LiDAR on fixed infrastructures: Is LiDAR now powering the smart cities?

Cities used to think of LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) as something that belonged on the roof of a self-driving car or ...
AviationPros

Digital Twins Move to the Ramp: Octave’s Vision for Real-Time Operations

Octave’s Nick Karakulko explains how digital twins are evolving from static planning tools into real-time operational platforms, with growing implications for ramp safety, asset visibility and ...
techxplore

Smartphones may soon be able to track hidden objects using LiDAR

Modern smartphones are packed with incredible technology, from high-resolution cameras and advanced graphics chips to AI processors. In premium models, this hardware includes LiDAR (light detection ...
TechCrunch

Ouster’s new color lidar is coming to replace cameras

The tech industry has spent the last decade asking whether self-driving cars need lidar sensors, cameras, or all of the above. Lidar company Ouster says it has a new answer: put them both in the same ...
Reuters

China's Hesai announces lidar sensor able to detect colour for autonomous driving

SHANGHAI, April 17 (Reuters) - Hesai (2525.HK), opens new tab, China's leading maker of lidar, has developed a version of the technology used in autonomous driving that is capable of detecting colour, ...
GitHub

Flash LiDAR Vehicle Detection with MATLAB Dataset and Deep Learning Benchmarks

This repository provides code and workflows to test several state-of-the-art vehicle detection deep learning algorithms —including YOLOX, SalsaNext, and RandLA-Net— on a Flash Lidar dataset. The ...
Purdue University

Purdue’s AGILE3D stabilizes real-time lidar detection under resource contention

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Companies that manufacture autonomous vehicles, industrial robotics, delivery robots and drones may benefit from a patent-pending Purdue University innovation that outperforms ...
Autoblog

China Made LiDAR Cheap. Now Automakers Are Racing to Put It in Your Next Car

LiDAR sensors once cost $50,000. Now they’re just a few hundred dollars, pushing automakers like Rivian and Ford to adopt the tech for safer, smarter cars. China slashed LiDAR costs from $50,000 to a ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
Android Authority

Roborock's all-terrain robot mower gets ready for XXXL lawns with LiDAR vision

Roborock has announced three new robot lawn mowers, including RockMow X1, X1 LiDAR, and RockNeo Q1. The RockMow X1 and X1 LiDAR offer upgrades to last year’s model with better off-roading capabilities ...
TechCrunch

China’s Hesai will double production as lidar sensor industry shakes out

Chinese lidar-maker Hesai announced plans on Monday to double its production capacity from 2 million units to 4 million units this year, as it looks to corner the global market for the laser-based ...