Smart Cities This new lidar sensor could equip every autonomous car in the world by the end of 2018 The startup Luminar aims to challenge market leaders by building its hardware at a never-before-seen scale. by Jamie Condliffe 2018-04-12T09:35:00-04:00
Smart Cities A New Sensor Gives Driverless Cars a Human-Like View of the World A new hybrid sensor combines a camera, solid-state lidar, and onboard image processing to change how it sees in response to its surroundings. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-12-11T08:00:00-05:00
Smart Cities Lidar Just Got Way Better—But It’s Still Too Expensive for Your Car Velodyne’s latest sensor doubles the company’s previous mark for range and quadruples its resolution. But it’s entering an increasingly competitive field. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-11-28T10:16:00-05:00
Smart Cities Low-Quality Lidar Will Keep Self-Driving Cars in the Slow Lane For now, cheap laser sensors may not offer the standard of data required for driving at highway speeds. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-07-27T00:00:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines A Key Piece of Self-Driving Cars Is About to Get a Lot Cheaper Velodyne, which leads the world in making lidar sensors for autonomous cars, just announced a brand-new design. by Jamie Condliffe 2017-04-20T11:25:00-04:00
Artificial Intelligence Self-Driving Cars’ Spinning-Laser Problem Progress toward practical autonomous vehicles requires improvements to the sensors that map a vehicle’s environment in 3-D. by Tom Simonite 2017-03-20T15:23:00-04:00
Intelligent Machines Security Robots Get a Designer Makeover Startup Cobalt gives bots a warm and fuzzy look to help humans feel more comfortable around them. by Rachel Metz 2017-03-01T09:00:00-05:00
Intelligent Machines Fist-Sized Laser Scanner to Make Autonomous Cars Less Ugly A chip that steers lasers could be crucial to the future of transport. by Tom Simonite 2016-09-29T14:32:00-04:00
Business Impact Ford CEO Explains Why It’s Hard to Build Self-Driving Cars Mark Fields, the head of Ford, says cars that can drive themselves may need to learn some more human traits. by Rachel Metz 2016-01-07T00:00:00-05:00
