: a device that is similar in operation to radar but emits pulsed laser light instead of microwaves
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The company acknowledges the risks associated with market adoption of lidar technology and the competitive landscape.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Lotus Despite Theory 1 being a sportscar, there's a full sensor suite for autonomous driving, including four lidar sensors, six HD cameras, plus radar and ultrasonics, all of which feed into an Nvidia Drive car computer.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
What initially caught your attention in the lidar data?
—Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
The next step, experts point out, will be to corroborate the lidar findings with on-the-ground archaeological surveys.
—Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 29 Oct. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Lotus Despite Theory 1 being a sportscar, there's a full sensor suite for autonomous driving, including four lidar sensors, six HD cameras, plus radar and ultrasonics, all of which feed into an Nvidia Drive car computer.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
What initially caught your attention in the lidar data?
—Anna Lagos, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2024
The next step, experts point out, will be to corroborate the lidar findings with on-the-ground archaeological surveys.
—Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Lidar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lidar. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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