RoboSense unveiled its new product line, including lidar sensors and a humanoid platform. Source: RoboSense
RoboSense Technology Co. last week previewed its artificial intelligence-driven robotics products that will debut at CES 2025 this week. The company said the “Hello Robot” event showed its strategic vision and achievements.
“Building on a decade of technological innovation, RoboSense has demonstrated unparalleled expertise in lidar development and intelligent robotics,” stated the company.
“The launch event introduced RoboSense’s humanoid robotic prototype, a universal development platform that exemplifies the company’s in-depth understanding of intelligent robotics,” it added. “This comprehensive platform lays the foundation for future advancements in vision, tactile sensing, mobility, and manipulation solutions.”
Founded in 2014, RoboSense supplies components and systems for the robotics market. The Shenzhen, China-based company said it is committed to becoming “the global leader in robotics technology platforms.”
Digital era dawns for lidar, says RoboSense
RoboSense unveiled three high-performance digital lidar products designed for both automotive and robotics applications. The company claimed that its innovations achieve “unprecedented breakthroughs in size, resolution, and precision.”
It described the EM4 as “the world’s first ‘thousand-beam’ ultra-long-range automotive-grade digital lidar.” The sensor features 1,080 beams and a detection range of up to 600 m (1,969.5 ft.). EM4 provides autonomous vehicles with 1080P high-definition 3D perception, said RoboSense.
The E1R solid-state digital lidar for robotics features RoboSense’s proprietary SPAD-SoC and 2D VCSEL chips for automotive-grade reliability. It has a compact aperture and 120° × 90° field of view. RoboSense said the E1R is suitable for obstacle avoidance, mapping, and navigation for a wide range of robots and operational environments.
The Airy is s 192-line, hemispherical digital lidar, delivering a 360° × 90° field of view in a compact design comparable to a ping-pong ball, said the company. It boasts a detection range of 120 m (393.7 ft.), 1.72 million points per second, and ±1cm precision for robots requiring omnidirectional perception in complex scenarios.
Humanoid integrates vision, manipulation, and mobility
RoboSense unveiled its humanoid robotic prototype to accelerate the development of robotics components and systems. This platform integrates three core areas:
- Vision: RoboSense introduced the Active Camera, an intelligent ecosystem including sensor hardware, computational cores, and AI algorithms. By merging lidar signals and camera data, the Active Camera provides active environmental perception, overcoming challenges such as lighting variability and visual illusions, it said. Developers can use its software development kit (SDK) for seamless integration of mapping, localization, and obstacle avoidance, reducing development time and system complexity.
- Manipulation: RoboSense showed its second-generation dexterous hand Papert 2.0 with 20 degrees of freedom, incorporating hand-eye coordination to create a closed-loop system. This manipulator enhances versatility and complexity across a wide range of tasks.
- Mobility: Building on its automotive expertise, RoboSense said it has expanded Robo FSD to expanded into mobile robotics. The company said this will enable intelligent robots to achieve autonomous point-to-point mobility across various scenarios.
Robot components get incremental improvements
In addition to its digital lidar lineup, RoboSense unveiled several new components tailored to diverse robotics needs:
- FS-3D: A force sensor optimized for legged robots
- LA-8000: A high-power-density linear motor designed for robotic hip and knee joints
- DC-G1: A domain controller supporting real-time perception, multimodal large models, embodied intelligence operations, and advanced motion-control algorithms
RoboSense plans to exhibit its newly launched products at CES at Booth 6700 in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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