Table 1 Comparing of the performance and cost of various LiDARs.

From: Development of the high angular resolution 360° LiDAR based on scanning MEMS mirror

LiDAR design

Company

Channel

Number of MEMS mirror

Weight (kg)

FoV (H × V)

Angular resolution (H × V)

Points per second

Refresh rate

Cost

Puck

Velodyne

16

1

360° × 30°

0.1° × 2°

600,000

5–20 Hz for 360\(^\circ\)

$8,000

HDL-64E

Velodyne

64

12.7

360° × 27°

0.08° × 0.4°

2,200,000

5–20 Hz for 360\(^\circ\)

$75,000

VLS-128

Velodyne

128

5.3

360° × 40°

0.1° × 0.11\(^\circ\)

4,800,000

5–10 Hz for 360°

$53,000

Niclass et al.22

Research work

3

1

45° × 11°

0.17° × 0.17°

163,840

10 Hz

Xu et al.23

Research work

1

3

60° × 10°

0.2° × 0.59°

97,223

19 Hz

Lee et al.24

Research work

1

1

5.78° × 6.36°

0.05°× 0.13°

25,000

1 Hz

Our LiDAR system

Research work

1

1

2

360° × 8.6°

0.07° × 0.027°

6,300

0.004 Hz for 360°

$1700