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

 

  1.   1
  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

4 TI mmWave Radar Portfolio for Robotics

TI's portfolio offers several products, and the choice is driven by range, resolution, processing architecture, and power constraints applicable to each end equipment in the robotics market.

Devices Frequency Band Cascadable Architecture Package Recommended Ranges Range Resolution Achievable Angular Resolution AI Capability Safety Interface
IWR6243 57–64GHz YES Front end only Standard 0.1–500+ m 2.14cm <1° (cascaded 12Tx × 16Rx) NO IEC 61508 up to SIL 2 CSI-2 (MIPI), SPI, I²C, UART
IWR2188 76–81GHz YES Front end only LOP 0.1–700+ m 3.75cm to 15cm <0.5° (cascaded 16Tx × 16Rx, 24Tx × 24Rx, 32Tx × 32Rx) NO IEC 61508 up to SIL 2 CSI-2 (MIPI), SPI, I2C, UART
AWR2944P 76–81GHz NO Front end, HWA2.1 400MHz, DSP C66x, MCU, HSM Standard 0.1–300+ m 3.75cm to 15cm approximately from 4 to 6° YES ISO26262 up to ASIL B SPI, CAN-FD, UART, I²C, Ethernet 1Gbps
AWR2E44P LOP
IWR6843 60–64GHz NO Front end, HWA1.0 200MHz, DSP C67x, MCU Standard 0.1–100+ m 3.75cm approximately 15° az or approximately 15° el YES IEC 61508 up to SIL 2 CAN-FD, SPI, I²C, UART
IWR6843AOP AOP 0.1–50 + m
IWRL6844 57–64GHz NO Front end, HWA1.2 200MHz, DSP C66x, MCU Standard 0.1–100+ m 2.14cm approximately from 4 to 6° YES IEC 61508 up to SIL 2 CAN-FD, SPI, I²C, UART
IWRL6432 57–64GHz NO Front end, HWA1.2 200MHz, MCU Standard 0.1–30 + m 2.31cm approximately 26° az or approximately 42° el YES IEC 61508 up to SIL 2 CAN-FD, SPI, I²C, UART
IWRL6432AOP AOP 0.1–20m