PUCK™ VLP-16

THE NEWEST MOST ADVANCED VELODYNE'S SENSOR

Velodyne's new PUCK™ VLP-16 sensor is the smallest, newest and most advanced product in Velodyne's 3D LiDAR product range. Vastly more cost-effective than similarly priced sensors and developed with mass production in mind, it retains the key features of Velodyne's breakthroughs in LiDAR: Real-time, 360°, 3D distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements.

PUCK Hi-Res™

HIGHER RESOLUTION AT GREATER DISTANCES

Expanding on Velodyne LiDAR's groundbreaking PUCK™ VLP-16, a 16-channel, real-time 3D LiDAR sensor that weighs just 830 grams, PUCK Hi-Res™ is used in applications that require greater resolution in the captured 3D image. PUCK Hi-Res™ retains the VLP-16 PUCK's 360° horizontal field-of-view (FoV) and 100-meter range, but delivers a 20° vertical FoV for a tighter channel distribution – 1.33° between channels instead of 2.00° – to deliver greater details in the 3D image at longer ranges. This will enable the host system to not only detect, but also better discern, objects at these greater distances.

PUCK LITE™

THE LIGHTEST SENSOR EVER

Velodyne LiDAR's PUCK LITE™ is a lighter weight version of the VLP-16 PUCK™ for applications that demand a lower weight to meet their requirements. The Puck LITE™ has identical performance to VLP-16 with the only difference in weight of 590 g vs. 830 g for the latter. No other changes have been made to PUCK LITE™ as it retains its patented 360° surround view to capture real-time 3D LiDAR data that includes distance and calibrated reflectivity measurements.

TECHNICAL DATA
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KEY FEATURES
PUCK™ VLP-16
- 830 grams
- Dual Returns
- 16 Channels
- 100 m Range
- 300,000 Points per Second
- 360° Horizontal FOV
- ± 15° Vertical FoV
- Low Power Consumption
- Protective Design
PUCK HI-RES™
- 830 grams
- Dual Returns
- 16 Channels
- 100 m Range
- 300,000 Points per Second
- 360° Horizontal FOV
- ± 10° Vertical FoV
- Low Power Consumption
- Protective Design
- Connectors: RJ45/M12
PUCK LITE™
- 590 grams
- Dual Returns
- 16 Channels
- 100 m Range
- 300,000 Points per Second
- 360° Horizontal FOV
- ± 15° Vertical FOV
- Low Power Consumption
- Protective Design
- Connectors: RJ45/M12
KEY APPLICATIONS
VEHICLE LOCALIZATION

Single VLP16 (Velodyne 16) is being used for map based localization in fusion with IMU/Wheel-Encoder and prior 3D map (build using pose graph SLAM). A step towards low-cost localization.

UAV LIDAR MAPPING SYSTEM

This video is an overview of the Phoenix Aerial AL3-16 LiDAR Mapping system. In this video, a DJI S1000 is used and for the demonstration, we flew over an over an open pit. You'll see how LiDAR can pick up points underneath vegetation vs Photogrammetry will only map tree canopy.

UAV AIRBORNE LASER SCANNING

First experiment with the Velodyne VLP-16 LiDAR 'Puck' mounted on a brushless gimbal on a Devourer X8 heavy-lift multi-rotor UAV.