Lidar vs. Cameras = A Giant Fail For Tesla
Lidar can see though smoke, fog, and rain that cameras cannot. These experiments show why that is important.
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Luminar & Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines
Luminar is a global automotive technology company helping to usher in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. Luminar says that for the past decade, it has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles for its more than 50 … [continued]
Volvo Cars & Luminar Open Up Long-Distance Lidar Dataset
There are approximately a dozen autonomy-related companies I’m keeping an eye on. As noted in a recent article about Waymo’s approach versus Tesla’s approach, two key take-home points were: 1) autonomous driving experts disagree on which approach will lead to the most success in commercialized autonomous driving, 2) I certainly … [continued]
Volvo Will Rely On Lidar From Luminar For Next-Generation Autonomous Driving Technology
Volvo will partner with Luminar to embed its lidar units in future Volvo cars beginning in 2022.
$500 Lidar From Luminar Could Move Autonomous Driving Forward
Luminar has introduced a $500 lidar unit that is the size of a soda can and weighs just 2 pounds. It could represent the next step forward for self-driving cars.
Luminar CEO Says Company To Provide LiDAR Systems To 4 Partners In Self-Driving Vehicle Sector…
The promising LiDAR tech startup Luminar will supply 4 unnamed partners in the self-driving vehicle sector with 100 or so units of its new high-resolution system “soon,” going by comments made by the company’s CEO Austin Russell in a recent interview with Engadget.
