Awesome LIDAR

A curated list of awesome LIDAR sensors and its applications.

LIDAR is a remote sensing sensor that uses laser light to measure the surroundings in ~cm accuracy. The sensory data is usually referred as point cloud which means set of data points in 3D or 2D. The list contains hardwares, datasets, point cloud-processing algorithms, point cloud frameworks, simulators etc.

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Contents

• Awesome LIDAR
• Contents
• Conventions
• Manufacturers
• Datasets
• Libraries
• Frameworks
• Algorithms
  • Basic matching algorithms
  • Semantic segmentation
  • Ground segmentation
  • Simultaneous localization and mapping SLAM and LIDAR-based odometry and or mapping LOAM
  • Object detection and object tracking
  • LIDAR-other-sensor calibration
• Simulators
• Related awesome
• Others

Conventions

• Any list item with badge has a GitHub repo or organization
• Any list item with badge has YouTube videos or channel
• Any list item with badge has a scientific paper or detailed description
• Any list item with badge is ROS 2 compatible

Manufacturers

• Velodyne - Ouster and Velodyne announced the successful completion of their merger of equals, effective February 10, 2023. Velodyne was a mechanical and solid-state LIDAR manufacturer. The headquarter is in San Jose, California, USA.
• YouTube channel
• ROS driver
• C++/Python library
• Ouster - LIDAR manufacturer, specializing in digital-spinning LiDARs. Ouster is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
• YouTube channel
• GitHub organization
• Livox - LIDAR manufacturer.
• YouTube channel
• GitHub organization
• SICK - Sensor and automation manufacturer, the headquarter is located in Waldkirch, Germany.
• YouTube channel
• GitHub organization
• Hokuyo - Sensor and automation manufacturer, headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
• YouTube channel
• Pioneer - LIDAR manufacturer, specializing in MEMS mirror-based raster scanning LiDARs (3D-LiDAR). Pioneer is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• YouTube channel
• Luminar - LIDAR manufacturer focusing on compact, auto-grade sensors. Luminar is headquartered Palo Alto, California, USA.