Generally, LiDAR sensors send out infrared light, and measure the time it takes for the light to bounce off an object and back to the sensor, creating a three-dimensional map. However, there are ...

How mounted lidar could help cities move safely June 21, 2021 12:00 AM Velodyne’s product combines lidar sensors in a fixed setting, such as a light pole, with AI.

Their twist: Mounting VCSELs to a curved surface to broaden the field of view, but SP's maximum 200-meter range over a 30-degree horizontal field is achieved using a flat chip.

Last month, we reported that Tesla had purchased $2 million worth of lidar sensors from Luminar, a surprising deal given Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s very public disparagements of autonomous vehicle ...

Public service announcement: don't point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. A video recently shared on Reddit demonstrates why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top ...

The sensors in those self-driving cars have become an international dispute The domestic lidar industry is mounting a lobbying offensive against a leading Chinese rival that’s stepping up its ...

SOMETHING as simple as taking a photo or a video of a car could break your phone’s camera. It may seem harmless, but if the vehicle is fairly new, it could have a LiDAR sensor – which i… ...

Waymo's robotaxis are equipped with five lidars, six radar sensors, and 29 cameras. Waymo says lidar and radar help the robotaxi detect pedestrians before cameras can.