The RoboSense Airy Lite can be integrated into various mobile robotics and automation projects, especially when a compact LiDAR is needed for real-time 3D perception:
- AMRs and autonomous mobile robots: obstacle detection, navigation, and localization in warehouses, workshops, or industrial environments.
- AGVs: trajectory planning and route tracking based on structured 3D point clouds.
- Delivery robots: detection of pedestrians, obstacles, and environmental reading while moving.
- Cleaning robots: indoor mapping, area coverage, and adaptation to low or irregular obstacles.
- Quadruped robots or all-terrain platforms: terrain reading, relief detection, and locomotion support.
- Autonomous carts and logistics: support for navigation, docking, and detection of elements in warehouse flows.
- Service robotics and consumer robotics: compact 3D perception for platforms where weight, size, and laser safety matter.
For a laboratory, university, or integration team, this sensor can be used in SLAM, sensor fusion, autonomous navigation, or scene analysis projects. The RS485 interface, time synchronization, and output in spatial coordinates, intensity, and timestamp make it suitable for embedded perception pipelines.
Technical specifications of the RoboSense Airy Lite LiDAR
| Wavelength | 940 nm |
| Blind spot | < 0.1 m |
| Range | Channels 7-18: 40 m @ 10% Channels 1-6 and 19-24: 30 m @ 10% Maximum range: 60 m |
| Accuracy | Channels 7-18: 0-10 m = 0.5 cm; 10-40 m = 1 cm Channels 1-6 and 19-24: 0-30 m = 1 cm; 30-40 m = 1.5 cm |
| Horizontal field of view | 360° |
| Vertical field of view | 45° (-11.5° to +33.5°) |
| Angular resolution | 0.6° (H) × 1.96° (V) |
| Frequency | 10 Hz |
| Laser safety | Class 1 |
| Points per second | 144,000 pts/s (single return mode) |
| Data interface | RS485 |
| Power consumption | 4.5 W |
| Dimensions | 69 × 64 × 62 mm (including cable outlet) |
| Weight | 210 ± 10 g |
| Packet content | Spatial coordinates, intensity, timestamp, etc. |
| Operating voltage | 10-16 V |
| Operating temperature | -20 °C to +60 °C |
| Storage temperature | -40 °C to +85 °C |
| Time synchronization | GPRMC with 1PPS |
| Protection rating | IP67 |
Resources for the RoboSense Airy Lite LiDAR