The lightest LiDAR-equipped educational robot kit I found is the Hiwonder ROSPug, at 1,650 g. It's a ROS robot dog with four legs and 12 serial bus servos. It has a TOF LiDAR, HD camera and IMU, and runs on an NVIDIA Jetson Nano. hiwonder.com +1hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=1650 g”hiwonder.com ↗“ROSPug is a ROS quadruped robot dog with 12 serial bus servos, TOF LiDAR, HD camera and IMU, driven by an NVIDIA Jetson Nano controller”
LiDAR robot kits with a listed weight, lightest first hiwonder.com +8hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=1650 g”hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=2500 g”quanser.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=2700 g”waveshare.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=2755.5 g”hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=2900 g”hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=3200 g”hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=3500 g”hiwonder.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=4800 g”quanser.com ↗“mechanical.weight_g=17000 g”
| Kit | Weight | LiDAR | Jetson module(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiwonder ROSPug | 1,650 g | TOF LiDAR | Jetson Nano |
| Hiwonder JetHexa | 2,500 g | LiDAR | Jetson Nano B01 |
| Quanser QCar 2 | 2,700 g | LIDAR | Jetson AGX Orin |
| Waveshare UGV Rover PT Jetson Orin ROS2 Kit | 2,755.5 g | D500 360° Lidar | Jetson Orin Nano 4GB Kit |
| Hiwonder JetTank | 2,900 g | LiDAR | Jetson Nano |
| Hiwonder ROSpider | 3,200 g | TOF LiDAR (STL-19P D500) | Jetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super |
| Hiwonder JetAuto | 3,500 g | LiDAR | Jetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super |
| Hiwonder JetAcker | 4,800 g | LiDAR | Jetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super |
| Quanser QBot Platform | 17,000 g | 2D 360° lidar | Jetson Orin Nano |
There might be a lighter kit. I found 24 educational kits with a LiDAR, but only the 9 above have a listed weight. I couldn't find weights for the other 15, so one of them could weigh less than the ROSPug. That includes:
- The two Elephant Robotics myAGV models
- AgileX SCOUT MINI R&D KIT and LIMO PRO
- Hiwonder JetRover and ROSOrin
- Waveshare JetRacer ROS AI Kit
- The Yahboom ROSMASTER models (X3, X3 PLUS, M1, M1 PRO / A1 PRO, A1)
- RoboRacer Core Kit, CuboRex CuGo V3 and ZMP RoboCar 1/10 Pro
Also, for kits sold with a choice of Jetson modules, I couldn't find whether the listed weight applies to one particular version.
If you want a LiDAR kit on wheels, the lightest one with a listed weight is the Quanser QCar 2 at 2,700 g.