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Slamtec
上海思岚科技
RPLidar A1/A2/A3/S2 and Mapper series — the standard "starter" 360° 2D lidar for indoor service robots, cleaning robots, and academic mobile robotics; widely stocked by US retailers (Adafruit, RobotShop). NOT a marine sonar or defense-drone supplier; consumer/indoor robotics focus.
CN Shanghai, Shanghai, China · slamtec.com
What they make
| Processes | Sensors & lidar (read from their description) |
|---|---|
| Capabilities | 6–25 m range 2D lidar, TOF (S2 series), UART/USB output, ROS driver / **moq:** 1 pc via US resellers; volume via Shanghai HQ / **lead-time:** stocked 1 week from US warehouse / **pricing-signal:** RPLidar A1M8 ~$110 retail, A3 ~$450 |
| Parts and products | unknown |
| Materials | unknown |
| Tolerance | unknown |
| Largest part | unknown |
Order size and timing
| Minimum order | unknown |
|---|---|
| Prototypes | unknown |
| Small-run evidence | unknown |
| Startup friendly | unknown |
| Quote turnaround | unknown |
| Prototype lead time | unknown |
| Production lead time | unknown |
| Instant online quote | unknown |
Quality and company
| Certificates | CE, FCC on newer SKUs |
|---|---|
| Business type | unknown |
| People | 200 employees |
| Floor area | unknown |
| Founded | unknown |
| English | yes / **startup-friendly:** yes |
| Public customers | unknown |
| Address | unknown |
| Marketplace stores | unknown |
Contact
| not public; request through Maglev | |
| Phone | not public |
What others say
de-facto standard for beginners; hundreds of GitHub repos
Sources
Confidence UNVERIFIED · from public sources, not yet visited or ordered from · checked 2026-09-04