Streaming synchronized stereo (ZED) from Nano to AGX over Ethernet — latency concerns

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I’m working on a robotics system using 2 ZED cameras with hard trigger + strobe lighting connected to a ZED Box Mini Nano.

The issue is compute — the Nano is not sufficient for VIO + detection workloads.

I’m considering the following architecture:

  • ZED Box Mini Nano handles camera interfacing + sync

  • Stream data over Ethernet to a Jetson AGX (non-dev kit, rugged carrier board)

  • Run VIO + detection on AGX

  • Send outputs to an embedded controller for actuation

I explored using a quad deserializer directly with AGX, but it seems to only be supported on dev kits, and those are currently unavailable. We need to use a rugged AGX carrier board with more I/O.

Is this a reasonable architecture for low-latency robotics applications