AEye Apollo Context

Market context

Apollo is AEye's 1550 nm software-defined LiDAR sensor in the 4Sight Flex family for configurable long-range perception across automotive and non-automotive autonomy.

  • Target environment: Automated vehicles, logistics systems, smart infrastructure, industrial machines, and high-speed autonomy platforms.
  • Workflow context: Long-range LiDAR perception, region-of-interest sensing, object detection, sensor fusion, and configurable autonomy perception.
  • Customer context: Autonomy developers, automotive programs, infrastructure integrators, and robotics teams needing software-configurable LiDAR output.
  • Deployment model: Sensor integration into customer perception stacks with application-specific configuration, calibration, compute, and fusion software.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial product announcement with public specifications and AEye positioning around 4Sight Flex sensing.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on perception software, cost, mounting geometry, sensor-fusion architecture, validation cycles, and performance in target operating conditions.
  • Market position: Configurable LiDAR component for autonomy systems that need application-specific long-range sensing.
  • Adjacent products: Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR, Mid-360S LiDAR Sensor, Phoenix Perception Radar

Specifications

  • Roi Resolution: Horizontal and vertical ROI resolutions as high as 0.025 degrees
  • Software Stack: Runs on AEye 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform with software reconfiguration and OTA update support
  • Wavelength Nm: 1550 nm
  • Installation Options: Behind windshield, roof or grille
  • Software Reconfiguration: Scan patterns, range and resolution configurable through software and OTA updates
  • Production Maturity: Production-ready; revenue-generating customer shipments
  • Field Of View Hv: ≤120 degrees horizontal x 30 degrees vertical
  • Point Rate: ≤6.2 million points per second
  • Range At 10 Percent Reflectivity: ≤1 km current production-ready platform range

Comparable Systems

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