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fromFuturism
1 day ago

Putting Mirrors on Traffic Cones Causes Self-Driving Cars to Melt Down, Confounding Lidar

Mirror-covered traffic cones can make lidar-equipped autonomous vehicles ignore real obstacles and create phantom obstacles, triggering safety-critical failures like abrupt braking or yielding failures.
#robotaxi
#autonomous-vehicles
fromTESLARATI
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Tesla's Elon Musk takes another shot at Waymo's capabilities stemming from LiDAR

fromTESLARATI
4 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Tesla's Elon Musk takes another shot at Waymo's capabilities stemming from LiDAR

Cars
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week ago

Expert Says Self-Driving Cars Are Dead for Now

Widespread self-driving car adoption faces long delays because safety mistakes by autonomous vehicles provoke liability, regulatory backlash, and uncertain near-term returns on massive technology investments.
#tesla
Science
fromflowingdata.com
3 weeks ago

Lidar to measure climate disasters

Lidar differencing produced high-resolution maps of Southern California fire damage, showing elevation loss (red) and gains (blue) with greater detail than satellite imagery.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Roborock's Curv 2 Pro can drop its mop pads to keep your carpets dry

Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Pro delivers 25,000 Pa suction, dual auto-detaching spinning mop, 3.14-inch low profile, retractable LiDAR, and AI obstacle recognition.
Television
fromWIRED
1 month ago

How They Make the Mario Kart-Style 'Ghost Car' for Auto Racing Broadcasts

Formula 1 uses prediction models and track lidar to correct GPS drift and provide post-qualifying ghost-car overlays for broadcasters.
Cars
fromFortune
1 month ago

Waymo experimenting with generative AI, but exec says LiDAR and radar sensors important to self-driving safety 'under all conditions'

Waymo prioritizes a combination of LiDAR and radar for safe robotaxi operation while experimenting with generative AI.
fromCreativeApplications.Net
2 months ago

Discerning the Silent Presence - Authenticity and Artifice

The apparatus uses optical principles combined with reverse engineering algorithms to disrupt the scanner's perception, intertwining tangible events, recorded fictions, and imagined scenes to blur the line between authenticity and artifice.
Artificial intelligence
Cars
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

2025 Volvo EX90: A low-key luxury electric SUV

Volvo's EX90 integrates lidar for advanced safety systems, offering better long-range detection and reduced false alarms.
Cars
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

Ford's CEO Has Good Things to Say About Waymo

LiDAR technology is crucial for effective self-driving systems, as highlighted by the preference of Ford's CEO over Tesla's camera-only approach.
Cars
fromFortune
2 months ago

Ford CEO Jim Farley says Waymo's approach to self-driving makes more sense than Tesla's

Ford CEO Jim Farley prioritizes LiDAR technology for self-driving over Tesla's camera-based approach, emphasizing consumer trust and safety.
Digital life
fromCreative Bloq
3 months ago

I tested the 3DMakerPro Eagle scanner and boy is it good for the price

3DMakerPro's Eagle offers an affordable entry into LiDAR scanning with impressive features.
The Eagle is designed for larger objects and more extensive scanning capabilities than previous 3D models.
London startup
fromBusiness Matters
3 months ago

AI architecture scale-up NavLive scoops 4m of funding to transform construction industry

NavLive launches AI-powered scanner for real-time, high-precision building site scans, raising £3.3m in Seed funding.
Toronto startup
fromTechCrunch
4 months ago

Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs | TechCrunch

Luminar secures a $200 million deal despite leadership changes and layoffs, aiming for improved financial stability.
fromTechCrunch
4 months ago

Luminar kicks off another round of layoffs amid CEO's sudden resignation | TechCrunch

Luminar, undergoing a significant restructuring and workforce reduction, has started additional layoffs as part of ongoing operational challenges following a leadership change.
London startup
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