Category Archives: Lidar

ARE Maps Great Bay Estuary with UAS Lidar

Posted on September 3, 2019 by lidar

Recently, ARE partnered with Quantum Spatial, Inc. to complete a drone-based lidar scan of four locations within Great Bay, New Hampshire (my home), to support ongoing monitoring programs at Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR.) The scan was done … Continue reading →

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Self Driving Trucks – Simpler is Better – Maybe

Posted on September 2, 2019 by lidar

Many in the autonomous vehicle industry believe that self driving trucks will be the first to launch commercially. Driving on the interstate is relatively simple compared to an urban environment, but the challenge is getting from the pickup to the … Continue reading →

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Geomatics Career Opening at the U.S. Military Academy

Posted on August 31, 2019 by lidar

If you are looking for a truly once in a lifetime, geomatics career opportunity please read on. Having visited the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY this spring I can tell you there is a 200+ year old … Continue reading →

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FHWA Supports DOT Drone Programs

Posted on August 30, 2019 by lidar

UAS offer several transformative aspects for highway transportation, enhancing safety and productivity and reducing cost. The FHWA is supporting DOTs around the country with the introduction of drones for wide variety of applications. From the FHWA Every Day Counts program. … Continue reading →

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Levandowski Criminally Charged – Theft of Trade Secrets

Posted on August 28, 2019 by lidar

Lidar News provided a number of posts beginning in October 2017 involving Anthony Levandowski and his involvement in a Waymo vs. Uber patent lawsuit. The case was eventually settled in Waymo’s favor. The judge in  the case recommended that the … Continue reading →

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Neural Network on a Chip Designed by Tesla

Posted on August 27, 2019 by lidar

The building block of a human nervous system is a neuron and millions of them form a neural network in the body’s central nervous system. To make autonomous cars a reality, computer scientists need to create artificial neural networks (ANNs) … Continue reading →

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Lidar Sensors Designed to be Auto-Ready

Posted on August 26, 2019 by lidar

ORLANDO — A thief provided the perfect circumstances for an inadvertent experiment with a pallet of Luminar lidar sensors. From an article in Automotive News by  Pete Bigelow. Last summer, a pallet containing lidar sensors made by Luminar was stolen … Continue reading →

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Self Driving Vehicles From Toyota at Olympics

Posted on August 25, 2019 by lidar

Toyota will deploy some 3,700 vehicles, including self-driving buses and mobility products at next year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics, nearly all of them electrified, including a futuristic self-driving pod car that will escort the Olympic torch and lead the marathon race. … Continue reading →

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Virtual Testing of Lidar Sensors in CarMaker V8

Posted on August 24, 2019 by lidar

IPG Automotive has launched version 8.0 of its CarMaker virtual testing suite with newly integrated of Lidar raw signal interface (RSI). The lidar RSI is a physical sensor model based on ray tracing that enables detailed modeling of lidar sensors. … Continue reading →

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Waymo Database Access for Academic Research

Posted on August 23, 2019 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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