Sensors 传感器
Lidar, vision, IMUs, force/torque and tactile sensors — how robots perceive the world and their own bodies.
Perception is what separates a caged industrial arm from a robot that can act in an unstructured world. Lidar and depth cameras map surroundings; machine vision identifies and locates objects; IMUs sense balance and motion; and force/torque and tactile sensors give a robot the sense of touch it needs to grasp and assemble without crushing.
Autonomous mobility drove lidar to scale and collapsed its price, and that hardware is now flowing into robotics. The frontier for manipulation — especially humanoids — is touch: dense tactile skins and six-axis force sensing are early, fast-moving, and increasingly decisive for dexterous work.
What to watch
- Lidar price collapse spilling from autos into robots
- Tactile skins and six-axis force sensing for dexterity
- Vision-language models fusing perception with reasoning
Key Players
Representative companies operating in this part of the value chain.
Lidar sensors for autonomous mobility and robotics.
Visit website →Lidar and perception solutions for robots and vehicles.
Visit website →Industrial sensors, safety laser scanners and machine vision.
Visit website →Digital lidar sensors for robotics, industrial and automotive use.
Visit website →Machine vision and mobile robots; a Hikvision affiliate.
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