Hesai Technology, a global leader in lidar solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Westwell, a global provider of autonomous driving solutions. This collaboration will see Hesai’s advanced lidar products integrated into Westwell’s autonomous driving solutions, serving over 200 corporate clients across 20 countries. The partnership will extend to applications including autonomous driving, industrial robots, heavy machinery, and smart cities.
Westwell’s autonomous driving solutions, equipped with Hesai’s lidar technology, will bring increased productivity to the supply chain, significantly enhancing efficiency and quality while reducing carbon emissions on a global scale. Hesai’s lidars are already integrated into several of Westwell’s solutions, including their energy-efficient autonomous driving Q-Trucks and Q-Tractors. Westwell boasts the largest fleet of Q-Trucks at Felixstowe Port in the United Kingdom, and has deployed Q-Tractors to support Hong Kong’s largest independent air cargo operator, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL). Their Q-Trucks are also used in advanced manufacturing plants to enhance transport efficiency and promote green carbon reduction.
Westwell’s R&D team employs a multi-sensor approach, incorporating multiple Hesai XT32 and AT128 lidars for each of their vehicles, ensuring precise operations across various scenarios. Westwell’s autonomous driving Q-Trucks and E-Trucks utilize Hesai’s XT32 mid-range lidar, delivering impressive 5 mm range precision. The lidar provides high-quality point clouds and optical systems, enabling operable data and accurate vehicle alignment and interactions.
Furthermore, sensors in port scenarios are vulnerable to frequent vibrations, salt corrosion, and frequent stops. Hesai XT and AT series’ transceiver modules, built on Hesai’s proprietary technology, effectively reduce failure rates and maintenance costs.
Beyond logistics, lidar empowers industrial robotics by providing precise distance, speed, and imaging data, facilitating accurate positioning, obstacle avoidance, and navigation in complex environments. Hesai lidars find widespread use in autonomous delivery robots, forklifts, and lawnmowers.
Hesai and Westwell have been collaborating on lidar solutions since 2018. As two innovative companies with global reach, they have made significant strides in lidar technology and intelligent solutions. Through this latest strategic partnership, Hesai and Westwell aim to continue enhancing product performance, delivering efficient and reliable intelligent solutions to customers worldwide.
