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Lightest educational robot kit that comes with a LiDAR

Asked as: “What's the lightest educational robot kit that comes with a LiDAR?”

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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”

KitWeightLiDARJetson module(s)
Hiwonder ROSPug1,650 gTOF LiDARJetson Nano
Hiwonder JetHexa2,500 gLiDARJetson Nano B01
Quanser QCar 22,700 gLIDARJetson AGX Orin
Waveshare UGV Rover PT Jetson Orin ROS2 Kit2,755.5 gD500 360° LidarJetson Orin Nano 4GB Kit
Hiwonder JetTank2,900 gLiDARJetson Nano
Hiwonder ROSpider3,200 gTOF LiDAR (STL-19P D500)Jetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super
Hiwonder JetAuto3,500 gLiDARJetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super
Hiwonder JetAcker4,800 gLiDARJetson Nano / Orin Nano Super / Orin NX Super
Quanser QBot Platform17,000 g2D 360° lidarJetson 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.

Sources

  1. Hiwonder ROSPug Quadruped Bionic Robot Dog hiwonder.com
  2. Hiwonder JetHexa ROS Hexapod Robot Kit hiwonder.com
  3. QCar 2 quanser.com
  4. UGV Rover PT Jetson Orin ROS2 Kit waveshare.com
  5. Hiwonder JetTank ROS Robot Tank hiwonder.com
  6. ROSpider ROS2 Hexapod Robot hiwonder.com
  7. Hiwonder JetAuto AI Robot Kit hiwonder.com
  8. Hiwonder JetAcker AI Robot Kit hiwonder.com
  9. QBot Platform quanser.com