In February 2017, on the corner of Virginia and 15 th Streets, Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Hao Xu installed a roadside LiDAR sensor — and made history. While these devices ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk once called LIDAR a “crutch,” something that automakers would find themselves leaning on in order to solve the problem of self-driving. Soon after, Tesla shifted wholly toward ...

While lidar has been around for years, it’s now more affordable and accessible than ever, so we’re seeing this technology show up on a variety of professional applications … and even in the smart home ...

Apple launched a new iPad Pro Tuesday, and it features an all-new sensor. The company's latest consumer product is the first to feature a lidar sensor – although it's not the company's first project ...

As passenger mobility becomes electric and more technologically advanced, engineers have developed several components to make car travel easier, more efficient, and, most importantly, safer. One of ...

I'll be honest: I didn't know that an iPhone was able to do a lidar scan. (The iPhone 12 Pro, 13 Pro, and iPad Pro can all do it.) When I found out that my phone could, I became obsessed with scanning ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released its 2020 annual traffic crash data, showing that 2020 had the highest number of ...

Elon Musk famously said any company relying on lidar is “doomed.” Tesla instead believes automated driving functions are built on visual recognition and is even working to remove the radar. China’s ...

To move our society closer to the reality of fully autonomous vehicles taking over the roadways, a number of different solutions are being tested. One of these solutions is LiDAR (Light Detection and ...