Overview
RSView is the official visualisation tool developed by RoboSense Technology (Suteng Innovation Technology, Shenzhen) and the primary way to test, calibrate and diagnose RoboSense LiDARs in a desktop environment. The application is modelled on Velodyne / Kitware's VeloView and — like it — is built on top of ParaView and the VTK library.
Functionality
RSView enables: (1) real-time display of point clouds received over Ethernet (UDP MSOP/DIFOP), (2) replay of recorded .pcap files with speed control and pause, (3) saving individual frames or sequences as .pcd, (4) point colouring by intensity, distance, azimuth or ring, (5) sensor diagnostics (temperature, voltages, communication status), (6) basic DIFOP inspection (angles, factory calibrations, serial number).
Supported models
RSView supports the full RoboSense LiDAR family: RS-LiDAR-16, RS-LiDAR-32, RS-Helios-16P, RS-Helios-5515, RS-Bpearl, RS-Ruby, RS-Ruby Plus and the solid-state RS-LiDAR-M1, M2, M3 and RS-LiDAR-E1. It requires an Ethernet connection (100 Mbps or Gigabit) to the sensor and correct configuration of IP addresses and MSOP/DIFOP ports.
Platforms and distribution
The application is delivered as a ready-to-run binary package for Windows 10/11 (x86_64) and Ubuntu 18.04/20.04/22.04 (x86_64). It does not require source builds — distribution is through the RoboSense technical portal (resources.robosense.cn or robosense-wiki-en.readthedocs.io), usually after account registration or a direct request to technical support.
License
RSView is proprietary software by RoboSense Technology — provided free of charge for use with RoboSense sensors but with no public source code. The underlying ParaView/VTK code remains available under the original authors' open-source licenses (BSD-3-Clause), but RoboSense's integration and decoding modules are closed-source.
A Visualization Tool is software designed for the visual representation of data originating from a robot, its sensors, the environment, or the control system — such as point clouds, occupancy maps, joint trajectories, camera feeds, or telemetry dashboards. In robotics, widely used examples include RViz (ROS), Foxglove Studio, and Webviz, which allow real-time and post-hoc inspection of sensor streams and system state.
A Developer Tool is software designed to support the development workflow, including configuration, debugging, testing, monitoring, validation, and integration of robotic and embedded systems. Examples include IDE plugins, visual debuggers, log analysers, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test harnesses, and code-generation utilities specific to robotics platforms.
Standalone graphical application (GUI) running locally on a workstation or laptop.
Default calibration and testing tool for RoboSense LiDARs at AGV/AMR integrators and in autonomous vehicles. Used by R&D departments of automotive OEMs (BYD, XPeng, GAC) deploying RoboSense LiDARs in their vehicles.
Closed-source, no public metrics; distribution via the RoboSense technical portal — an estimated tens of thousands of installations at integrators
100 Mbps or Gigabit Ethernet NIC; the application is a desktop GUI and is not intended to run on a production robot.
License family: Proprietary – Commercial