It wasn't too long ago that the automotive industry was awash with car manufacturers and tech startups proclaiming that self-driving cars were just around the corner. Tesla is perhaps the most famous ...

If you're an electronics engineer, geologist, or land surveyor, chances are you're already familiar with what LiDAR is. An acronym for light detection and ranging, LiDAR sensors are built for ...

Mobileye announces plans to end frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) lidar development, calling it "less essential," while prioritizing imaging radar and vision-based sensors, even though lidar ...

After years of talk and a SPAC boom in the sensor sector, automakers have finally started incorporating lidar units into their vehicles. A few — namely Innoviz, Luminar and Ouster — could finally be ...

So where a typical proximity sensor might max out at around 1 meter or so, with a LiDAR sensor we can often go much farther, 80 to 100 meters is no problem at all. This reach depends on a variety of ...

To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has frequently lampooned lidar, a sensor that most other automakers and technology companies say is essential for self-driving vehicles. "They're all going to dump lidar is my ...

Public service announcement: don’t point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. A video recently shared on Reddit demonstrates why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top of a ...

With the gradual rise of semi-autonomous vehicles, there will likely be multiple cameras pointing back when you pull out a phone to take a photo or record video of a car. One reddit user found out ...

Many car manufacturers view LiDAR sensors as a key component in advanced self-driving systems, and Volvo was among the first to commit to the technology. The Swedish automaker partnered early with U.S ...

Tesla, the company headed by a CEO who has called lidar a "crutch" and "fool's errand," spent at least $2 million on Lidar sensors in 2024—about 10% of the manufacturer's revenue this quarter alone.