Hesai Lidar Powers Outdoor Autonomous Mobile Robots with Innok Robotics
Hesai Technology's XT32 lidar enables Innok Robotics' autonomous mobile robots to operate reliably in outdoor environments with changing terrain, weather, and dynamic obstacles.
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What Happened
Industrial automation works well indoors, but outdoor environments introduce uneven surfaces, lighting changes, and unpredictable obstacles. Traditional camera-based systems struggle, leading to false detections and reduced efficiency.
Innok Robotics addresses this with lidar-based perception, using Hesai's XT32 lidar to provide 360-degree 3D awareness independent of lighting and weather. This enables robots to navigate mixed traffic, detect trailers and pallets, and maneuver safely in tight spaces.
The result is fewer unnecessary stops, increased uptime, and stronger safety. Hesai and Innok Robotics aim to scale automation beyond controlled settings into real-world industrial and logistics operations.
Why this matters
Lidar-based perception allows automation to extend beyond controlled factory floors into real-world industrial yards, logistics sites, and public spaces, improving safety and uptime by reducing false detections and unnecessary stops.
Terms in This Story
- lidar
- A sensing method that uses laser light to measure distances and create 3D maps of the environment.
- autonomous mobile robot (AMR)
- A robot that can navigate and perform tasks without human intervention, using sensors and software.
- 3D perception
- The ability to understand the three-dimensional structure of the environment using sensor data.
- field of view
- The extent of the observable environment that a sensor can detect, often measured in degrees.
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