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JT16

About

About JT16

JT16 is the 16-channel configuration within Hesai’s JT32/16 miniature lidar family. It provides a 360-by-40-degree field of view, maximum range of approximately 30 metres and stated distance accuracy of ±three centimetres in a 64-by-62-millimetre enclosure weighing about 200 grams.

Power consumption of approximately 4.3 watts and IP6K7/IP6K9K protection support installation on AMRs, delivery robots and compact industrial vehicles. The rotating sensor supplies full-surround point-cloud information for localisation, mapping and obstacle detection where a larger automotive lidar would impose unnecessary size and power.

Timeline

  • Hesai launches JT Series mini hyper-hemispherical 3D lidar for robotics at CES 2025

    2025-01-08 - Product Launch - Hesai launched the JT Series for robotics at CES 2025, including the JT16 and JT128 models. The company positioned the product line for robotics applications including humanoids, delivery robots, cleaning robots, AGVs, and industrial platforms. Hesai said the JT Series was designed around wide-field 3D perception, compact form factor, and close-range blind-spot reduction for robotics use cases.

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Context

Market context

JT16 is Hesai's compact 360-degree 3D LiDAR for robotics and industrial equipment, giving mobile platforms short-range 3D perception in a small embedded sensor package.

  • Target environment: AMRs, AGVs, service robots, robotic lawn mowers, industrial mobile equipment, and automation systems operating in structured indoor or semi-structured outdoor settings.
  • Workflow context: Navigation, obstacle avoidance, SLAM input, 3D scene sensing, localization support, and perception upgrades from 2D scanning to compact 3D LiDAR.
  • Customer context: Mobile-robot OEMs, industrial automation teams, warehouse robotics developers, service-robot builders, and integrators adding compact 3D perception.
  • Deployment model: Sensor module integrated into customer robot platforms, usually alongside compute, navigation software, safety sensors, and fleet-management systems.
  • Commercial maturity: Commercial Hesai product positioned for robotics and industrial equipment that need compact 3D sensing.
  • Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on environmental robustness, cost, mechanical packaging, perception-stack integration, localization performance, and compatibility with robot safety architecture.
  • Market position: Embedded LiDAR component for mobile robotics and industrial autonomy, useful for representing perception supply chains beyond full robot OEMs.
  • Adjacent products: UST-10LX Scanning Rangefinder, Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR, Phoenix Perception Radar

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