Hardware
FARO put its Focus lidar on a UAV for wide-area scanning
This solution may look like a Photoshop joke, but it’s very real.
Blackmore’s Series B funding makes a strong case for doppler lidar
Last year, when Montana-based Blackmore Sensors and Analytics received $3.5 million in Series A funding,…
LiBackpack: versatile mobile lidar solutions (complete with machine-learning classification)
Want one lidar? Want two? Prefer to hold the lidar like a torch sometimes? Greenvalley has you covered.
Ball Aerospace apparently makes Geiger-mode lidar, receives defense and aerospace manufacturing license from Argo AI
Ball Aerospace offers Geiger-mode for the commercial market as well.
Microsoft demos more precise Kinect 3D sensor
Get your eyes on data captured by Microsoft’s new and improved Kinect.
FARO announces ScanPlan automatic 2D floor plan mapper
FARO has joined the rank of 3D-scanning vendors that went 2D: The company has announced…
Ouster’s lidar is a “camera”—which means great things for deep learning and autonomy
Ouster is bringing camera and lidar functionality together in one sensor, with positive effects for deep learning.
Wavesense GPR locates vehicles in weather where lidar fails
WaveSense GPR technology achieves in-lane accuracy of 4cm not only on a sunny day, but also during low-light, snowy, foggy, rainy and dusty conditions, resulting in a safer and more reliable vehicle.
Indoor Reality has released two iPhone indoor capture solutions
Now all you need is an iPhone to get access to IR’s extensive 3D functionality.
FUGRO announces drone-ready RAMMS bathy lidar with no moving parts
The pushbroom scanner trades a moving laser for greater efficiency, smaller size, and lesser costs.
TeraRanger Tower Evo ups the ante with longer range, faster solid-state infrared lidar
Designed for collision avoidance on drones and robots, the TeraRanger Tower Evo is Terabee’s newest…
Baraja’s Spectrum-Scan automotive lidar uses prisms and a modular approach
The latest automotive lidar has a unique approach that makes it very cost competitive.