Sensor components

Shared-stack-first browsing for sensor layers used across home and humanoid robots.

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IMU · 40 robots

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Connectivity

See which radios, apps, and protocols repeat across robot ecosystems.

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282

Top adoption

Wi-Fi · 116 robots

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AI

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352

Top adoption

Not Officially Disclosed · 2 robots

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Voice Assistant

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Top adoption

Amazon Alexa · 33 robots

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Multi-robot components worth scanning first

These are the reusable pieces that recur across multiple robots, so they do the heavy lifting for fast comparison before you dive into the edge cases.

101 entries

IMU

ANYmal D · Apollo +38 more

40
LiDAR

A2 · Agile ONE +20 more

22
Cliff Sensors

BellaBot · Deebot T90 Pro Omni +14 more

16
Force/Torque Sensors

4NE-1 Mini · A2 +13 more

15
3D LiDAR

A2 Ultra · B2 +10 more

12
Not Officially Disclosed

Aqua20 Pro Ultra Roller Complete · Astribot T1 +10 more

12
RGB Camera

A2 Ultra · CyberDog 2 +10 more

12
Vision System

ADAM · Apollo +10 more

12
360° LiDAR

ANYmal D · DOBOT Atom +7 more

9
Microphones

ADAM · Agile ONE +7 more

9
Cameras

Agile ONE · CLOiD +6 more

8
Force Sensors

ASIMO · Digit +6 more

8
Microphone

A2 · As2 +6 more

8
Rain Sensor

KeenMow K1 · Lawn Companion X25 +6 more

8
Stereo Cameras

ASIMO · DRC-HUBO+ +5 more

7
Touch Sensors

Cocomo · CyberDog 2 +5 more

7
4-microphone Array

Alpha Mini · Hobbs W1 +4 more

6
Computer Vision

David · HIVA Haiwa +4 more

6
Depth Camera

CyberOne · G1 +4 more

6
Lift Sensor

A3 AWD Pro · Automower 450X NERA +4 more

6
Microphone Array

MagicBot Z1 · MagicDog +4 more

6
RGB Cameras

Luna · NEO +4 more

6
RGB-d Camera

A2 Ultra · FF Futurist +4 more

6
3D Structured Light

M16 Infinity · Qrevo Curv 2 Flow +3 more

5
Camera

Ballie · Built-In Vacuum and Mop Robot BCRI3BX1 +3 more

5
Proprioceptive Sensors

Apollo · Astribot S1 +3 more

5
Tactile Sensors

Agile ONE · FF Futurist +3 more

5
Tilt Sensor

A3 AWD Pro · Automower 450X NERA +3 more

5
Touch Sensor

Alpha Mini · Ami +3 more

5
Carpet Detection Sensor

Freo X Ultra · M16 Infinity +2 more

4
Depth Cameras

DR02 · Figure 03 +2 more

4
Distance Sensor

Alpha Mini · LOVOT +2 more

4
Fisheye Camera

A2 Ultra · CyberDog 2 +2 more

4
Gyroscope

Alpha Mini · ASIMO +2 more

4
Ultrasonic Sensors

AquaSense X · MiPA +2 more

4
2 Ultrasonic Sensors

NAO6 · Sora 30 +1 more

3
2D LiDAR

MagicDog · Quanta X2 +1 more

3
AI Camera

AquaSense X · CyberDog 2 +1 more

3
AIVI 3D 4.0 Camera

Deebot T90 Pro Omni · Deebot X12 OmniCyclone +1 more

3
Depth Sensors

ADAM · MenteeBot +1 more

3
Dual Joint Encoders

As2 · Booster T1 +1 more

3
GPS

Coco 2 · MiPA +1 more

3
Infrared Sensor

ASIMO · Built-In Vacuum and Mop Robot BCRI3BX1 +1 more

3
Intel Realsense Depth Camera

CyberDog 2 · ergoCub +1 more

3
RGB-d Cameras

A2 · Digit +1 more

3
RTK Positioning

Lymow One Plus · M6 +1 more

3
Sonicsense Obstacle Avoidance

iSkim · Sora 30 +1 more

3
Speaker

A2 · Asimov DIY Kit (Here Be Dragons Edition) +1 more

3
Temperature Sensor

Ami · MiPA +1 more

3
Time-of-flight Sensor

aibo (ERS-1000) · Astro +1 more

3
Ultrasonic Sensor

MagicDog · micro:bit PU Robot Kit +1 more

3
3-axis Accelerometer

Loona · ROBOTIS OP3

2
3-axis Gyroscope

Loona · ROBOTIS OP3

2
360° 3D LiDAR

LiDAX Ultra 3000 AWD · RockMow X1 LiDAR

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4 Microphones

aibo (ERS-1000) · Mirokaï

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4-mic Array

ElliQ 3 · R1

2
5 Ultrasonic Sensors

Lymow One Plus · ZERITH H1

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6-axis IMU

Flagship Soundwave Auto-Converting Robot · Lawn Companion X25

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6-microphone Array

PUDU D5 Series · Wanda 2.0

2
Accelerometer

iCub · Poketomo

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Accelerometer / gyroscope sensor

Moflin · Romi Lacatan

2
Accelerometers

DRC-HUBO+ · SURENA IV

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AI Vision Camera

Lymow One Plus · S4

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AI Vision System

S3 · YUKA mini 2 1000H

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Array Microphone

A2 Ultra · Unitree H2

2
Binocular Fisheye Vision Sensors

ROMO · ROMO P2

2
Bump Sensors

Roomba Combo j5+ · Roomba j9+

2
Carpet Detection

Flow 2 · K20+ Pro

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Dirt Detect Sensors

Roomba Combo j5+ · Roomba j9+

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Embedded Dtof LiDAR

Deebot X12 OmniCyclone · M16 Infinity

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Fisheye Cameras

A2 · Expedition A3

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Four-microphone Array

Kuri · Vbot SuperDog

2
Front Camera

Abi · aibo (ERS-1000)

2
Gyroscopes

DRC-HUBO+ · SURENA IV

2
Hd Cameras

FF Futurist · FX Aegis

2
Humidity Sensor

Ami · MiPA

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Illuminance Sensor

Moflin · Romi Lacatan

2
IMU Sensor

temi V3 · Ultramarine P1

2
Infrared Ground Sensor

Astro · Spot

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Infrared Sensors

K36 · MiPA

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Laser Ground Sensor

Astro · Spot

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Laser Sensor

ASIMO · CyberDog 2

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Led Assist Light

Robot Vacuum Omni E25 · Robot Vacuum Omni E28

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LiDAR Navigation Sensor

Robot Vacuum Omni E25 · Robot Vacuum Omni E28

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Light Sensor

aibo (ERS-1000) · PARO

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Multimodal Perception

ELIXIS-W · PUDU D7

2
Obstacle Detection Reported

Dex · Jupiter

2
Obstacle-avoidance Sensors

Grogu™ gitamini · KATA Friends

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Odometric Sensors

Miko 3 · Miko Mini

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Posture Sensor

LOVOT · PARO

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Proximity Sensors

Abi · TM Xplore I

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Rain Detection

Lymow One Plus · M6

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Rear Camera

Ami · EVE

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Structured Light

Deebot T90 Pro Omni · Deebot X12 OmniCyclone

2
Time-of-flight Range Sensor

Miko 3 · Miko Mini

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ToF Sensor

CyberDog 2 · Robot Vacuum Omni S2

2
Truedge 3D Edge Sensor

Deebot T90 Pro Omni · Deebot X8 Pro Omni

2
Ultrasonic Sensors (front + rear)

Astro · Spot

2
Vision Cameras

GoMate · Panther

2
Voice Recognition

4NE-1 · 4NE-1 Mini

2
Wall Sensors

Qrevo Edge 2 Pro · Saros Z70

2

Single-use index

Collapsed one-off implementations

Keep the rare branded edge cases available without forcing the main browse path to slog through one-off shells row after row.

906 single-use entries

A-D

156 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
Acceleration Sensor Acceleration sensors (trunk X/Y/Z, feet X/Y) Accelerometer (wireless Reachy Mini) Active Binocular Infrared Camera Active Stereo 3D Obstacle Sensing (dual cameras + dual light patterns) Additional Environment Sensors Not Publicly Detailed Advanced 3D Vision Advanced Computer Vision Advanced mapping sensors (exact sensor suite not publicly disclosed) Advanced obstacle detection for 280+ object types Advanced sensor array (details not officially disclosed) Advanced Vision System AI camera (machine vision for ingredient identification and real-time cooking monitoring) AI Computer Vision Camera (M20i model only) AI Dirtsense Dirty Floor Detection AI Dual-vision System AI Human And Pet Recognition AI Obstacle Detection AI Obstacle-recognition Sensors AI RGB Camera AI Semantic Obstacle Perception AI Smartsight Camera AI Vision Camera (front-facing) AI Vision Camera For Board Scanning And Piece Recognition AI Vision Cameras AI Vision For Face Recognition AI Vision Recognition System AI-powered face-tracking vision system (exact hardware not disclosed) AI-powered Front-facing Hd Camera AI-powered Route Learning AI-powered vision/perception Air Quality Sensor AIVI 3D 3.0 Camera AIVI 3D 4.0 Obstacle System Als Sensor Ambient Light Sensor Ambient sound / voice input Ambient Sound Recognition Ambient Temperature Sensor Angular-rate sensor (trunk X/Y/Z) Anti-jamming Sensors Area-array Speckle Projection LiDAR Aroma Sensor Array Microphones Aruco Fingertip Markers Audio (tone of voice analysis) Audio Localization Array Audio Monitoring Audio-visual Multimodal Perception Audio, text, and image inputs for MEM multimodal emotion model Audition (audio) sensor Auditory Safety Features Auditory Sensors Automated gaze / face tracking Automatic Obstacle Avoidance Back Camera Backward bump detection (sensor type not publicly disclosed) Bag Fullness Radar Sensor Barcode Recognition Beidou Binocular AI Camera Binocular Camera (Wide FOV) Binocular camera / depth module Binocular Camera X1 Binocular Cameras Binocular Depth Vision Binocular Fisheye Camera Binocular RGB Vision Binocular Vision Cameras Biomimetic Dual-AI Vision System Bno055 Or Bno085 IMU Browning Sensor Built-in Sensors For Obstacle And Stair Detection Bump Sensor Bumper ×3 (base) Bumper Sensor Bumper Sensors Calibrated RGB + depth perception Camera Array (horn-mounted) Camera For Face Detection And Visual Features Cameras (customizable head) Cameras (Tesla Vision-based) Capacitive Touch Sensors Carnegie Robotics Multisense SL (stereo, laser, IR structured light) Carpet Detect Sensor Carpet Detection For Mop Roller Smart Cover Chassis 3D LiDAR X1 Chassis LiDAR Chest RGB Camera Chest-mounted Depth Camera Circular 6-mic Array Clearview LiDAR Clearview Pro LiDAR Cliff And Drop-off Detection Cliff/fall-prevention sensors Collision Detection And Emergency Stop Reported Collision Detection Sensors Collision Sensor Collision Sensors Compliant control/contact-stop safety mechanism Computer Vision And Neural-network Obstacle Detection Computer Vision Cameras Contact Sensors (hands) Contact Sensors (sole) Cross-laser Sensor Current Sensors Custom 6-axis Force/Torque Sensors Day/night cameras Debris Detection Sensors Depth Camera (EDU) Depth Camera ×2 Depth Camera At Each Of 20 Leg Tips Depth Cameras (optional module) Depth Sensing Detailed Perception Sensors Not Publicly Disclosed Detection Sensors Directional Microphone Array Dirt Sensor Dirty-spot/stain detection Distributed tactile sensing / artificial skin Docked Iphone Camera And Microphones Docking sensor (reported by CNET) Downward-facing Camera Drop And Stair Detection Sensors Drop Sensors dToF (direct Time-of-Flight) sensor Dtof Laser Radar dToF LiDAR (Embedded) Dtof LiDAR Navigation Sensor Dtof Sensor Dual 1080p AI Cameras Dual 192-line LiDAR Dual 6-axis IMU Dual 96-line LiDAR Dual AI Cameras Dual Antenna RTK GPS Dual Camera Dual Cameras Dual Front-facing Cameras Dual HD/RGB Cameras Dual Hdr Wide-angle Cameras Dual Intel Realsense D435i Depth Cameras Dual Mems Microphones Dual Microphone Array With Sound Direction Detection Dual Microphones Dual Optical Sensors For Obstacle Avoidance Dual RGBD Cameras Dual Sound Sensors Dual Structured Light Dual Vision And Smart Perception Dual-camera AI Vision Dual-laser 3D Structured Light Dual-line Laser System Dual-track Microphone And Speaker Audio Board Dual-vision Tracking System Dust Detection Light
E-H

113 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
E1R LiDAR (optional) Edge-to-edge Wall Follow Sensors Eight High-resolution Upper-body Cameras Eight Ir-based Time-of-flight Sensors Embedded 3D ToF LiDAR (StarSight 2.0) Embedded Mini-ToF LiDAR Emotion Interpretation Cameras Encoders Encoders and temperature sensors accessible via ros_control End-effector force/torque sensors Environmental And Interaction Data Used By Echochain Memory System Environmental Perception Environmental Sensors Epos Satellite Positioning ESP camera / OV3660 camera module Even steam-heating control for noodles and ingredients (detailed sensor suite not publicly disclosed) Expansion space/interfaces for D500 or STL-27L LiDAR Face And Object Detection Face Id Tracking Face Recognition Face Recognition Camera Face-tracking Camera Facial Recognition Fall Detection Far-field Microphone Array Filter-clog Sensors Finger And Palm Tactile Sensors Fingertip Sensors (optional) Flexscope Retractable Dtof LiDAR Floor Hazard Sensing Foot sensors (4 × 2) Foot-end Force Sensors (EDU) Force Sensors In Feet Force-controlled Arm Feedback Reported By Independent Coverage Force-controlled Parallel Grippers Force-sensing Resistors Force, contact, and impact response via inherent compliance Force/Torque Sensor (wrist) Force/torque sensors Force/Torque Sensors (all joints) Force/Torque Sensors (feet) Force/Torque sensors on wrists and ankles Four 120° fisheye cameras Four Onboard Cameras Four-camera Vision System Four-direction Ultra-wide-angle Hdr Cameras Four-microphone array / far-field sound sensors Frame Distance Detection Front And Rear RGB-d Cameras Front and rear TerraVision 2.0 camera systems Front LiDAR Front Obstacle Recognition Camera Front RGB-d Torso Camera Reported By Independent Coverage Full Sensor Suite Otherwise Not Officially Disclosed Full-body tactile sensing (10+ sensor suites) Full-body tactile skin with 18,000 sensing points Full-featured NFC Module Fusion Perception System Gait Recognition Gaze And Gesture Input Sensing Gemini-335L RGB-D/depth camera Gesture And Attention Tracking Gesture Sensor GNSS antenna (Pro) Gnss Receiver Gnss With RTK Navigation GPS (PRO/EDU, disabled by default) GPS Outdoor Positioning GPS plus proprietary mapping/localization GPS Tracking GPS Tracking And Geofencing For Anti-theft Protection Gravity Acceleration Sensor Gravity Sensor Green-spectrum Led Illumination Grip Switch Gyro, Wheel Load, Wheel Encoders, Accelerometer Gyroscope / IMU Gyroscope ×2 (torso + base) Hall Effect Sensors (hands) Hall-effect Joint Sensors Haptic Feedback Sensors Hardware-level Synchronized Multi-sensor Architecture Hazard Cameras (fore and aft) Hd Camera Hd Panoramic Camera Hd Stereo Vision Hd Wide-angle Camera Head binocular / stereo-ready camera system Head RGBD Camera (dual-arm configuration) Head Stereo Camera Head Tactile Sensor Head Touch Sensor Head-mounted 3D Environment Sensors Head-mounted Depth Camera Head-mounted Display Feedback System Head-mounted Stereo Camera With Wide Field Of View High Accuracy Base IMU High-power Led Lighting High-precision attitude-control system (sensor details not itemized) High-resolution Cameras High-Resolution HDR Camera (Front x2) High-resolution RGB Cameras High-sensitivity tactile sensor array (0.1 N minimum detection) High-temperature, high-pressure steam cooking system Hip Depth Camera Horn Front Camera Horn Top Camera (half-sphere) Hospital Navigation And Obstacle-avoidance Sensing Human And Pet Recognition Sensors Human Infrared Sensor Humidity Sensors Hybridsense AI Vision System Hygrometer-thermometer
I-L

80 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
Icm20948 9-axis IMU IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) IMU (inferred from locomotion capability) IMU Orientation IMU-assisted Mobility IMUs IMUs (2, in pelvis) IMUs (torso x2, chassis x1) Ina219 Battery-voltage Monitoring Independent 3D ToF Vision Industrial-grade 2d Localization Inertial Measurement Unit Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Infrared Array Infrared distance sensors (head ×1, hands ×2) Infrared Docking Sensor Infrared Night Vision Infrared Sensing Infrared Stain Detector Infrared Transmitter And Receiver Infrared Vision Infrared-assisted Wildlife Detection Ingredient identification/transfer system (details not publicly disclosed) Inspection Cameras Integrated Head-mounted Drone Integrated perception system (hardware details not publicly disclosed) Integrated sensor suite for professional kitchen automation (details not publicly disclosed) Intel D405 RGBD Camera (gripper) Intel D435if RGBD Camera (head) Intel depth camera (Basic edition) Intel RealSense D430 ×5 Intel RealSense D435i depth camera (optional) Intel RealSense D435i RGB-D camera with onboard IMU (installed but not used in the reported study) Intel Realsense D435i Vision System Intel Realsense D455 Depth Camera Intel Realsense D455 RGB-d Camera Intel Realsense D455 RGBD Depth Camera Intel RealSense depth camera (D455 in LuxAI docs) Intel RealSense Stereo Cameras (eyes) Intelligent Dirt Detection Sensors Interaction Lights Interaction Screen Interactive RGB Camera Interactive Screen Ionoskin Modular Sensor Systems Itof Depth Sensor Joint Encoders Joint Sensing Joint Temperature Sensors Joint/motor state feedback from RobStride actuators Jolt Or Fall Reaction Sensing Language Input Laser distance/radar sensor (reported by CNET) Laser Navigation Laser Obstacle Avoidance Laser Radar On Swing Arm Laser Range Finder Laser sensor (mapping/localization/navigation) Laser Sensor ×6 (base) Laser SLAM Lateral 3D Structured Light Lds LiDAR LDS+ linear laser navigation Leader-identification Sensors LED / Front and Rear Lights Led Fill Light Led Illumination LiDAR (M20i model only) LiDAR (optional module) LiDAR (StarSight 2.0) LiDAR (VersaLift motorized retractable) LiDAR Navigation LiDAR Pulsed Lasers LiDAR SLAM 4.0 (360° scanning) Lidar-based SLAM Reported By The Robot Report Logitech C920 Hd Pro Webcam Low-angle Camera Viewpoint Low-light Lighting Luminosity Sensor Luxonis vision/navigation cameras
M-P

148 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
Magnetic Field Sensor Microphone (audible-frequency acoustic measurements) Microphone (voice pattern recognition) Microphone (voice recognition) Microphone / sound-recognition module Microphone / voice-recorder input Microphone ×4 Microphone Array (6 microphones) Microphone Array (x4) Microphone For Audio Input Microvascular Vibration Analysis Mid-360 LiDAR Mm-wave Radar Modular Sensor Expansion Moisture Sensor Monocular Camera Motion / activity sensing Motion Controller Input Motion Detection Motion sensing / IMU Motion Sensor Motion Sensors Motion/position sensors Motor Control Sensors Motor Encoders For Closed-loop Speed Control Motor Joint State Sensing Motor rotary encoder feedback (position, speed, overload, temperature) Motor-based Tactile Sensing (hands) Movement Sensing MPU6050 6-axis gyroscope / IMU Multi-camera Array Multi-eye Vision Reported In Independent Coverage Multi-microphone Array Multi-point Touch Sensors Multi-sensor fusion (obstacle and debris detection) Multi-sensor Perception Suite Multi-sensor presence, proximity, and touch awareness Multi-sensor Smart Detection Multi-sensor Vision System Multi-zone Touch Sensors Multimodal 3D Perception Multimodal Interaction System Multimodal Perception Details Not Publicly Disclosed Multimodal Perception Reported Multimodal Perception System Multimodal Sensing System Multimodal Sensor Suite Multimodal Spatial Perception System Multimodal terrain perception (details not officially disclosed) Multiple Cameras Multiple onboard cameras (Humanoid.Guide profile) Music And Sound Reaction Sensing Narmind Pro Autonomous System Narrow-gap Detection For Extendable Side Brush Navigation Laser (LiDAR) Navigation Sensor Details Not Officially Disclosed Navigation Sensors Nerf-based 3D Mapping Netrtk Positioning Netrtk Wireless Positioning Network RTK (NRTK) Neuragrasp Onboard Sensory Inputs Night Lighting Night Vision Nine Servo-driven Expressive Joints Not Officially Disclosed For Walker C1 Not Publicly Disclosed Object-recognition vision system (CNN-based) Obstacle avoidance for wires, furniture, and toys Obstacle Avoidance Sensors Obstacle Detection (300+ types) Obstacle Detection Sensors Obstacle Sensor Obstacle-detection/navigation sensor suite (BrainOS-powered autonomous navigation) Obstacle-location Detection Occipital Structure Core Depth Sensor And Wide-angle Camera Official Hardware Sensor Suite Not Disclosed Official Maker H01 Page Does Not Disclose The Full Sensor Stack Official Visual Sensor Suite Not Disclosed Officially Described Strong Spatial-perception System Omnidirectional Microphone Array OmniSense 3.0 (360° 3D LiDAR) On-device Computer-vision Cameras Onboard 3D Vision System Onboard Sensors Not Fully Disclosed Onboard Vision Feedback For Juggling Demonstrations Onboard Vision Language Model Onboard Visual Tracking For Auto-follow Filming Optical Camera ×2 Optical Floor Tracking Sensor Optional 2D/3D LiDAR navigation kit Optional 5MP 160-degree Camera On 2-dof Pan-tilt Optional 6-Axis Wrist Force/Torque Sensors Optional AI Vision Accessory With IR Illumination Optional Arm Camera Mount Optional Arm Torque Sensing Optional Depth-camera Visual Grasping Demo Support Optional Feet Force/Torque Sensors Optional Gas Sensor Payload Optional Leg Force Sensors Optional Sensor Expansion Kit: LiDAR + depth camera Optional UVC/depth-camera mounts Optional Water-quality Sensing Optional Wrist Camera Optional Wrist Depth Cameras Optional Wrist Force/Torque Sensors Optocoupler Edge Sensor Optocoupler Sensors Ouster Rev7 Digital LiDAR Over 350 Total Sensors Over 40 Sensors Owner-recognition Behavior Reported In Ces 2026 Coverage Pair Of Hemispherical Lidars Palm RGB-d Cameras Pan/tilt mirrors and telephoto tunable lenses for ball spin tracking Panoramic Cameras Panoramic View System Patented Eye-tracking Vision System Patented Omnisensor (touchless human detection) People, pets, and kids recognition for right-of-way behavior Perception for structured task spaces (specific sensors not officially disclosed) Perception sensors (official sensor suite not disclosed) Perception sensors for industrial operation (exact hardware not disclosed) Perception System Details Not Publicly Disclosed Physical Bumper Pinch Detection Sensors Point cloud surround view (planned OTA feature) PoolSense 2.0 Posture Sensing Power/Force Feedback Precisense Spinning LiDAR PreciSense Spinning LiDAR (RetractSense) Precision Measurement System Precision Visual Localization Precisionvision AI Camera System PrecisionVision Camera (front-facing) Precisionvision Navigation Presence Awareness Presence/spatial sensing Pressure Sensor Pressure Sensors Pressure-sensitive Skin Proactive Led Illumination Proprioception Proximity And Ambient-light Sensor Proximity Sensor PTZ Pan/Tilt/Optical Zoom Camera Pure RGB Binocular Stereo Vision System
Q-T

155 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
Radar Radar (object detection) Radar Object Detection Real-time 3D Floor Mapping Real-time Battery Monitoring Real-time data capture system (details not officially disclosed) Rear LiDAR Rear RGB Camera Redundant flight-control/navigation architecture (details not publicly disclosed) Reid Tracking Remote Stock Monitoring Respeaker Microphone Array Responsive environmental sensing system described by VinDynamics; detailed sensor suite not officially disclosed Retractable Anti-stranding Columns Retractable Navigation Sensor RGB Camera (13MP, 120° FOV) RGB Camera (AI Object Recognition) RGB Camera + IR LED Liquid Detection RGB Camera ×2 (forehead + mouth) RGB Camera With Led RGB-D Camera (Orbbec Gemini 336) RGB-D Camera (Ultra) RGB-d Camera And IMU Data For Rtab-map SLAM RGB-d Depth Cameras RGB-d Head Camera RGBD Camera RGBD Cameras RGBD Depth Camera Robot-Eye 4.0 1080p HD USB camera on 2-DOF gimbal RTK / nRTK positioning Rtk-gnss Satellite Positioning RTK/GNSS Positioning Scene, object, and action recognition for 100+ categories Secure Patient-identification Hardware Security and surveillance sensor suite (specific sensor types not officially disclosed) Seeed Studio Grove Vision AI Module V2 With Camera Self-developed 6-axis IMU Self-service Ordering Screen Sensor Skin Sensor Stack Not Publicly Detailed Sensor Suite Not Officially Disclosed Sensor Suite Not Publicly Disclosed Series Elastic Actuator Sensors Shoulder Touch Sensing Side Structured Light Side ToF Sensing Side ToF View camera (iToF + RGBD) Sil 3 Obstacle Detection Single-point ToF Six Capacitive Touch Sensors Six High-definition Panoramic Cameras Six-axis Force Sensors On Both Arms SLAM Camera Slam-based Mapping Slope-change Detection Smart Navigation And Edge-cleaning Algorithms Smart Touch Sensing Smart-home Integration Sensors Not Individually Disclosed SmartVision camera (grass & boundary recognition) Solartrack Light-tracking System Solid-state LiDAR Solid-state LiDAR (200K points/sec) Sonar ×2 (base) Sonar Sensors Sonar-based Communication Spatial perception foundation model (vision) Spatial Sensors Spatial-awareness Vision System Speakers Specific Sensor Hardware Not Publicly Disclosed Speech Recognition Microphones Standard UWB positioning (<±10 cm single-unit accuracy) Step Detection Step-edge Recognition Stereo Camera Stereo Cameras (eyes) Stereo Depth Cameras Stereo Depth Estimation System Stereo Microphones Stereo RGB Cameras Stereo RGB Cameras (fish-eye) Stereo Speakers Stereo Vision Stereo vision + LiDAR perception system (Open Source/Pro/Max editions) Structured-light 3D Scanner Structured-light Depth Camera Supplementary Night Light Surface And Mess Detection For Automatic Cleaning-mode Switching Tactile Tactile Arrays Tactile Feedback Sensing Tactile Interaction Sensing Tactile Sensing And Force-control Stack Tactile sensing in dexterous hands (Pro/Max editions) Tactile Sensing Via Sharpa Wave Dexterous Hands Tactile Sensors (1000+) Tactile Sensors (head, hands) Tactile Sensors (UniTouch) Tactile Skin Tactile Skin (capacitive) Temperature and heating control system (details not publicly disclosed) Ten Bump Sensors Texture Sensor Thermal Thermal Camera (-10°C to +400°C) Thermal Camera (-40-550°C) Thermal Camera (optional) Thermal Camera And Night Vision Thermo sensors (hands, feet, head, body, actuators) Three Far-field Microphones Three Microphones Three-microphone Array Three-zone Touch Panel Time-of-Flight Depth Sensor (OAK-FFC ToF 33D) Time-of-flight Sensors ToF Depth Camera (up to 5m) ToF Depth Sensing ToF Sensors Torque Sensing On Each Arm Actuator Torque sensor feedback in all joints except head, wrists, and grippers Torque Sensors (all joints via Torque Servo Modules) Torso IMU Torso LiDAR Sensors Torso RGB Cameras X4 Touch / petting interaction response reported in CES 2026 coverage Touch Buttons Touch detection down to 0.1 N reported Touch Input Touch Interaction Touch Interaction Sensing Touch Interaction Sensors Touch Sensor (head) Touch Sensors (back, head, jaw) Touch Sensors (fingertips) Touch Sensors (full body) Touch sensors (head, hands, shoulders) Touch Sensors (head, hands) Touch sensors (multi-zone) Touch Sensors Across The Body Touch sensors in ears, hands, tummy, and back Touch-sensitive base/body interaction Touch-sensitive exterior (3D-knitted fuzzy covering) Touchscreen (optional) Tri-frequency Network RTK Tri-Laser Obstacle Avoidance (front + side + top) Triple Laser Obstacle-avoidance Sensors Triple Panoramic Cameras Truecourse Mapping With Dtof LiDAR TruEdge 3D Edge Sensor 2.0 Trueedge Edge-cleaning Sensors TwinAI / VLM obstacle avoidance Two Depth Cameras Two depth cameras (head and waist, education edition) Two Microphone Arrays Two Recording Cameras
U-Z

78 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
Ultra-Wide-Angle LiDAR (Unitree L2 on AIR; 64-128 line industrial on PRO/EDU) UltraSense AI Vision (5 TOPS AI chip) Ultrasonic Floor-type Sensors Ultrasonic Floor/Carpet Detection Sensor Ultrasonic Microphone (0-384kHz) Ultrasonic Object Detection Ultrasonic Obstacle Detection Ultrasonic Obstacle Sensors Ultrasonic Radar Ultrasonic Sensors (front & rear) Ultrasonic Sensors X8 Underwater LDS (360° AquaScan) Underwater Localization Upgraded Multi-sensor Suite Usb Microphone Uv Stain Detect Light V-slam Visual Navigation Various Onboard Sensors Versalift Dtof Versalift Liftable LiDAR Navigation Vertibeam Lateral Obstacle Avoidance Vio Positioning Vision (facial expression and gesture recognition) Vision AI Camera Vision And Audio Inputs For Social-context Perception Vision and perception sensor suite (details not publicly disclosed) Vision And Spatial Data Captured For Training Through The Kai Halo Wearable System Vision Camera Vision Fsd Camera-based Navigation Vision input (exact camera suite not disclosed) Vision Monitoring Vision system (officially referenced as part of ClearTouch) Vision system (posture/position and anomaly detection) Vision system for intelligent visual tracking (exact sensor suite not officially disclosed) Vision system for welding-seam monitoring on the GENE.01-W program Vision system reported by RoboActu; exact official sensor suite not disclosed Visual Inertial Odometry (VIO) Visual navigation (demonstrated) Visual Perception And Obstacle Awareness Reported By Independent Sources Visual Perception System Visual Safety Features Visual Sensors Visual, tactile, and action-trajectory data capture for embodied-AI training Voice Interaction Voice-command Input Vr Teleoperation And Behavior-research Stack VSLAM VSLAM + LiDAR SLAM localization VSLAM 2.0 vision localization Vslam Vision Mapping Vslam Vision System Waist RGBD Camera Wall Follow Sensor Webcams Wheel Odometry Whole-body force response across arms, fingers, and waist without force sensors Whole-body Omnidirectional Perception Layout Wide-Angle Camera (122° DFOV) Wide-angle Camera Nose Wide-angle Cameras Wide-angle Cameras X2 Wide-angle Hd Camera Wide-Angle HD Camera (720p) Wide-angle Lens Wide-Angle RGB Camera (head) Wide-angle Rotating Camera Wide-angle Solid-state LiDAR Wide-fov Depth Camera Wide-fov Depth Sensing Wire Length And Actuator Feedback Through Can Motor Control Wrist Cameras Wrist Depth Camera Mount Wrist Depth Cameras X2 Wrist RGB Cameras Wrist RGBD Camera (dual-arm configuration) Wrist-mounted Depth Camera Zed 2i Stereoscopic Vision Zonepilot AI Vision Camera
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176 entries

Single-robot components kept off the main scan path
0.3 MP / 640 x 480 camera 0.6 in navigation precision 1 Internal Camera (food quality monitoring) 1 Realsense Camera 1 Ring-shaped Microphone Sensor 1× Wide-Angle Camera 106° camera FOV 1080p Chest Camera 1080p Hd Camera 1080p HD video at 30 fps with 120° horizontal FoV 1080p Periscope Camera (132° FOV) 12 cameras (including time-of-flight capabilities) 12 High-precision Sensors 12 Mp Camera For Images 12-sensor AI-perception System 120° 12 MP autofocus wide-angle camera 13 Integrated Sensors 13 Mp Camera 13MP RGB camera (shooting) 14-bit Single-turn Magnetic Encoders 140° RGB Fisheye Camera 150° RGB Camera 16-line LiDAR 16-sensor Full-scene Perception Suite 18 Integrated Sensors 2 × 8 MP eye-mounted cameras 2 × Depth Cameras 2 Binaural Ear Microphones 2 Bumpers (feet) 2 Depth Sensors 2 Hall Sensors 2 HD Cameras (forehead + mouth) 2 Infrared Cameras 2 Optical Teleop Cameras 2 RGB Eye Cameras 2 RGBD Cameras 2-meter Detection Range 2× 110,000-pixel CCD color cameras 2× capacitive touch sensors 2× Depth Cameras 2× high-sensitivity ultrasonic radars 2× LiDAR (Pro) 2× Ranging Sensors 2× Time-of-Flight laser sensors 20+ debris-type recognition 20+ sensors referenced for IONO V1 platform 20× Optical Zoom Camera 20x Optical Zoom Camera 24 Sensors 25 Tactile Contact Points Per Finger 28 High-precision Intelligent Servo Motors 29 Integrated Sensors 29 total sensors (official specification table) 2k Hd Camera 2MP RGB camera (monitoring) 2x 10m Laser Range Finder with 360° FoV 2x Depth Cameras 3 × Fisheye Cameras 3 × RGBD Depth Cameras 3 Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) 3 LiDAR Sensors 3 Microphones 3 RGBD Depth Cameras 3 Sony Imx636 Event-based Vision Sensors In Gaze-control Systems 3 ToF Anti-fall Sensors 3-axis Magnetometer 3-microphone Circular Array 3× depth cameras (Pro) 300° RGB + ToF object detection 30x Optical Zoom Camera 30x Zoom Camera 31 Distributed Pressure Sensors (full-body tactile) 36 Integrated Sensors 360-degree Camera Module 360-degree LiDAR 360-degree LiDAR (Humanoid.Guide profile) 360-degree obstacle detection sensors (exact sensor suite not publicly disclosed) 360° × 45° LiDAR with 200 ft detection range 360° 3D/depth sensing reported by independent coverage 360° camera view 360° dual LiDAR 360° floating hexoskeleton contact detection 360° High-precision UWB 360° LIDAR 360° LiDAR safety sensors 360° LiDAR Scanner 360° LiDAR Sensor 360° omnidirectional multi-array microphones 360° omnidirectional sensing system 360° perception 360° RGB cameras 360° rotating LiDAR 360° Stereo Cameras 360° surround-view sensing 360° VSLAM 3D Binocular Vision 3D Depth Perception 3D Depth Sensor 3D LiDAR (optional) 3D LiDAR (Ultra) 3D Mapping And Smart Navigation 3D MatrixEye 2.0 vision system 3D Matrixeye Obstacle Avoidance 3D Spatial Sensing 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) Sensor 3D Time-of-flight Imager 3D ToF Camera 3D Vision 3D Vision (360°) 3D Visual Sensing 3D Woven Biomimetic Skin With Distributed Sensing Network 3D-ToF LiDAR 4 × Intel D435 Depth Sensors 4 AI Cameras 4 Array Tactile Sensors 4 Directional Microphones 4 Microphone Array 4 Paw Pad Sensors 4 Pdm Mems Digital Microphones 4 Radar Units 4-array Microphone 4-channel Chest Microphone 4-mic array with AI noise cancellation / 360° sound localization 4-Microphone Array (voice localization, echo cancellation) 4× bottom-port digital silicon microphones 4× Time-of-Flight Sensors 4× Ultrasonic Radars 40+ modular sensor expansion via PWR.ROSBOT.X board 44,640-point 3D sensing system 4D LiDAR L2 (360°×96° hemispherical) 4K 8MP 131° ultra-wide camera 4K Camera 4K camera (4K/30fps, 3K/60fps, 1080p/100fps modes) 4K Fisheye RGB Cameras 4K Hd Camera 4K One-axis Stabilized Camera 4x Linear Array Microphones 4x Microphones (AI voice recognition) 4x RGB-d Cameras 4x Sonar Sensors (torso, head) 5 × RGB Cameras (1080p) 5 Chassis Monocular Cameras 5 Mp Camera 5 W Speaker 5MP Autofocus Camera 5MP Bezel Camera 5MP Fhd RGB Camera 6 Array-Type Tactile Sensors (hands) 6 Depth Cameras 6 RGB Cameras 6 RGB cameras (pure vision perception solution) 6 Ultrasonic Sensors 6-axis Force Sensors X2 6-Axis Force/Torque Sensors (ankles and wrists) 6-axis IMU (gyroscope and accelerometer) 6-Axis IMU × 2 (head, torso) 6-camera Vision Setup 6-mic 360° microphone array 6-microphone Ring Array 6D force/torque sensors 6x Time-of-flight Linear Sensors 7-inch Led Touch Display 7× microphones 720° AI Vision System (360° horizontal + 360° vertical) 720p RGB Camera 8 Cameras 8 External Cameras 8 Force-Sensing Resistors (feet) 8 in multi-touch screen (800 × 1280, 160 dpi) 8 Torque Sensors 8× radar (Pro) 8MP Ultra-low-light Sensor 9 Sony Pregius Imx273 Active-pixel Cameras Operating At 200 Hz 9 Time-of-flight Cameras 9-axis IMU 9-axis IMU with accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer

Understanding Sensor Components

Sensors form the perception stack, the hardware layer that lets a robot detect distance, motion, edges, texture, orientation, and the difference between empty floor and a real obstacle. On ui44, this route is most useful when you are trying to predict navigation quality before you care about branding or marketing language. A robot that names LiDAR, depth sensing, stereo vision, or force feedback is telling you something concrete about how it sees the world. That still does not guarantee good behavior, because integration quality matters more than sensor count, but the sensor layer is often the fastest route into real capability. If a product claims strong autonomy while listing only minimal perception hardware, that tension is usually worth investigating on the robot page.

The ui44 database tracks 1007 sensor components used across 349 robots.

How it works

Sensors only become valuable when the robot can fuse them into one coherent model. A camera sees appearance, LiDAR sees geometry, an IMU tracks orientation, and tactile or cliff sensors confirm what happens near contact. The software layer has to reconcile conflicting inputs, filter noise, and decide which stream to trust in messy homes with mirrors, low light, rugs, cables, pets, and moving people. That is why two robots can list similar sensors and still behave very differently in edge cases.

Evolution

Consumer robots started with simple bump sensors, infrared proximity, and cliff detection. That was enough to prevent obvious collisions, but not enough to create reliable maps or structured movement. As LiDAR, camera SLAM, and cheaper compute arrived, the sensor stack became the backbone of systematic navigation rather than a safety afterthought. The current cycle is defined by sensor fusion. Modern robots increasingly combine distance sensing, vision, inertial data, and local AI processing so the machine can both map efficiently and understand what it is seeing instead of treating every object as a generic obstacle.

Evaluation Guide

What to check and what to watch for when comparing options

What to evaluate

When comparing sensor stacks, start with the environment. Large open-plan homes benefit from strong mapping hardware. Dark rooms punish camera-heavy systems. Stairs make cliff sensing and depth coverage more important. Pets, cables, and toys favor richer close-range obstacle detection. Then ask how much redundancy exists. A single impressive sensor label is less reassuring than a balanced perception package with fallback paths when one input becomes unreliable.

Deployment realities

Real homes stress sensors in ways demo rooms do not. Dust coats optics, sunlight saturates cameras, mirrors create phantom geometry, and floor transitions can confuse low-cost edge detection. Sensor maintenance matters too. A robot with good optics but poor access for cleaning may drift in real use. The safest buying habit is to read sensor claims as evidence, then validate them against the robot's layout, form factor, and real-world task on the product route.

What's changing

The direction of travel is clear: solid-state depth sensing, better on-device object recognition, and more intelligent fusion between vision and range data. The most meaningful gains are not just about adding more sensors. They are about making the robot less brittle when the environment changes. That is why newer platforms increasingly pair stronger perception hardware with local AI accelerators and more detailed obstacle-classification models.

Frequently Asked Questions

Sensor technology
Does more sensors automatically mean better performance?

No. More sensors can widen coverage, but weak calibration or poor fusion can still create a bad robot. Use sensor count as a clue, then validate whether the robot seems designed to combine those inputs intelligently.

Why do LiDAR and camera systems often get compared together?

Because they solve related navigation problems in different ways. LiDAR is strong at geometry and mapping. Cameras help with object understanding and visual context. Many premium robots now combine both because each fills gaps left by the other.

What is the fastest way to validate a sensor claim?

Jump from this route to the robot page and check whether the same product story shows up in navigation, obstacle avoidance, form factor, and deployment notes. Strong sensor claims should echo throughout the full product profile.

Using this directory
What does robot count tell me on this route?

It is a browse signal, not a quality score. Higher counts usually mean shared comparison anchors. Lower counts often mean proprietary or more signature-heavy technologies that need product context before they become meaningful.

How should I compare similar labels?

Use the component layer for evidence, the robot page for context, and Compare for decisions. Shared labels do not automatically mean identical behavior.

When should I leave this route?

Leave once the question becomes product fit instead of technology meaning. The component layer should narrow your attention, then hand you off to the product routes where price, form factor, deployment fit, and broader system design matter.

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