Autoblog

China Made LiDAR Cheap. Now Automakers Are Racing to Put It in Your Next Car

LiDAR sensors once cost $50,000. Now they’re just a few hundred dollars, pushing automakers like Rivian and Ford to adopt the tech for safer, smarter cars. China slashed LiDAR costs from $50,000 to a ...
TechCrunch

Lidar-maker Ouster buys vision company StereoLabs as sensor consolidation continues

Lidar-maker Ouster has acquired StereoLabs, a company that makes vision-based perception systems for robotics and industrial applications, for a combination of $35 million and 1.8 million shares. The ...
komonews

How radar and lidar technology help Summit crews turn icy snow into safer, groomed slopes

SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — On the slopes, good weather doesn't always equate to good snow conditions, making grooming operators essential. These experts use a blend of art, skill, and technology to ...
The Conversation

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...
Phys.org

Bionic LiDAR system achieves beyond-retinal resolution through adaptive focusing

In a recent study, researchers from China have developed a chip-scale LiDAR system that mimics the human eye's foveation by dynamically concentrating high-resolution sensing on regions of interest ...
Michigan Technological University

Ultra-high-resolution Lidar Reveals Hidden Cloud Structures

In this guest blog, Karen McNulty Walsh of Brookhaven National Laboratory explains how Michigan Technological University scientists and alumni developed an innovative, centimeter-scale view into ...
BGR

Why There's A Black Dot On Your iPhone's Camera (And What It Actually Does)

The iPhone in your hand likely has two or three cameras on the back: Non‑Pro models typically have two, while Pro models have three. If it's the latter, your iPhone Pro model may have a larger black ...
EDN

LiDAR’s power and size problem

Awareness of LiDAR and advanced laser technologies has grown significantly in recent years. This is in no small part due to their use in autonomous vehicles such as those from Waymo, Nuro, and Cruise, ...
TechCrunch

China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out

Chinese lidar-maker Hesai announced plans on Monday to double its production capacity from 2 million units to 4 million units this year, as it looks to corner the global market for the laser-based ...
Forbes

Voyant Focuses Its LiDAR To Enable Autonomy - Everywhere

3D Point Cloud Image of The of Statue of Liberty With Voyant's Carbon™ LiDAR Sensor in Bright Sunlight. The past decade has seen significant investments in autonomous vehicles and 3D sensing ...
The Verge

Mammotion’s flagship robot lawnmower now uses lidar to map your yard

The Luba 3 AWD roves your lawn using lidar navigation, dual AI-powered cameras, and a geopositioning system that connects to the internet. The Luba 3 AWD roves your lawn using lidar navigation, dual ...