VLP-16 Puck

VLP 16 Puck is the compact spinning lidar inherited by Ouster from Velodyne for robotics, mapping, drones and lower-speed autonomous vehicles. The current VLP 16 configuration provides 360-degree horizontal and 40-degree vertical coverage, up to 200 m range and about 600,000 points per second.

Facts

  • Company: Ouster
  • Type: 3d LIDAR
  • Positioning: VLP 16
  • Function: Map surroundings
  • Audience: Mobile robots
  • Status: Commercial
  • Website: https://ouster.com/products/hardware/vlp-16

About

About VLP-16 Puck

VLP 16 Puck is a compact 905 nm rotating lidar that produces a 360-degree point cloud for robot perception, mapping, infrastructure monitoring and autonomous-vehicle navigation. Ouster continues the former Velodyne product line with dual returns and a 16-channel configuration reaching about 600,000 points per second.

VLP-16 provides a 40-degree vertical field of view, up to 200 m range, ±3 cm accuracy and a maximum 20 Hz frame rate. The sensor body is 72 mm high by 89 mm wide and can weigh about 590 g without cabling and interface boxes, supporting drone and space-constrained mobile-platform installations.

Specifications

  • Laser Channels: 16 channels
  • Laser Wavelength Nm: 905 nm
  • Range M: Up to 200 m
  • Horizontal Fov Deg: 360 deg
  • Vertical Fov Deg: 40 deg
  • Accuracy Cm: +/-3 cm
  • Max Frame Rate Hz: 20 Hz
  • Point Rate Points S: Approximately 600,000 points/s

Market context

Mobile robots

  • Workflow: Robot perception
  • Capability: Visual perception, Autonomous navigation
  • Market Signal: Supply-chain enabler

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