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Ouster builds high-resolution digital lidar sensors and an accompanying digital ecosystem for automation, robotics, drones, and smart infrastructure.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Ouster is an automation company that builds high-resolution lidar sensors for long, mid, and short range applications, along with an accompanying digital ecosystem. Its mission is to build a safer, more sustainable future, believing lidar is the building block of a new world in which smart infrastructure and autonomous machines can see and understand their surroundings. The company describes itself as a team of software, hardware, business, and manufacturing experts building the next generation of high-resolution lidar sensors and autonomy software solutions. Its REV8 family includes the OS1 Max, OS1, OS0, and OSDome sensors, and the company states it is introducing the world's first native color lidar sensor.

History

Ouster builds sensors and tools for engineers, roboticists, and researchers so they can make the world safer and more efficient. The company's mission is to build a safer, more sustainable future, and it states that its high-resolution lidar sensors for long, mid, and short range applications — and its accompanying digital ecosystem — are enabling worldwide automation. Ouster describes itself as an automation company moving the world forward safely and efficiently, and as a team of software, hardware, business, and manufacturing experts building the next generation of high-resolution lidar sensors and autonomy software solutions. It has introduced the REV8 family, which it describes as the highest-performing 3D lidar family designed for functional safety, and states it is introducing the world's first native color lidar sensor.

Products and positioning

High-resolution digital lidar sensors and a digital ecosystem enabling worldwide automation, engineered for functional safety and extreme reliability.

  • REV8

    The new REV8 OS family offers double the range and double the resolution in native color, engineered for functional safety and extreme reliability. Ouster describes REV8 as the highest-performing 3D lidar family, designed for functional safety.

  • OS1 Max

    The long-range Rev8 OS1 MAX delivers industry-leading price, performance, and automotive-grade reliability for the most rugged conditions. It has double the range and resolution of the OS1 and is powered by Ouster L4 Max silicon.

  • OS1

    A mid-range sensor balancing resolution and range, making it a versatile choice for security, smart infrastructure, and autonomous vehicles.

  • OS0

    An ultra-wide field-of-view sensor designed for short-range, high-precision perception in robotics, warehouse automation, and industrial applications.

  • OSDome

    Hemispherical lidar sensor with a 180º field of view, ideal for security, smart infrastructure, and autonomous system awareness.

Recent events

  • Reported

    Ouster introduces a two-year standard warranty[5]

    Ouster announced a two-year standard warranty for its latest-generation lidar products purchased after February 1, 2021, and said its lidar achieved cold-start capability at -40°C.

  • Reported

    Ouster completes $42 million Series B funding[6]

    Ouster announced that it had completed a new $42 million funding round, which it said would be used to increase product research and development and accelerate global sales.

  • Unconfirmed

    Reported

    Ouster launches OS0 and OS2-128 lidar sensors[7]

    Ouster introduced its OS0 ultra-wide-field lidar sensor and OS2-128 long-range lidar sensor. The sensors were exhibited at CES 2020, and Ouster said the OS0-128 and OS2-128 were accepting orders and shipping to major customers and partners.

  • Reported

    Ouster launches OS1-32 lidar sensor[8]

    Ouster launched the OS1-32, a 32-channel lidar sensor designed for commercial deployment, with a stated range of up to 120 meters.

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