor that runs detection and depth models on the camera itself, so a robot or machine can get perception without a separate computer.

by Luxonis · last checked Oct 18, 2026

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What has been shown

On sale since December 2025; independent retailers in the US and Japan sell it.

Evidence support Company-reported · Independently verified

Public availability Luxonis announced the OAK 4 D as available now in December 2025. On October 18, 2026, Switch Science in Japan had 2 in stock and Knoxlabs in the US listed it at $1,049.00, shipping within 5–10 days. Luxonis (Business Wire), Switch Science, Knoxlabs

As of Oct 18, 2026 · Luxonis (Business Wire) (company source), Switch Science (independent reporting), Knoxlabs (independent reporting)

Can you get it?

Available now

Sold on Luxonis's own store, which quoted delivery for October 20–23, and through retailers.

United States · As of Oct 22, 2026 · Luxonis (company source), Knoxlabs (independent reporting), Switch Science (independent reporting)

Is it still alive?

Active
    As of Oct 18, 2026 · Luxonis (company source), Switch Science (independent reporting)

    Sold on Luxonis's store at $1,049 on October 18, 2026, including a temporary $200 surcharge, and through retailers in the US and Japan.

    What the evidence says

    1. Company claim

      Luxonis says OAK 4 cameras "run completely standalone, requiring no external host system or cloud compute": a Qualcomm QCS8550 processor provides 52 TOPS of on-device AI inference. The OAK 4 D pairs stereo depth with a 48 MP color camera and an IMU in an IP67 case, powered over Ethernet or USB-C.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Luxonis (Business Wire) (company source), Luxonis (company source)
    2. Company-reported · Independently verified

      Luxonis launched the OAK 4 D at $849 in December 2025. Since July 31 its store has added a temporary $200 surcharge to select products, "due to volatility in memory and storage markets", and listed the OAK 4 D at $1,049 on October 18, 2026.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Luxonis (Business Wire) (company source), Luxonis (company source), Knoxlabs (independent reporting)
    3. Independently verified

      In a hands-on test published December 11, 2025, computer-vision engineer Anton Maltsev measured about 60 ms of frame latency, and 80–100 ms including inference and depth: acceptable for most robotics, he wrote, but not for high-speed control loops. He judged the neural processor comparable to NVIDIA Jetson Nano-class devices at much lower power, and the mechanical design "among the best I've seen". Luxonis provided the unit free of charge, which he disclosed.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Anton Maltsev (Medium) (independent reporting)
    4. Independently verified

      Maltsev found Qualcomm's public model toolkit lagging partner-only releases by roughly a year, without native PyTorch support, and named language and vision-language models as the main gap in what the camera can run.

      Observed Oct 18, 2026 · Anton Maltsev (Medium) (independent reporting)

    Price

    • Luxonis store$1,049Includes Luxonis's temporary $200 surcharge, which it attributes to volatility in memory and storage markets and applies from July 31; the launch price was $849. Luxonis says it will remove the surcharge as soon as pricing allows. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Luxonis (company source)
    • Knoxlabs$1,049Fixed-focus version; Knoxlabs says the price includes the temporary surcharge. Checked Oct 22, 2026. Knoxlabs (independent reporting)

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