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

6.2 Form Factor Optimized IWR6843 AOP Radar

The IWR6843 AOP is TI's 57–64GHz FMCW single-chip radar sensor built for applications where size, power, and integration depth matter more than maximum angular resolution. Three architectural decisions differentiate this device:

  • Antenna-on-Package (AoP) — transmit and receive antennas are integrated directly into the package, eliminating PCB antenna routing, matching networks, and RF board characterization. The result is a compact, layout-friendly module that can be placed in mechanically constrained locations: joint housing, end effectors, robot perimeters, and tight enclosures where a discrete antenna PCB does not fit
  • Full onboard signal processing — the integrated HWA1.0 hardware accelerator, C67x DSP, and Arm® Cortex®-R4F MCU run the complete radar signal chain on-chip. Range-Doppler processing, CFAR detection, and point cloud output execute without any external host processor, reducing system component count, PCB area, and power draw compared to a front-end-only device paired with external compute
  • IEC 61508 SIL 2 certification by TÜV SÜD — the same functional safety qualification as the IWR6243, supporting human-robot coexistence deployments where certified hardware integrity is required by the safety argument

The IWR6843 AOP targets use cases where each sensor node must be self-contained: proximity detection around robot limbs, safety bubble enforcement on collaborative arms, and short-range obstacle sensing in battery-powered AMRs where a dedicated radar host is not available or not justified.