Velodyne LiDAR


About Velodyne LiDAR

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Founded in 1983 and based in California’s Silicon Valley, Velodyne LiDAR Inc. is a technology company known worldwide for its real-time LiDAR (light detection and ranging) sensors. The company evolved after founder/inventor David Hall competed in the 2004-05 DARPA Grand Challenge using stereovision technology. Based on his experience during this challenge, Hall recognized the limitations of stereovision and developed the HDL-64 Solid-State Hybrid LiDAR sensor. Velodyne subsequently released its compact, lightweight HDL-32E sensor, available for many applications including UAVs, and the new VLP-16 LiDAR Puck, a 16-channel real-time LiDAR sensor that is both substantially smaller and dramatically less expensive than previous generation sensors. Market research firm Frost & Sullivan has honored the company and the VLP-16 with its 2015 North American Automotive ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) Sensors Product Leadership Award. Since 2007, Velodyne LiDAR has emerged as the leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of real-time LiDAR sensor technology used in a variety of commercial applications including autonomous vehicles, vehicle safety systems, 3D mobile mapping, 3D aerial mapping and security.

Velodyne Lidars are the highest rated and used 3D LiDAR sensor in robotics industry.

Products:

  1. HDL64E
  2. HDL32E
  3. VLP-16 (PUCK)
  4. PUCK Lite
  5. PUCK Hi-Res

Details:

 

 HDL-64E

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The HDL-64E LiDAR sensor is designed for obstacle detection and navigation of autonomous ground vehicles and marine vessels. Its durability, 360° field of view and very high data rate makes this sensor ideal for the most demanding perception applications as well as 3D mobile data collection and mapping applications.

 

Channels 64
Range 100-120 m
Accuracy +/- 2cm
Data Distance / Intensity
Data Rate 1.3M pts/sec
Vertical FOV 26.8º
Vertical Resolution ~ 0.4º
Horizontal FOV 360º
Horizontal Resolution 5Hz: 0.08º

10Hz: 0.17º

20Hz: 0.35º

Input Voltage 10-32 VDC
Power 60W
Environmental IP67
Operating Temperature -10º to 50º C
Size 203mm x 284mm (~8” x ~11”)
Weight 15kg (33lbs)

 HDL-32E 

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The HDL-32E LiDAR sensor is small, lightweight, ruggedly built and features up to 32 lasers across a 40° vertical field of view. The HDL-32E measures only 5.7″ high x 3.4″ in diameter, weighs less than two kilograms and was designed to exceed the demands of the most challenging real-world autonomous navigation, 3D mobile mapping and other LiDAR applications.

Channels 32
Range 80-100 m
Accuracy +/- 2cm
Data Distance / Calibrated Reflectivities
Data Rate 700,000 pts/sec
Vertical FOV 40º
Vertical Resolution ~ 1.3º
Horizontal FOV 360º
Horizontal Resolution 5Hz: 0.08º

10Hz: 0.17º

20Hz: 0.35º

Input Voltage 9-32 VDC
Power 12W
Environmental IP67
Operating Temperature -10º to 60º C
Size 86mm x 145mm (~3.6” x ~6”)
Weight 1kg (2.2lbs)


 PUCK™ (VLP-16)

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Velodyne’s new PUCK (VLP-16) sensor is the smallest, newest, and most advanced product in Velodyne’s 3D LiDAR product range. Vastly more cost-effective than similarly priced sensors, and developed with mass production in mind, it retains the key features of Velodyne’s breakthroughs in LiDAR: Real-time, 360°, 3D distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements.

 

 

Channels 16
Range 100 m
Accuracy +/- 3cm
Data Distance / Calibrated Reflectivities
Data Rate 300,000 pts/sec
Vertical FOV 30º
Vertical Resolution ~ 2.0º
Horizontal FOV 360º
Horizontal Resolution  5Hz: 0.1º

10Hz: 0.2º

20Hz: 0.4º

Input Voltage 9-32 VDC
Power 8W
Environmental IP67
Operating Temperature -10º to 60º C
Size 104mm x 72mm (~4” x ~3”)
Weight 0.83kg (1.8lbs)


 Puck Hi-Res

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(Higher resolution at greater distances)

Expanding on Velodyne LiDAR’s groundbreaking VLP-16 Puck, a 16-channel, real-time 3D LiDAR sensor that weighs just 830 grams, Puck Hi-Res is used in applications that require greater resolution in the captured 3D image.

Channels 16
Range 100 m
Accuracy +/- 3cm
Data Distance / Calibrated Reflectivities
Data Rate 300,000  pts/sec
Vertical FOV ±10° 
Vertical Resolution 1.33°
Horizontal FOV 360º
Horizontal Resolution 01.Hz – 0.4Hz
Input Voltage 9-18 VDC
Power Low Power Consumption
Environmental IP67
Operating Temperature -10º to 60º C
Size 103mm x 72mm 
Weight 830g


 Puck LITE

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(Velodyne’s lightest sensor ever)

Velodyne LDAR’s Puck LITE is a lighter weight version of the VLP-16 PUCK for applications that demand a lower weight to meet their requirements. The Puck LITE has identical performance to VLP-16 with the only difference in weight of 590 g vs. 830 g for the latter.

Channels 16
Range 100 m
Accuracy +/- 3cm
Data Distance / Calibrated Reflectivities
Data Rate 300,000  pts/sec
Vertical FOV ± 15°
Vertical Resolution  2º
Horizontal FOV 360º
Horizontal Resolution  0.1º to 0.4º
Input Voltage 9-18 VDC
Power 8W
Environmental IP67
Operating Temperature -10º to 60º C
Size 103mm x 72mm 
Weight 590g

(Updated on 2017-01-06)