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Katherine Skipper investigates the chip-scale lidar devices starting to surface, and whether they’ll find their way into vehicles
The new solution offers a complete set of environmental perception functions, including road sign detection, dynamic and static obstacle detection, free space detection and multi-lidar sensor fusion
The new firm, Latitude AI, seeks to develop a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road driving system for passenger vechicles (Image: Ford)
The new firm, Latitude AI, seeks to develop a hands-free, eyes-off-the-road driving system for passenger vechicles
The new financing round will be used to accelerate the ADAS firm’s series production development with major OEMs. (Image: Shutterstock/0pen)
Silicon Valley start-up Phantom AI said it raised $36.5m in funding for its driver assistance platform featuring computer vision, sensor fusion and control capabilities
The panel at Photonics West 2023 believes sensors are critical to bringing down road casualty rates
Bringing down road casualty rates by using photonics technology in cars remains one of the biggest industry priorities
Last year, PhotonDelta secured more than €1 billion in funding to embark on a six-year programme to invest in photonic startups and scaleups
Companies supported by PhotonDelta have made a series of breakthrough announcements at the Dutch Pavilion in San Francisco
The Innoviz360 is designed for OEMs looking to achieve level 4-5 automation in applications such as robotaxis, shuttles, trucks, and delivery vehicles. (Image: Innoviz)
Solutions for autonomous driving and other sensing applications were presented at the Consumer Electronics Show 2023
Innoviz Technologies' lidar sensors and perception software will be used across Volkswagen's brands. (Image: InnovizTechnologies)
The selection is Innoviz’ third major design win and has increased its forward-looking order book by $4 billion to $6.6 billion
The collaboration has yielded a 200m, long-range VCSEL-based hybrid solid-state lidar solution for ADAS. (Image: Hesai)
The partners will incorporate VCSEL array light sources into lidar to improve its cost and scalability
Investment is making lidar more accessible and cost-effective for the autonomous driving sector
Keely Portway delves into some of the latest lidar developments for self-driving vehicles, and how these are proving beneficial in other applications
A mockup of Trixel 3 in action (Image: TriLite)
The XR industry might be going through tough times right now, but photonics innovators continue to drive the hardware forward, finds Benjamin Skuse
M Squared has worked with the University of Strathclyde to develop the Maxwell quantum-computing platform, shown here during commissioning works (Courtesy: M Squared)
Photonics is proving key to recent advances being made in quantum technologies, finds Susan Curtis
Electro Optics’ Matthew Dale tries out a pair of smart glasses equipped with Lumus’ reflective waveguide technology at SPIE AR | VR | MR
At SPIE AR | VR | MR in San Francisco, Matthew Dale learnt that reflective waveguides are now poised to enter consumer technologies
Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Nu Quantum; Scott Faris, Infleqtion; and Denise Ruffner, Women in Quantum shared their thoughts on quantum challenges at Photonics West
Quantum executives cited everything from staff shortages and production scaling to a need for new laser technologies, smaller optics, more industry investment and clearer commercial use cases
Shining a light on the latest laser filters and related products on the market.
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A look at the commercial offerings of the main players in optical prism technology and equipment.
Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
Daniel Bukaty, President of PG&O, on how a more flexible approach to material selection could protect optics manufacturing lead times against material shortages
