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Lidar on a Chip Puts Self-Driving Cars in the Fast Lane
- tuatoru 3y agoCheap, effective, reliable, durable lidar in cars would be a good thing. But for self-stopping, not self-driving.
- m463 3y agoReminds me of the ancient volvo(?) commerical, where instead of stopping for an obstacle, it drives around and avoids it.
- whimsicalism 3y agoThe working prototype is pretty honking for a lidar on a chip
- Havoc 3y agoMaybe Tesla will change their tune on LiDAR as a result
- gunshai 3y agoI'd probably buy Tesla stock if I thought they were going to announce this switch. It would mean real progress instead of what ever hell they're currently stuck in.
- mrguyorama 3y agoThe problem with that idea is that if Tesla ever gets out of fantasyland, their valuation is absurd, and the stock would go down regardless.
- gunshai 3y agoYa probably hah
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoBefore you know it, every kebab cart in NYC will be selling LIDAR on a stick
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoBubba Gump's LIDAR Company for autonomous shrimpin' boat guidance
- secretsatan 3y agoI thought the Apple iPhones had a LiDAR on a chip? https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2020/05/with-the-apple-ipad-lidar-chip-sony-landed-on-the-moon-without-us-knowing/ https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2020/05/with-the-apple-ipad-l...
- whimsicalism 3y agoMaybe the difference is that chip is ToF-style (critiqued in the article), while this new chip will be FMCW
- mikhailfranco 3y agoWould be interested to hear how this capability at a low price point will affect other industries beyond self-driving cars...
- whinvik 3y agoAs mentioned at the end of the article, there are other applicants than just self driving. Body scanning can be one that can be useful for building 3D apps.
- _boffin_ 3y agoHaven’t read the article yet, but there’s a lot of old mines in my area and I’d love to build a self exploring drone to map these mines using LiDAR.
- two_in_one 3y agoIt's not a problem today. Check online, there are cheap small ToF lidars. Like the one I bought with 60 degree, 100x100, 15 f/sec. 8 of them will give you all around horizontal view, up and down. 3m range should be enough. Your main problems will be lack of GPS and short flight time.
- two_in_one 3y agoForgot to say, the complexity of this, if you manage to do it, is a solid PhD. At least one.
- _boffin_ 3y agooh hey! a goal to aim for.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Body scanning can be one that can be useful for building 3D apps Oh boy, can't wait till Amazon, Meta and Google can monetize my body and insecurities. /s
- itsyaboi 3y agoWell, it's probably not yet monetized but they almost certainly have the data. Dimensions like gait, gaze, stance, and a hundred other more subtle measurements are being collected via their VR headsets at various levels of anonymity and granularity.
- getarofilter 3y ago[dead]
- gunshai 3y agoHow does it work when there are millions of these chips out there. I'm not an EE but is the interference a trivial probablem at this point?
- whimsicalism 3y agothey talk about this in the article, apparently there's an analogy to AM vs FM radio to be made with "FM" much more tolerant of interference in lidar
- genmud 3y agoThis is really neat, there are some really cool, low cost integrated packages for ToF sensors (not what the article was talking about though). ST makes a bunch of them and they are surprisingly small.