LIDAR

LIDAR vs RADAR: A detailed comparison

Robots for Roboticists 09 May 2017

I was recently asked about the differences between RADAR and LIDAR. I gave the generic answer about LIDAR having higher resolution and accuracy than RADAR. And RADAR having a longer range and performi...

SICK LMS full LIDAR teardown

Robots for Roboticists 28 Apr 2017

I recently found a SICK LMS291 in the trash (dumpster diving time!). It is a bit of an older model---manufactured in August 2000---however the fundamentals should be similiar to the current generation...

Luminar unstealths their 1.5 micron LIDAR

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 15 Apr 2017

Luminar, a bay area startup, has revealed details on their new LIDAR. Unlike all other commercial offerings, this is a LIDAR using 1.5 micron infrared light. They hope to sell it for $1,000....

LIDAR (lasers) and cameras together: Which is more important?

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 29 Mar 2017

Recently we’ve seen a series of startups arise hoping to make robocars with just computer vision, along with radar. That includes recently unstealthed AutoX, the off-again, on again efforts of comma...

Intel to acquire Mobileye for $15.3 billion

Frank Tobe 14 Mar 2017

Intel announced plans to acquire Israel-based Mobileye, a developer of vision technology used in autonomous driving applications, for $15.3 billion. Mobileye share prices jumped from $47 to $61 (the t...

Combining automation and mobility to create a smarter world

MIT News 20 Jan 2017

By: Catherine Marguerite | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Daniela Rus loves Singapore. As the MIT professor sits down in her Frank Gehry-designed office in Cambridge, Massachus...

Two LiDAR makers each get big funding

Frank Tobe 26 Aug 2016

In anticipation of the need for LiDAR devices in cars with assisted steering and other self-driving technologies, both Velodyne and Quanergy received funding. Quanergy raised $90 million and Velodyne...

Sweep: a low cost LiDAR sensor for smart consumer products

Tyson Messori 04 Apr 2016

UPDATE: Only 7 days left to back Sweep! They are now almost 80% funded....

No, a Google car was not ticketed for going too slow (and other robocar stories)

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 23 Nov 2015

Almost every newspaper in the world reported the story of how a motorcycle cop pulled over one of Google’s 3rd generation test cars, the 2-seaters, and many incorrectly reported that the car was gi...

Tricking LIDAR and robocars

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 14 Sep 2015

Security researcher Jonathan Petit claims to be able to hack the multi-thousand-dollar laser ranging - LIDAR - systems that self-driving cars rely on. How does he do it and is it as dangerous as it so...

Robots 101: Lasers

Clearpath Robotics 29 Apr 2015

By Ilia Baranov In this new Robots 101 series, we will be taking a look at how robots work, what makes designing them challenging, and how engineers at Clearpath Robotics tackle these problems. To ...

UMich team works on perception and localization using cameras

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 27 Jan 2015

Some new results from the NGV Team at the University of Michigan describe different approaches for perception (detecting obstacles on the road) and localizations (figuring out precisely where you are)...

Video interviews from Robot Block Party 2013

AJung Moon 24 Apr 2013

On April 10th, Robot Block Party 2013 took place right after We Robot conference. Of course, I had an extra day to spend at Stanford University after the conference and couldn't miss out on the eve...