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I was an early backer of the LiDAR Lite[0], and I'm really excited to see LiDAR products become more affordable. A recent project called Sweep[1] the $350 super
by wyc 9y ago
I was an early backer of the LiDAR Lite[0], and I'm really excited to see LiDAR products become more affordable. A recent project called Sweep[1] the $350 super low-end disruptor to the $80,000 Velodyne models. I wonder how long before we have plug-and-play open-source projects for multi-sensor fusion[2] of cameras, LiDARs, and microphone arrays. A common digital trend appears to be subsidizing sensor quality with data volume and processing power. Are there projects for this now?
[0] https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032 https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14032
[1] http://scanse.io/ http://scanse.io/
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Probabilistic_Data_Association_Filter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Probabilistic_Data_Assoc...
- Judgmentality 9y agoThe sensor in the iPhone X isn't LiDAR, it's structured light. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured-light_3D_scanner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured-light_3D_scanner
- wyc 9y agoThanks, and I can't wait to see systems that will fuse cheap multi-pose structured light sensor data together too! These devices are all measuring proxies of the same thing: 3D structure.
- zackya89 9y agoDoes Tesla still use Lidar ?
- detaro 9y agoHave they started? I thought they insisted that cameras are good enough?
- awalton 9y agoCameras are definitely not good enough alone. Tesla's enhanced their camera systems with different models of automotive-range radar (most likely manufactured by Bosch; either the LRR4 or the MRR1).
- grzm 9y agoAs I understand it they don't. I don't think they ever have. https://cleantechnica.com/2016/07/29/tesla-google-disagree-lidar-right/ https://cleantechnica.com/2016/07/29/tesla-google-disagree-l...
- Jack000 9y agohave you tried the sweep? I cancelled my pre-order after seeing some bad reviews