STDA047 September   2026 AWR2188 , AWR2944P , IWR6243 , IWR6843 , IWR6843AOP , IWRL6432

 

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  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1Why Radar in Robotics
  5. 2Why TI mmWave FMCW Radar for Robotics?
  6. 3Radar Products for any Robotics Application
  7. 4TI mmWave Radar Portfolio for Robotics
  8. 5Robotics Market Requirements – What Radar Solves
    1. 5.1 Humanoid and Bipedal Robots
    2. 5.2 Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
    3. 5.3 Industrial Fixed-Mount Radar
    4. 5.4 Medical and Surgical Robotics
  9. 6Recommended Products
    1. 6.1 High Resolution IWR6243 Cascade Radar
      1. 6.1.1 Reference Design
      2. 6.1.2 Hardware Stack
      3. 6.1.3 Software Stack
    2. 6.2 Form Factor Optimized IWR6843 AOP Radar
      1. 6.2.1 Reference Design
  10. 7Design and Documentation Support
    1. 7.1 Tools and Software
    2. 7.2 Documentation Support
    3. 7.3 Resources
  11. 8Acknowledgments

3 Radar Products for any Robotics Application

TI's radar portfolio spans the full performance range needed across robotics market segments: high-performance front-end transceivers deliver the range, resolution, and processing power needed for humanoid and mobile robots to sense and map the surroundings, while compact, integrated system-on-chip (SoC) devices provide low-power, short-range sensing for tasks like detecting nearby objects or guiding a robotic arm. The right device depends on range, resolution, processing architecture, power budget, and regulatory environment.

Two Portfolio Tiers: TI's robotics radar portfolio consists of High-Performance Radar and Low-Power Radar product families. Both portfolios include devices operating in the 60GHz band (57–64GHz) and the 77GHz band (76–81GHz), allowing customers to select the appropriate design based on application requirements and regional regulatory compliance.

High-Performance Radar devices are designed for applications requiring longer detection ranges, high angular resolution, and advanced signal processing, supporting sensing distances from a few centimeters to several hundred meters. This portfolio includes cascadable front-end transceivers, and single-chip SoC (System on Chip) radar sensors. Cascadable devices can be combined to achieve very high virtual antenna counts and exceptional angular resolution, making these devices an excellent choice for imaging radar and LiDAR replacement applications. Single-chip SoCs integrate the RF front end, DSP, hardware accelerators, and processing into a complete radar design, with configurations up to 4 transmit and 4 receive channels, while cascaded systems can scale from 8T8R to 32T32R and beyond. High-performance devices also use launch-on-package (LoP) technology to maximize RF performance.

Low-Power Radar devices are designed for battery-powered and power-constrained systems where energy efficiency is critical. These products are appropriate for short-range sensing applications such as range finding, presence detection, occupancy sensing, and PIR replacement. Low-power devices also feature antenna-on-package (AoP) technology, enabling highly compact system designs while maintaining robust sensing performance.