BMW selects Innoviz lidar for 2021 series production
26 April 2018
BMW has selected a solid-state lidar solution from Israeli company Innoviz Technologies for series production of its autonomous vehicles, starting in 2021
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Nasa tests triple-pulse lidar system to monitor greenhouse gases
28 March 2018
Nasa has recently tested an airborne lidar system that uses three simultaneous laser pulses to detect and measure two potent greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide and water vapour
Real commitment for lidar from automotive OEMs
23 March 2018
Lidar could become an important part of autonomous driving and potentially a huge market opportunity for laser and detector manufacturers, as Greg Blackman discovers at the Image Sensors conference in London
Gatwick airport to trial autonomous vehicles for staff
19 March 2018
London’s Gatwick airport will be the first airport in the world to trial autonomous vehicles to transport its staff around the airfield
Lidar and white light source among Prism Award winners
7 February 2018
A lidar sensor for self-driving vehicles, a sensor detecting nano-vibrations of the body, and a high-luminance white light source were among the winners of the 2018 Prism Awards
Modernising the motorcar
26 January 2018
Jessica Rowbury looks at how some of the technologies demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in January will transform the driving experience
Velodyne halves the cost of its lidar system
5 January 2018
Automotive lidar manufacture Velodyne has announced a 50 per cent cost reduction for its most popular sensor system, with the intention of making autonomous driving technology more accessible and to encourage an increased uptake of lidar technology around the world
Ford's Argo AI acquires Princeton Lightwave
7 November 2017
Argo AI, an artificial intelligence subsidiary of Ford that produces software for autonomous vehicles, has acquired lidar firm Princeton Lightwave to accelerate the development of its own self-driving technology
Velodyne Lidar sensors used in UAV surveying systems
7 November 2017
Velodyne Lidar, a US firm providing sensing solutions for autonomous vehicles, has partnered with French firm YellowScan to produce a UAV lidar system for civil engineering and mining applications.
A life working with lasers
24 October 2017
Following the passing of Professor Bryan Tozer, a pioneer in laser safety and the founder of Lasermet, his son Paul Tozer looks back over his father's 50 years of working with lasers
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