LIDAR

In the end-of-life notice, Intel reiterated it will “continue to sell the stereo products to current distribution customers.”

MOV.ai and Velodyne deliver a complete navigation package for ROS-based AMR solutions.

“We’re winding down our commercial LiDAR business as we maintain our focus on developing and deploying our Waymo Driver across our Waymo One (ride-hailing) and Waymo Via (delivery) units.”

The Puck is a compact LiDAR sensor that provides a 360-degree view with real-time 3D data and a 100 meter range.

Velodyne’s solid-state Velabit sensor now has approximately three times more points per second than the previous model.

Cruise co-founder, president and CTO Kyle Vogt weighed in on the LiDAR SPAC trend, saying the industry will eventually consolidate.

A SPAC offers startups quicker access to capital and greater liquidity, which can help drive innovation in advance of greater adoption.

The CEO of an autonomous delivery company looks at trends for the coming year and predicts increasing technology adoption and company consolidation.

Velodyne Lidar said its new Velarray M1600 is a compact, solid-state lidar sensor designed to provide advanced perception for the growing autonomous mobile robot and last-mile delivery markets.

RBR50 company SICK, a leading developer of sensors, safety systems, machine vision and more, expanded its 2D LiDAR sensor lineup for localization and anti-collision applications with the compact TiM2xx product family. This is in response to new requirements on functionality, size, and price. The TiM240 is the first variant in the TiM2xx LiDAR series and…

Aeva has entered into an agreement with special purpose acquisition company InterPrivate Acquisition Corp. to scale up production of its 4D lidar sensor on a chip, which it said can benefit autonomous vehicles and robotics.

Innoviz Technologies said its InnovizTwo perception system makes it more affordable for carmakers to validate Level 2+ autonomous vehicles for safety, with a path to Level 3 with software updates.

Emesent said its new beyond-line-of-sight autonomy technology will increase drone safety and efficiency in mining, construction, and disaster response.

Founded in 2015, Ouster has raised $140 million in funding and claims to have 800-plus customers in a variety of industries.

Luminar Technologies, which has been developing lidar hardware and autonomous vehicle software, is merging with SPAC Gores Metropoulos as it readies its full stack for Volvo’s 2022 models.

Self-driving cars currently use expensive lidar sensors, but a cheaper chip could lead to more affordable autonomous vehicles.

Columbia researchers have developeed a new optical phased array on chip at both near-infrared and blue wavelengths. It could advance autonomous navigation, augmented and virtual reality, and neuroscience.

Solid-state lidar such as the cameras from Sense Photonics could help increase warehouse safety by perceiving forklift forks more accurately.

Weather poses problems for self-driving car sensors, but ground-penetrating radar from MIT could be superior to cameras or lidar.

Shacman Trucks has chosen the InnovizPro lidar system from Innoviz for a proof-of-concept project in a Chinese port where it ultimately hopes to deploy 600 autonomous vehicles.

RoboSense says RS-LiDAR-M1 sensor certification represents a major breakthrough in automotive solid-state smart lidar serial production

While LiDAR manufacturers are busy pumping out new sensors at CES 2020, a leading Chinese LiDAR maker closed one of largest financing rounds ever in the sector. Shanghai-based Hesai Technology raised a Series C round of $173 million. The round was co-led by the German Bosch Group and Lightspeed Venture, Qiming Venture Partners, ON Semiconductor,…