Sensors

Unitree

Compact 3D LiDAR with triple the L1 point rate.

FOV

360° × 96°

Range

30 m

Rate

64,000 pts/s

Class

Laser Class 1

Livox

Mid-360 3D LiDAR from an authorized supply channel.

FOV

360° × 59°

Range

40 m @ 10%

Rate

200,000 pts/s

Mass

265 g

Slamtec

The $69 2D LiDAR inside half the world's student robots.

Type

2D, 360°

Range

12 m

Rate

5,000 samples/s

Interface

UART

WHEELTEC

9-axis 400 Hz ROS-ready IMU at a tenth of the incumbent's price.

Axes

9

Rate

400 Hz

Heading RMS

0.1°

Drivers

ROS 1 / ROS 2

Unitree

360° LiDAR at a hobbyist price point.

FOV

360° × 90°

Range

20–30 m

Rate

21,600 pts/s

Class

Laser Class 1

Orbbec

The volume depth camera for manipulation research.

Depth

Active stereo IR

Range

0.17–10 m

RGB

1080p

Interface

USB-C 3.2

RealSense

Depth camera with onboard IMU for robotics research.

Depth

Active stereo

Range

0.3–3 m ideal

IMU

6-axis onboard

Interface

USB-C

Orbbec

The Azure Kinect successor for body tracking and volumetrics.

Depth

iToF, 1 MP

RGB

4K

SDK

Azure Kinect compatible

Interface

USB-C

RealSense

Longer-baseline stereo for navigation-scale depth.

Depth

Active stereo, 95 mm baseline

Range

0.6–6 m ideal

IMU

6-axis onboard

Interface

USB-C

Orbbec

GMSL2 depth camera validated on NVIDIA Jetson Thor & Holoscan.

Depth

Active stereo, 95 mm baseline

Interface

GMSL2 / FAKRA-Z

Sync

Multi-device

Rating

IP65

Hesai

Automotive-grade 16-channel mini dome with integrated IMU.

FOV

360° × 40°

Channels

16

IMU

Integrated

Rating

IP6K6

RoboSense

192-beam hemispherical digital LiDAR under 240 g.

FOV

360° × 90°

Range

120 m

Rate

1.72 M pts/s

Mass

< 240 g