Category Archives: AI

Foldable Drone Can Change Shape In-Flight

Posted on January 10, 2019 by lidar

Now this is impressive. Be sure to see the video below. There have been other drones that could alter their shape in flight, but this foldable drone (developed by roboticists from University of Zurich and EPFL) is different in several … Continue reading →

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CES Opens Today with the Key Vendors Jockeying for Position

Posted on January 8, 2019 by lidar

As CES opens today in Las Vegas there is  a press release from each of the major vendors as they try to out do each other for the top spot in the news. Rather than trying to sort this out … Continue reading →

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2019 – Let’s Make it the Year of the YGP

Posted on December 31, 2018 by lidar

Overall 2018 has been a very positive year for the 3D laser scanning and lidar industry, but for me the news item with the greatest potential impact is the Younger Geospatial I can’t think of a single news item during … Continue reading →

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Fujitsu To Provide Lidar-based Gymnastics Judging System

Posted on December 27, 2018 by lidar

I am putting this one in the “you have to be kidding”category, but I can assure you they are serious. Fujitsu has developed a lidar and AI system to remove in part the subjectivity associated with judging world class gymnastics … Continue reading →

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3D Documentation of the USS Iowa Using Lidar

Posted on December 25, 2018 by lidar

The main purpose of this multi-firm demonstration was 3D documentation of the USS Iowa’s main battery turret which housed the incredible 16 inch guns, that were capable of firing 2,700 pound shells at targets  24 miles away. One can only … Continue reading →

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Standard Cyborg Let’s You Create 3D Images with iPhone

Posted on December 16, 2018 by lidar

Capture is a software app from Standard Cyborg that let’s you capture 3D images with your iPhone. From an article in Digital Trends. What if, instead of having to shell out the best part of a years’ rent for a … Continue reading →

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VCSELS Could be Next Generation of Lidar

Posted on December 1, 2018 by lidar

VCSELS – Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers are being used by Apple for Face ID and more, like gesture recognition. On Tuesday Patently Apple posted two patent reports covering inventions from Google and LG. Google’s patent win covered using a depth camera … Continue reading →

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Levels of Driving Automation – There’s a Standard

Posted on November 23, 2018 by lidar

Unlike many technical markets, such as the lidar and 3D laser scanning  industry there is good news when it comes to a standard for describing levels of driving automation. The consumer markets have learned that developing and agreeing on standards, … Continue reading →

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Driverless Car Revolution is Running Late

Posted on November 19, 2018 by lidar

The adoption rate for the driverless car is behind schedule. Engineering challenge of the decade Auto makers are becoming more cautious Greatest obstacle is fear of trusting a robot Vehicle insurance and laws would have to be overhauled In this … Continue reading →

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FMCW – Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Lidar

Posted on October 28, 2018 by lidar

It certainly sounds more complicated than Time of Flight (ToF), but Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) lidar has a number of important advantages over ToF, like being able to measure the velocity of objects in a scene and having the … Continue reading →

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