Lidar imaging systems are one of the hottest topics in the optronics industry. The need to
sense the surroundings of every autonomous vehicle has pushed forward a race dedicated …

Nowadays, and more than a decade after the first steps towards autonomous driving, we
keep heading to achieve fully autonomous vehicles on our roads, with LiDAR sensors being …

JEFF HECHT Page 1 26 OPTICS & PHOTONICS NEWS JANUARY 2018 Emerging
autonomous vehicles will combine lidar photon returns with data from other sensors to build a …

Lidar (light detection and ranging, also LIDAR, LiDAR, and LADAR) advanced rapidly after
the invention of the laser in 1960 (Maiman, 1960; Woodbury et al., 1961; Smullin and Fiocco …

The development of light detection and ranging (lidar) technology began in the 1960s,
following the invention of the laser, which represents the central component of this system …

In the last decade, Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) became a leading technology of
detailed and reliable 3D environment perception. This paper gives an overview of the wide …

Autonomous vehicles rely on their perception systems to acquire information about their
immediate surroundings. It is necessary to detect the presence of other vehicles …

Since Stanley, the self-driven Stanford car equipped with five SICK LIDAR sensors won the
2005 DARPA Challenge, the race to developing and deploying fully autonomous, self …

A thorough review of available literature was conducted to inform of advancements in mobile
LIDAR technology, techniques, and current and emerging applications in transportation. The …

Radars and lidars are two primary sensor modalities complementing optical cameras in
active safety and autonomous driving applications. Radars and lidars operate at …