Luminar, a Silicon Valley-based maker of laser lidar sensors for self-driving vehicles, raised an additional $100 million and is marketing a new sensing and perception platform
Luminar engineers install the latest generation of the company's laser lidar sensors on a test vehicle.Luminar, a Silicon Valley-based maker of laser lidar sensors for self-driving vehicles, raised an additional $100 million and is marketing a new, affordable sensing and perception platform for automated passenger vehicles and commercial trucks to see their surroundings more accurately.
“Just over a year ago we launched the start of our supply relationships with test fleets, into development fleets, and that was a really important step,” Russell said. The new, smaller version of Luminar’s lidar is “now getting to an automotive grade package and form factor, along with a host of other requirements to put it into a real car. That's really what we're focused on now.”
Lidar’s ability to rapidly generate 3D point cloud maps by bouncing a laser beam off a vehicle’s surroundings, working in conjunction with computer vision from high-tech cameras and radar, creates a comprehensive system for perceiving potential road hazards that, under the best circumstances, is superhuman.
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