AEye lidar system tested at 1km range
27 November 2018
US robotic perception company AEye has shown its Idar lidar system is able to detect and track a truck at 1km distance
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Top lidar firms to be honoured at CES 2019
22 November 2018
Lidar system suppliers, Innoviz and RoboSense, have been honoured by awards at the upcoming 2019 consumer electronics show, CES
II-VI to acquire Finisar for $3.2bn
9 November 2018
US optoelectronic component manufacturer II-VI has announced that it will acquire optical communications firm Finisar for $3.2 billion
Photonics Leadership Group targets new UK government funding
29 October 2018
At the latest Photonics Leadership Group meeting, held at Photonex, engagement with the UK government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund was top of the agenda
Chinese automotive lidar firm wins $45m funding
25 October 2018
Chinese automotive lidar provider RoboSense has received a combined investment of over $45 million – the largest-ever single round of financing for a Chinese lidar company
Hollow-core fibre breakthrough could herald 5G networks
28 September 2018
Researchers at the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronic Research Centre (ORC) have developed a new type of hollow-core optical fibre (HCF) that exhibits the world’s lowest optical signal attenuation
MIM scanners
12 September 2018
Precision Laser Scanning has introduced its compact MIM (Motor In Mirror) scanners for autonomous vehicle lidar systems
Techspec HPi and HPr
12 September 2018
Edmund Optics’ new Techspec HPr (high performance ruggedised) series fixed focal length lenses feature up to 9MP resolution
Lighting up the road
11 July 2018
Various lidar companies are finding ways to meet the huge challenges automotive applications present. Jessica Rowbury discovers Luminar’s approach, and decisions made in designing their system
Lidar: Seeing beyond the hype
11 July 2018
Simon Andrews, executive director of Fraunhofer UK Research, believes the excitement surrounding automotive lidar will ultimately bring benefits to many other sectors
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