Category Archives: AI

Lidar as a Service May Be the New AV Business Model

Posted on January 17, 2020 by lidar

Subscription sales have helped countless software companies rack up big-time revenue. Are autonomous-driving technology startups about to borrow a page from that playbook? Some think lidar as a service may become the new business model for some of the cash … Continue reading →

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FedTech is a Unique Start-up Platform

Posted on January 13, 2020 by lidar

I received an email from an individual that is a volunteer with a very interesting program appropriately called FedTech since it seeks to match entrepreneurs with scientists and their IP who work at federal facilities such as NASA. I had … Continue reading →

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Lidar Sensor Leasing Program Offered to Developers

Posted on January 12, 2020 by lidar

Upstart lidar maker Luminar, with one of the most sophisticated laser sensors for self-driving cars, is expanding beyond hardware with the addition of much-needed commercial software and a computing system that makes its technology plug-and-play capable for autonomous vehicle developers. … Continue reading →

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Waymo Database Access for Academic Research

Posted on January 11, 2020 by lidar

Academic researchers have now been granted access to the Waymo database, amassed by its fleet of self-driving cars. The move is a way to “give back to the community,” says Drago Anguelov, Waymo’s head of research, “not an admission in … Continue reading →

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Levels of Driving Automation – There’s a Standard

Posted on January 8, 2020 by lidar

With all of the news about autonomous vehicles coming from CES 2020 this week I thought it would be of value to re-publish this article on standards for driving automation. Unlike many technical markets, such as the lidar and 3D … Continue reading →

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Lidar Alternative Produces 10 Million Points Per Second

Posted on January 6, 2020 by lidar

Terranet’s lidar alternative claims to process camera – collected scene data in 1 millisecond versus 100’s of milliseconds for lidar sensors. At this week’s International CES 2020, Terranet will demonstrate VoxelFlow – a 3D motion perception technology capable of detecting … Continue reading →

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Tier 1 Automotive Supplier Has Developed a Lidar Sensor

Posted on January 5, 2020 by lidar

Auto-parts maker Bosch is getting into the lidar business, the company said in a Thursday announcement. That’s significant because Bosch is a “tier 1” supplier—one of the few companies with the scale and infrastructure to supply parts directly to global … Continue reading →

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Rain on Lidar Sensors – What is the effect on Performance?

Posted on January 3, 2020 by lidar

This paper looks at the influence of rain on a lidar sensor using a mathematical model to predict the degradation of the performance. Among the many challenges involved in the development of safe, reliable advanced driver assist systems (ADAS), sensing … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Vehicle Player Increases Use of Simulation

Posted on December 23, 2019 by lidar

In the realm of self-driving vehicles, the number of miles driven in autonomous vehicle mode is often used as a proxy for progress. From an article in Automotive News by Pete Bigelow. So it might seem alarming next month when … Continue reading →

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Wave of Demand for Scanning Coming Says Industry Leader

Posted on December 16, 2019 by lidar

Today 3D measurement is a common sight, not only in the quality field, but also for design, reverse engineering and movies. “In my view, there’s a wave of demand for 3D scanning coming,” says Michael Raphael, CEO and founder of … Continue reading →

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