JT16 Mini 3D LiDAR Context

Market context

JT16 is Hesai's compact 360-degree 3D LiDAR for robotics and industrial equipment, giving mobile platforms short-range 3D perception in a small embedded sensor package.

  • Target environment: AMRs, AGVs, service robots, robotic lawn mowers, industrial mobile equipment, and automation systems operating in structured indoor or semi-structured outdoor settings.
  • Workflow context: Navigation, obstacle avoidance, SLAM input, 3D scene sensing, localization support, and perception upgrades from 2D scanning to compact 3D LiDAR.
  • Customer context: Mobile-robot OEMs, industrial automation teams, warehouse robotics developers, service-robot builders, and integrators adding compact 3D perception.
  • Deployment model: Sensor module integrated into customer robot platforms, usually alongside compute, navigation software, safety sensors, and fleet-management systems.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial Hesai product positioned for robotics and industrial equipment that need compact 3D sensing.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on environmental robustness, cost, mechanical packaging, perception-stack integration, localization performance, and compatibility with robot safety architecture.
  • Market position: Embedded LiDAR component for mobile robotics and industrial autonomy, useful for representing perception supply chains beyond full robot OEMs.
  • Adjacent products: UST-10LX Scanning Rangefinder, Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR, Phoenix Perception Radar

Audience

Robot OEMs

Workflow

Navigation, obstacle avoidance, SLAM input, 3D scene sensing, localization support, and perception upgrades from 2D scanning to compact 3D LiDAR.

Deployment environment

AMRs, AGVs, service robots, robotic lawn mowers, industrial mobile equipment, and automation systems operating in structured indoor or semi-structured outdoor settings.

Specifications

  • Weight G: <200 g
  • Max Ranging Capability: 100 m
  • Angular Resolution Deg: 0.6 deg horizontal x 2.67 deg vertical
  • Power Consumption: 4.3 W
  • Scanning Frequency: 5 Hz; 10 Hz
  • Imu: Built-in IMU
  • Applications: Robotic lawn mowers, AGVs, AMRs and service robots
  • Field Of View: 360 x 40 degree field of view
  • Dimensions: 55 mm diameter x 64 mm height
  • Range At 10 Percent Reflectivity: 30 m

Tags

  • Peer Group: Lidar Sensor, Perception Sensor, Lidar Systems
  • Workflow: Robot perception, Mobile Robot Navigation
  • Capability: Lidar Mapping
  • Stack Layer: Sensing stack

Comparable Systems

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