RoboSense Technology Co., Ltd (RoboSense; ) is a publicly listed Chinese technology company that engages in the development and sales of lidar products such as sensors. Its products are used mainly in the ADAS, vehicular automation, robotics and industrial sectors.
History
After finishing his PhD on outdoor robotics perception at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Qiu Chunxin founded RoboSense in 2014. Qiu asked his PhD supervisor Zhu Xiaorui and PhD peer Liu Letian to join his team as chief scientist and chief technology officer respectively.[2]
Investors of RoboSense have included over 30 institutional investors such as Cainiao, BYD and Xiaomi.[3]
RoboSense started out making scanners for the construction and interior design industries, releasing its first static 3D laser scanner in 2015.