Public service announcement: don’t point your phone camera directly at a lidar sensor. A video recently shared on Reddit demonstrates why. As the camera zooms in on the sensor affixed to the top of a ...

Many car manufacturers view LiDAR sensors as a key component in advanced self-driving systems, and Volvo was among the first to commit to the technology. The Swedish automaker partnered early with U.S ...

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Fully autonomous vehicles aren’t yet ready for mainstream adoption. But the sensor technology that drives them – lidar (short for light-detection and ranging) – continues to advance. Spurred by ...

Volvo’s decision to strip lidar hardware from its 2026 lineup marks a sharp turn for a brand that had positioned laser sensors as central to its safety and autonomy story. The move reshapes not only ...

To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures ...

Sensor fusion combines multiple sensing modalities to improve environmental perception, obstacle avoidance, and safety in autonomous systems. AI-enabled vision and 3D depth sensing are revolutionizing ...

Luminar has sent out Volvo’s order of lidar units in anticipation of the start of the EX90 EV’s production. Meanwhile, a new lower-cost ‘Halo’ lidar is in the making. Luminar has sent out Volvo’s ...