A Robot’s View of the Road Ahead
Submitted by tatwood on Thu, 05/25/2017 - 15:39
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The NY Times report quoted an expert regarding lidar technology, “We believe it will be the basis for autonomous driving,” said Guillaume Devauchelle, who oversees innovation at Valeo, a major parts supplier to automakers. The report also noted, “Lidar — pronounced LIE-dar — is shorthand for light detection and ranging. It is a type of sensor that is at the heart of many autonomous car designs and is critical to several worldwide high-resolution mapping efforts.”