Hesai unveils Picasso full-color LiDAR chip
Hesai introduced Picasso at its tech open day, calling it the world’s first full-color LiDAR chip. The chip fuses color and depth in hardware, generates native color point clouds, and is slated to underpin the next-generation ETX series, with mass production and automaker deliveries expected in the second half of 2026.
This is a meaningful sensor-stack move if the claims hold up, because it shifts color-depth fusion from software stitching into the hardware layer. For ADAS, the practical value is better classification of traffic lights, lane markings, and roadside signs, plus richer point clouds for downstream planning. The 1,080 / 2,160 / 4,320-channel configurations suggest Hesai is turning this into a platform upgrade, not a one-off demo chip. The biggest caveat is verification: the claims currently come through secondary reporting, so independent testing will matter.
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