Mexican Media Brands
Velodyne Touts Improved Lidar
Velodyne Lidar Inc. says its new Alpha Prime sensor for autonomous vehicles significantly outperforms its previous-generation lidar.
Share
Velodyne Lidar Inc. says its new Alpha Prime sensor for autonomous vehicles significantly outperforms its previous-generation lidar.
The company claims best-in-class perception, field-of-view, resolution, range and power efficiency.
This includes 360° surround view perception and 40° vertical field-of-view.
Alpha Prime can obtain reflectivity returns from more than 4.8 million points per second, which Velodyne says simplifies detection and tracking of multiple vehicles, pedestrians and other objects.
The new system also boasts improved efficiency over broad temperature and environmental conditions without the need for active cooling. Velodyne says Alpha Prime can detect dark or low reflectance objects at long distances (including low visibility pedestrians) as well as “negative perception” obstacles, such as potholes and cracks in the road.
A video simulation of the technology can be viewed HERE.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Choosing the Right Fasteners for Automotive
PennEngineering makes hundreds of different fasteners for the automotive industry with standard and custom products as well as automated assembly solutions. Discover how they’re used and how to select the right one. (Sponsored Content)
-
When Automated Production Turning is the Low-Cost Option
For the right parts, or families of parts, an automated CNC turning cell is simply the least expensive way to produce high-quality parts. Here’s why.
-
Cobots: 14 Things You Need to Know
What jobs do cobots do well? How is a cobot programmed? What’s the ROI? We asked these questions and more to four of the leading suppliers of cobots.
