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LiDAR is getting so cheap it’d be madness not to use it in self-driving cars

LiDAR, a combination of the words light and radar, is a type of sensor technology that’s popular among some self-driving car companies for real-time mapping. But so far, the tech has been kind of ...
Forbes

Innoviz Claims New Lidar Sensor 70% Cheaper, Better Performance

In less than five years since it was founded, Israeli startup Innoviz has established itself as a company to be taken seriously in the automotive lidar business. While light detection and ranging ...
The Next Web

LiDAR is the secret sauce for connected vehicles and smart city adoption

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 2020 had the highest number of ...
Business Insider

Waymo shows how radar and lidar help its robotaxis see what cameras can't

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. The company showed how sensors ...
Business Wire

Velodyne Lidar Introduces Next-Generation Velabit™ Sensor

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today introduced the next generation of its Velabit™ sensor, which addresses the cost, safety, and design challenges of ...
Nasdaq

Velodyne Lidar Introduces Solid State Sensor for Autonomous Mobile Robotics and Last-Mile ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) today announced the Velarray M1600, an innovative solid state lidar sensor designed to serve mobile robotic applications. The ...