FTX
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About FTX
FTX is Hesai’s fully solid-state short-range lidar family for blind-spot and near-field perception. Electronic scanning provides wide coverage for vehicles and mobile robots in a compact sensor with no rotating optical assembly. Both current variants produce 492,000 single-return points per second at 10 Hz and consume less than 6 W.
The 180-degree horizontal variant covers 140 degrees vertically and reaches 20 m at 10% reflectivity, weighing approximately 180 g. The narrower 140-degree horizontal version covers 105 degrees vertically, reaches 30 m at the same reflectivity and weighs approximately 160 g. Each has Class 1 eye safety and IP6K7/IP6K9K validation. Intended applications include driver assistance, robotaxis, trucks, delivery robots, lawn mowers, AGVs, AMRs and drones; the package and sensing envelope depend on the selected variant.
Resources
Curated durable documents and official technical references.
- Hesai Lidar SDK 2.0
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Timeline
- Hesai reaches one million lidar units manufactured for Li Auto
2026-05-16 - Production Milestone - The L9 Livis uses one forward-facing ATL-P lidar, two side-facing FTX units and one rear FTX unit. Hesai says the FTX sensors support close-range obstacle detection during parking and hazard detection beside the powered doors. The companies began cooperating in July 2021; Li Auto has named Hesai a strategic partner for three consecutive years.
Source - Hesai and KargoBot select ETX and FTX LiDAR for KargoBot Space 2.0
2026-04-24 - Partnership - KargoBot Space 2.0 is set to use Hesai's 4,320-line 6D full-color ETX LiDAR together with the second-generation solid-state FTX blind-spot LiDAR. Hesai says ETX can produce native 6D full-color point clouds at up to 4K resolution, with up to 600 m ranging and 400 m at 10% reflectivity. The selection sits within KargoBot's L4 freight strategy and the companies' planned hardware-adaptation and data-feedback collaboration.
Source - Hesai to supply FTX lidar for Keeta delivery drones
2025-12-23 - Partnership - Keeta’s M-Drone 4L combines lidar with vision and GNSS; a launch demonstration included a two-kilometre nighttime flight using lidar-based navigation. Keeta’s network covered 65 routes and had completed more than 740,000 deliveries at the announcement. Hesai planned large-scale production and delivery of the lighter second-generation FTX in 2026.
Source - Hesai unveiled the Infinity Eye lidar solution for L2, L3 and L4 driving systems
2025-04-21 - Product Launch - Infinity Eye A combines four AT1440 long-range lidars with four FTX solid-state lidars for 360-degree L4 coverage. Infinity Eye B pairs one forward-facing ETX with two FTX sensors for Level 3 long-range and blind-spot perception. Infinity Eye C uses the compact ATX lidar for Level 2 driver-assistance applications.
Source - Hesai integrates Fastree3D SPAD patents into FTX platform
2025-02-27 - Acquisition - The acquired company was Fastree3D, a Swiss SPAD developer with roots in EPFL; the transaction occurred in late 2023 and was detailed publicly in February 2025. The acquired portfolio covers digital signal processing and high-resolution point-cloud generation for SPAD-based digital lidar. FTX uses the fourth-generation platform and provides a stated 180-by-140-degree field of view, 30-metre range at 10% reflectivity and 492,000 points per second.
Source - Hesai FTX debuts at CES 2025 with 492,000-point/s scanning
2025-01-08 - Product Launch - Electronic scanning supports wide near-field coverage and a 492,000-point-per-second output. The launch design reduced exposed window area to 50×30 mm for embedded installation. FTX complements a primary long-range lidar and targets passenger vehicles and robotics applications.
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